The leader and senator for Cabildo Abierto said that the rules of the game that go against the Constitution must be changed.
The leader and senator of Open Town Hall, Guido Manini Rios, again celebrated the announcement of the Central Bank (BCU) on debt restructuring and said that the initiative of the plebiscite, as well as the situation that Uruguayans are experiencing, were the drivers for changing the rules of the financial game.
Earlier this week, the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) and the Consumer Defense Unit of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) announced the program, which claims to respond to a “photograph of the credit market” in it Uruguay and which aims to regularize 780,000 debtors.
“It is excellent news, where what seemed impossible was finally possible. We were told until we were tired that the rules of the game could not be changed and that we had to respect what had been signed before the institutions,” stressed the leader of Town meeting in dialogue with Radio Carve, who assured that the rules of the game that violate the Constitution must be changed.
Regarding a possible political victory by the party, taking into account the pressure they applied after the plebiscite they carried out in favor of the debt restructuring, The council leader commented that “it is a victory for the people.” “The whole situation they are experiencing is the result of an abuse that has been felt for a long time,” he said.
In this sense, he took the opportunity to shoot at those who opposed the initial proposal of Town meeting. “It was clear that our proposal was not crazy, it was not meant to be ignored by the entire political system. Something that forced us to go out and collect signatures,” he stressed.
Insistence on the plebiscite
Regarding the need to move forward with the plebiscite, the leader of Town meeting He stressed that they will continue because the party’s initiative also proposes a restructuring of debts with the State, which is not included in the project announced this week. “The State is sometimes the worst usurer, often worse than private companies,” he said.
In addition, Manini Ríos recalled that the plebiscite also proposes limits on interest rates. “Our proposal is much deeper than that of the central bank“It is more comprehensive,” he said. However, he questioned the scope of the BCU’s proposal. “I want to see if it will really solve the situation for 780,000 Uruguayans. If so, the situation will be more relaxed,” he said.
On the other hand, he announced that a total of 320,000 of the signatures needed for the plebiscite had been collected, although he assured that they would reach 350,000.
Source: Ambito
