The eventual Minister of Economy of a government led by the National Party (PN), Diego Labatpromoted this Wednesday what he defined as “greater synergy” between the Bank of the Republic (BROU) and the Mortgage Bank (BHU)), following the failure of a merger last year via Parliament.
“I think that Uruguay The two banks should have much more synergy than they have today. Perhaps the solution is not a single bank, but the activity has to be very united, at least commercial synergy,” said the former president of the bank. Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU) in Arriba Gente on channel 10.
The debate on the merger between BROU and BHU has been going on for a long time and has reached Parliament last year as one of the solutions to the problem of debtors in adjustable units (UR) that the second entity had. It was finally rejected and 24,000 debtors agreed to a restructuring at the expense of the State.
Along the same lines, Labat was asked about the possibility of merge state-owned enterprises in an eventual government by Alvaro Delgadothe presidential candidate he supports. The question went unanswered, as he merely defended a “merger of services.”
He also referred to the discussion surrounding the reduction of working hoursdefended by the PIT-CNT and that the Broad Front (FA) He promised to analyze whether he will join the government. “For Salary Tips; “by law, nothing,” he said about the possibility of a decision being made through legislation.
“The working day, yes Uruguay wants to discuss it, he should first discuss about 20 things that are missing,” said Labat. “We have to continue working, for example, on the flexibility of the work week. Today there are a lot of companies that do want to work 40 hours a week, but with flexible hours, and that is not possible today,” he added. “Are we going to reduce it?” Uruguay It is not mature and the levels of employment and wages do not allow for this,” he stressed.
Source: Ambito
