The National Party’s presidential candidate set goals of “controlling” price increases and reducing unemployment.
Álvaro Delgado set a series of economic goals if he wins the national elections.
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He presidential candidate of the National Party (PN), Alvaro Delgadoit was proposed to “take the inflation 3%” in a possible government of his, and set as objectives “to take care” of price increases and reduce unemployment, in what he understands as a scenario of continuity of the “advances of the government.”
This Thursday, during a campaign activity with his running mate, Valeria Ripollin the department of Riverathe white presidential candidate said that his proposals are “the future” of the economy, while those of the Broad Front (FA) represent “the past”.
“What is the future of the economy? To continue to manage economic policy with solidity and confidence, taking care of the money, every peso of the Uruguayans. The future is to continue taking care of inflation,” Delgado said, adding: “This government has lowered inflation to less than half, today it is at 4.5%, our objective is to bring it to 3%.”
In this regard, the former Secretary of the Presidency stated that he intends to lower inflation at the same time as “the unemployment level.” “We must continue to increase jobs, our objective is to continue to reduce informality (sic), increasing investment,” he continued.
The Broad Front and the two economic teams in conflict
Delgado also criticized the FA for what he understands to be an internal struggle between “two economic teams” that are “fighting each other over ideological issues,” in reference to the reluctance expressed by the most radical sectors of the left-wing coalition regarding a possible appointment of the economist Gabriel Oddone as minister of Economy and Financein the event of a Frente Amplio electoral victory.
For Delgado, during the three previous periods of government, the FA managed public companies “irresponsibly” and “did not take care of people’s money.” “Often moving forward with business ventures that we continue to pay for today, which were often conditioned more by the political aspirations of those who ran them,” he said.
Source: Ambito
