Social security plebiscite: “No one gives up here, we are going to persist,” warned Marcelo Abdala

The president of PIT-CNT, Marcelo Abdalaevaluated the projections presented on the plebiscite vote of the social security reformwhich did not reach the necessary threshold, but promised that the union and social movements will continue with the claim.

“No one gives up here, we are going to persist,” Abdala warned. “The unions have made a democratic contribution, there has never been so much talk about social security as now,” celebrated the trade unionist.

The various exit polls released by the main consulting firms in Uruguay give the referendum PIT-CNT between 38 and 40% support.

The initiative, which proposed lowering the retirement age, eliminating Pension Savings Fund Administrators (AFAP) and equate minimum pensions with the minimum wage, was rejected by all the presidential candidates and no force endorsed the Yes ballot. Despite this, it would achieve a level of support similar to that of the night raids, for which they campaigned. Alvaro Delgado, Andres Ojeda, Guido Manini Ríos and Pablo Mieres.

“It seems that now some have realized that AFAP is a scam. I said it on the day of the closing of the campaign and I repeat it: their days are numbered,” said Abdala. “We are going to persist so that, everywhere, in whatever way within democratic methods, effectively in the Uruguay a type of social security is specified that is a human right fundamental,” he added.

“We developed a campaign with passion, a passion that was not seen in other parts of the electoral campaign and this, regardless of the result, calls us to joy,” said the union leader.

“We face the main forces of power that triggered a modest, plebeian campaign, without a penny, and that managed to get no more and no less than over 40% of the population to support it,” he reflected. “Our enormous recognition of militancy and citizenship. There is nothing more unhurried than a people making history,” he said.