the red deputy Ope Pasquet assumed as president of the Chamber of Deputies this Tuesday, and asked for “agreement” over the differences, debates with “height” and over the discrepancies.
“With the work and good will of all, the House of Representatives must renew this year the permanent effort to live up to what the country expects of it”he stated in his speech.
He affirmed that he “will try” not to “stray” from the “general criterion of prudence” in the spending set by his predecessorsMartín Lema (National Party) and Alfredo Fratti (Broad Front).
He mentioned the need to give more transparency to parliamentary activity, and mentioned the possibility that the Uruguayan Parliament might at some point have the tool of the electronic votingold discussion at the political level, coincided.
“I will work to fulfill this part of my task this year, within the framework of very clear parametersPasquet noted.
In addition, he insisted on compliance with the regulation and said before the legislators present: “From now on, I ask everyone to help me to fulfill the task that they are entrusting to me today.” In this sense he asked “active collaboration” of Parliament workers.
