A group of professionals asked the government to intervention and removal of the entire Directory of the Caja de Profesionalesunderstanding that he is the “main person responsible for the insolvency of the savings bank”, consists of the document to which he agreed The Observerand which was delivered by hand this Wednesday afternoon to the Minister of Labor, Paul Mieres. Three of his spokesmen held a meeting with the chief, who replied that he would evaluate the proposals.
An internal audit with a control system, increase the number of assets, increase the categories with more gradual contributions and achieve compensatory aid from the State These are some of the proposals that the group made for just over an hour on the 4th floor of the ministry building, in Ciudad Vieja. While, about 120 people They waited for news on Juncal street, with banners and posters, which they accompanied with applause.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) promised to study the points, which also include flexibility for defaulters, an annual amnesty process, improving internal spending and a voluntary savings system. “Something similar to the AFAP but managed by the savings bank itself,” he explained to The Observer group spokesman Pablo de Barros.
De Barros entered the portfolio’s headquarters on time at 4:00 p.m. this Tuesday, along with Any García and Paula Gutiérrez, who accompanied him to meet with Mieres, Undersecretary Mario Arizti, and the General Director, Valentina Arlegui. “Successes! Above!” Gutiérrez heard from the person who accompanied her, meters before the entrance door. It was preceded by sustained applause for all three, which then lasted several minutes. Already climbing the steps, Gutiérrez responded by extending his arm upwards, in a clenched fist.
The meeting with the ministry occurred after the government has rejected most of the proposals made by the Directorate of the Retirement and Pension Fund for University Professionals (Cjppu); for example, that of charging $4 thousand to the inactive.
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Gutiérrez and De Barros leave the MTSS after the meeting with Mieres, which lasted just over an hour
Another of the proposals received by the MTSS this Wednesday is the repeal of article 9 of law 17,738whose text is as follows: “The State does not assume any pecuniary responsibility linked to the subsistence of the Fund or to the financing of its obligations, including in these the payment of the benefits that it must serve, and it will only be limited to compliance with this law. , as pertinent.”
Around 5:40 p.m., those who were still waiting for news, put together a kind of informal meeting on the street. They hit shoulders with shoulders and some recorded with their cell phones what De Barros and García had to say about the tone and disposition with which they were received.
That informative talk demanded 30 minutes. It was an informal dialogue, where there was consensus that the group does not have to be partisan, and that it has to continue standing. “The numbers do not close”, said one of the self-convened, and De Barros transmitted that it is necessary to “save the box”.
It coincides with the statements of Virginia Romero, the new president of the Board of Directors. “We come to save the box, which is not saved if we do not have someone to put the money”, told Search on March 10.
Defunding and managerial salaries
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Some 120 people participated in the concentration, in front of the MTSS, in Ciudad Vieja (Montevideo)
The CPU has little reserve margin and, “defunding is real. And what is raised (from the government) is that it is a previous management and that they are only learning about the situation this year”Garcia said at a press conference after the meeting. Along these lines, the group requested that a administrative investigation because “you have to know what happened,” De Barros added.
The Cjppu deficit for the 2021-2026 period would be between US$166 million and US$262 million in a medium scenario, while in a Pessimistic scenariothe estimated amount of the deficits would range from US$ 238 million to US$ 329 million.
Another of the proposals of the affiliates is review executive salaries. “It is order, it is the first thing that should have happened. When you are in deficit, the first thing you have to do is order the box and here it was never ordered. Since 2014 there is operating deficit”DeBarros added. consulted by The Observer Regarding the ministry’s response to that point, the spokesman replied: “(They told us) that they are going to study it”.
Minister Mieres preferred not to make any statements after the meeting.
It is a “lack of respect” from the board, considered Jimena Cancela, a Marketing graduate who participated in the demonstration on behalf of the Private university. “We find the measures they arbitrarily take to charge us aberrational. They are totally dishonest, when they themselves have salaries of more than $700 thousand in Uruguay. A totally exorbitant thing, we are outraged, ”he told The Observer while the meeting was going on.
The Board of Directors of the Caja de Profesionales is made up of a president, a secretary and five directors.
The call was later extended by WhatsApp, which allowed part of the group to see their faces for first time this Wednesday.
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On the left, Jimena Cancela holds a sign in front of the door of the MTSS
