The Minister of Finance, Mario Marcel, was consulted this Monday about a possible subsidy for the products of the basic basket, given the rise they have experienced in recent weeks. In this regard, he pointed out that a possible implementation of this measure is being discussed with the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT).
“The issue of the basic food basket is being discussed with the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores,” said the head of the Treasury, after the meeting of the political committee. “We are going to have a meeting in the afternoon, so we will probably have more news there.” , he added.
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Let us remember that the President Gabriel Boric announced on Friday the future implementation of a subsidy to products of the basic basket.
“We are working on a mechanism that will be announced soon – it will be up to the sectoral ministers to do it together with parliamentarians – to generate subsidies for the products of the basic basket that have been increasing,” he commented.
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Minister Marcel was also consulted on the adjustment to the minimum wage. The Secretary of State stated that the “dialogue is going quite well.”
“I think it is going quite well, but it is important to have the meetings, to close possible agreements, given that by the end of this week we will have to submit the project to Congress so that it can be discussed next week,” he said.
“It is an agenda that is richer than just the minimum income figures, but concretely we will be able to see it this afternoon,” he continued.
