It talks about the supposed benefits that Town meeting managed to obtain for the military sector and that have been highlighted by the deputy of the Broad Front, Gustavo “Tato” Olmos. However, these “benefits” are nothing more than a series of concessions that the senator for the ultra-conservative party Cabildo Abierto, Guido Manini Riosmanaged to wrest the government with regard to the social security reform, according to the opposition legislator.
In exchange for the Cabildo voting in favor of the pension reform pressured by the government of Luis Lacalle Pou in Parliament, Manini managed to get the armed forces continue to have a regime that enjoys certain favorable conditionscompared to the rest of the citizenry.
Olmos has pointed out that this strategy is a clear example of how Cabildo Abierto is carrying out “his agenda” in favor of the military. In addition, he has highlighted that while the vote on the bill was being negotiated in the Senate, the party lobbied for the approval of reparations for victims of “political violence” and now they are promoting shared custody, and behind the issue of home prisons for people over 65 years of age. The latter stings even in the multicolored coalition, because various repressors and human rights violators of the dictatorship would benefit.
According to Olmos, this is a reflection of the “double standards” of the party, since, on the one hand, they say that those over 65 are young to work, but on the other, they force them to go home even though they have committed repressive acts. .
Although the ruling party has tried to minimize this defeat and has threatened the Cabildo Abierto with dropping the charges, according to what the magazine has reported Search in this week’s edition, the truth is that the Colorado Party has reacted angrily to the obvious achievements it has made Town meeting.
The victory of Manini Ríos for military retirements
As published by the media The Dailythe economist Gonzalo Zunino, member of the Center for Economic Research (CINVE) found a series of achievements for the military negotiated and won by Manini Ríos in this power struggle against the Lacalle government, despite being part of the official coalition.
In relation to the main modification noted, which reduces the average and calculation period of retirement from 25 to 20 years, Zunino pointed out that it will have its greatest impact on medium and medium-high retirements, but it should not have an impact on very high ones because they are bumped. This, however, does not mean that the lowest pensions will not be affected. In effect, the lack of continuity in the labor market and the flatter salary life cycle curves will not make much of a difference. In addition, those retirees who receive the solidarity supplement will see any increase in their income that comes from the change in the retirement calculation cushioned, since any improvement will be offset by a cut in the supplement.
In an approximate calculation, Zunino estimates that the retirements that will benefit from the change in calculation are those that are between 40,000 and 70,000 pesos, and that the increase will not exceed 6%. On the other hand, the lowest retirements will barely see an increase of 1.5%.
The Minister of Labor, Pablo Mieres, said he did not agree with these CA modifications, but that it is “better” than losing the opportunity to approve the reform. “I was up to date and in permanent contact with the president about the conditions of the Cabildo and I supported his decision because I understand that the changes affect the objective of fiscal sustainability, but not to such a degree that it implies assuming that there is no reform,” said the president. coalitionist minister to The Daily.
Although these modifications had already begun before the last intervention of the Cabildo Abierto, the modification of article 328 of the project presented to Deputies allows the Executive to double the bonus to the military. This measure implies that the military will be able to retire earlier and with a higher pension. However, this concession can be considered unfair and inequitable in comparison with other sectors of the country.
Despite the changes that took place in the social security reform, the intervention of Cabildo Abierto left a climate of uncertainty and concern in society. It is possible that the measures favor a specific sector of the population more, and are not equitable for the rest.
