The National Plenary of the Broad Front (FA) ratified this Saturday his rejection of the pension reform proposed by the Executive Power and it defined that its senators and deputies will vote negatively on the bill in general, beyond the fact that it may be supporting some specific points in particular. Points that the opposition estimates could favor the situation of some specific groups.
The political force will create a commission for this purpose, made up of the presidency, the political leadership and legislators to follow up on the issue. “We reject a reform that is profoundly unfair,” the president of the FA, Fernando Pereira, said at a press conference. He was consulted for the reasons, he insisted on the arguments that the opposition has been pointing out for weeks: “Its financing falls on the workers, with more years to work and fewer amounts.”
Within this framework, Pereira organically ratified his support for the proposal of the communist senator Óscar Andrade: if the FA’s claims were not true, people should be allowed to opt for the system that suits them best.
The president of the political force thus added organic support to the proposal of the communist senator Óscar Andrade, insofar as if the government’s projections are correct and the retirements for the new system are higher, that future retirees can choose under which regime to retire . This was reported this Saturday The Observer.
Pereira recalled that this proposal also has the support of the Cabildo Abierto. “If what they say is true, they will accept the proposal,” he said. “Otherwise, we will have lived with a new lie again.”
