Morel will travel to Rio de Janeiro at the end of the month to represent the white Mayors at the Macro Cities Meeting
The Mayor of Cerro Largo participated on Wednesday evening in the meeting of MERCOSUR cities in the MERCOSUR building, on Thursday morning in a new Plenary Session of the National Congress of Mayors and on the same Thursday, but in the afternoon in the Decentralization Commission.
At the end of the month, he will travel to Brazil, specifically to the city of Rio de Janeiro to represent the Communal Chiefs of the National Party in a new edition of the Macro Cities Meeting.
“Today we are going to present everything that has to do with tourism at the headquarters of the Ministry of Tourism” remembered Christian Morel.
“On Thursday night the request for authorization to leave the country came in because I am going to Rio de Janeiro on behalf of the Congress of Mayors.” announced to THE DIARY PROFESSIONAL. “I was chosen to be the representative from November 30 to December 6 in what will be the meeting of macro cities of South America. The responsibility fell to me, for the National Party I will be the one who will represent Congress. Other colleagues, in the case of the Mayor of Canelones, will nominate his department as the future headquarters of the next meeting of macro cities” he explained.
PROGRESS IN THE BUDGET
The deadlines for the preparation and subsequent presentation of the main Decree of a Departmental Government Administration are shortened.
“The Team led by Accountant Alejandro Duarte is working very carefully and thinking a lot about the works. We already have the FDI projects planned for 2026, we already have plans for what will be done” he assured. “Beyond that, we must put together the Five-Year Budget, which will not have much variation in terms of money from what the last one was, but with control to ensure that we do not close the year with deficits.” Christian Morel pointed out.
“We are doing a great job, with a team that is leaving its soul in the field in Accounting to reduce a number of debts that the Municipality had, generating agreements with some suppliers, asking for discounts and in other cases reconciling accounts and being able to lower them” he commented. “From what we received a few months ago, we have reduced debt by 35 Million Pesos. I think that, for three months of management in an Municipality that had $1,600 Million of debt, reducing by $35 Million is a good sign thinking about the future and thinking that in 3 or 4 years we will be very good” he added.
THE HOUSE IN ORDER BEFORE THAN EXPECTED
The Mayor said to THE DIARY PROFESSIONAL what is achieving “put the house in order” sooner than thought. “When I entered I didn’t imagine what I was going to find. I had a very bad time the first month, the first 30 days I didn’t sleep, I lost sleep, it was very difficult for me” he counted.
“Now the licenses are coming and I don’t want the officials to leave without the money, we want to see the investment we are going to make in the Christmas baskets and the bonus is coming” express. “Difficult economic times are coming, but we are preparing, we are making a cushion so we can ensure that we do not lack anything” he assured.
“The carnival is going to consume us a lot of money” advancement. “The carnival is going to consume us money that is increasing day by day, but in any case it is going to consume us less than what the last carnival consumed, which was around $21 Million, it is going to consume us between 13 and 14 Million Pesos. It is a people’s festival, the people work and it is positioned nationally very well, therefore, we must make that investment” he stated.
“The streets, the lighting works, the gutters, we are going to do them non-stop one day, but we have to stop to watch the carnival go by, we have to stop to see that there are entrepreneurs who work, we have to stop to show that Melo is beautiful and that above all things he is prepared to throw good parties” The Mayor of Cerro Largo closed.
