The President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pou announced an additional increase of 3% to liabilities and 2% to public sector workers as of July, and suggested bringing forward the adjustment for inflation to private workers.
The sectors that make up the government coalition expressed their approval of the measures adopted by the Executive.
Indeed, former President Julio María Sanguinetti (Colorado Party) described the proposals as “adequate”, and said that they will cost approximately 170 million dollars.
“It seems very appropriate to us that having given certain increases in January and complementing them now to rescue what could mean a loss due to the inflationary push. This government is beginning to provide answers,” Sanguinetti said.
He added that “the price of the products could have been chosen, although it was understood that the most important issue was salaries, and that this increase in the public ones opens the expectation in the private ones, which is why it was decided to convene to the Superior Tripartite Council.
Good news
For his part, senator and leader of Cabildo Abierto, Guido Manini Ríos, expressed that the government’s announcements are “good news and good measures.”
He stressed that the measures ensure that workers will not lose purchasing power this year.
“It is estimated, and there it is very clear that today there can be no certainty, that the January increase added to the July increase will be above inflation and that means salary recovery,” he said.
More targeted measures
For his part, the senator of the National Party Jorge Gandini said: “Welcome the advances to salaries and pensions announced by the president.”
Gandini stated that these are “necessary measures that make clear the flexible and sensitive management of the economy.”
“Other measures more focused on the most vulnerable sectors will come,” said the white parliamentarian.
