Former President José Mujica said that if the Broad Front wins the elections in 2024 and returns to government should modify the bill that reforms social security. “Surely you have to modify it. Repeal it completely,” said the former president in an interview with Channel 5 News.
Mujica pointed out that he did not like “several things” about the bill and that he found the proposal of the Open Cabildo “more interesting”, and that was not accepted by the government, to lower the replacement rate to 15 years instead of of 25 as it is in the current project. “The Cabildo already gave in“, held.
Regarding the position of Guido Manini Ríos’s party, which opposes expanding the possibilities of the AFAP to invest abroad, Mujica said that he “agrees” in the “conceptual” sense.
“Conceptually, I agree that there should be the greatest amount of effort to encourage investment to be made inside. Now we also have to look at the security of the people who by law are obliged to deposit in the AFAP and who will receive it in the future of their income in relation to those who produce those funds. It is the other concept, because it is not national money, it is money from savers,” he said.
Although he clarified that he did not discuss it with the bench, he gave his opinion that he believes that the Broad Front will vote on that point. “I don’t know, I haven’t discussed it with the comrades, but yes, I think so, because conceptually we are against the AFAP. Conceptually. But when it comes to reality, which takes years to apply, you can’t go back either because That has costs and a legal disaster. I think that the Front would not oppose it, but it would be necessary to find a good investment in Uruguay, which I think there is.“.
Regarding the discussion between the government and Cabildo Abierto to approve the reform and that has led to the voting being delayed. Mujica pointed out that it is “a discrepancy of ideas.” “It seems totally legitimate to me, surely they will find some middle ground”, he avoided.
Cabildo Abierto decided to request an extension to continue negotiating the changes in the social security reform project,. The motion was presented at the session on Tuesday, March 29, and was approved with the support of those led by Guido Manini Ríos and the Broad Front.
“What the party (Cabildo Abierto) did is file an extension to the term of the special commissionwas raised to the coalition and legislators of the Broad Front,” said the lobbyist deputy Martin Sodano.
The deputy based the Cabildo vote on the fact that “the spirit is to achieve consensus and construction of the project to vote on it before the 31st of this month.” “However, when the deadlines did not arrive and having the agreements, The idea is to have a receipt so that the commission does not expire Being that Easter is coming and a short half month. That is why I present this motion to extend the deadline until next month’s deadline,” Sodano concluded.
Thus, the special commission that is dealing with the pension reform will have a deadline to work until April 30despite the fact that the National Party wanted to approve the reform in commission this Friday, March 31, when the initial term expired.
Until now Cabildo Abierto remained firm in not voting on the reform until some changes related to the number of years it takes to calculate the replacement rate and AFAP investments abroad.
