Days past, the Socialist Party of Uruguay convened the Central Committee in person at Huella de Seregni. After the meeting held on Saturday and Sunday with representatives from all over the country and the various lists, a statement was issued in which the commitment to principles in the fight against impunity was reaffirmed and indignation was expressed at the stories held by various actors, including front-line referents of the current government, who “minimize state terrorism and human rights violations committed in the framework of the last civic-military dictatorship”
The PS expresses once again its “warning and commitment to the critical social situation in the country.”
“While the economy grows and wealth is concentrated in a few hands, we are witnessing a painful situation of misery and hunger in sectors of the population, a planned drop in wages and the consequent impoverishment of the majority,” the socialists said.
institutional violence
At the same time, it warns that there are “multiple forms of violence that deepen in society, and that they are strengthened by actions or omissions of the State that also imply a systematic exercise of institutional violence.”
In this sense, the PS denounces “the offensive of the current government against companies and public services”, and is in solidarity with the union struggle that resists it.
“We express our absolute rejection of any social security reform project based on the loss of rights by workers and retirees, and we express our concern about the information that has emerged from the visit of the President of the Republic to the United Kingdom that reference to the rapprochement and possible cooperation agreements in defense matters with said country and due to the possible consequences of these policies in relation to the historical position of Uruguay regarding sensitive issues such as that of Argentine sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands”, the Party stated. Socialist.
He asserts that in a context in which the government is once again raising the issue of bilateral defense relations with imperialist powers, it is pertinent to publicly express support for the actions of the socialist caucus of deputies in the position adopted and based on House of Representatives together with the PVP caucus, in the face of two projects discussed in recent weeks on defense cooperation with the US, whose approval by the Broad Front was rejected by both sectors.
