Valenti said that the campaign in favor of the “Yes” to the repeal of 135 articles of the LUC “is not from a party, or a union, or social organizations, that was the collection of signatures and” they did it very well ” .
“Now a great civic campaign begins and we are going to try to channel what was expressed by 800,000 citizens who called for the referendum,” the publicist told FM Del Sol.
On the other hand, Valenti questioned the most regressive aspects of the LUC, because he assured that “they favor the powerful and affect those below and those in the middle.”
He announced that the campaign will be analyzing the main issues that make up the Law: security, education, economy, labor rights and civic rights, that is, “articles that contradict a rich historical-legal tradition of Uruguay.”
money laundering
He acknowledged that during the current period of government there were more prisoners and more police officers are being hired, but, nevertheless, he asked: “How is it that in this entire period there has not been a single prosecution for money laundering? He stressed that in the history of Uruguay, and not only in the last 15 years, there have been prosecutions for money laundering.
In this sense, the publicist indicated that the LUC goes against the world trend that is to control cash transactions, which are the great instrument of drug trafficking and corruption. “It is extraordinarily negative to facilitate the movement of cash, because that reduces the capacity for control.
The LUC establishes, in the chapter referring to “Financial freedom” that all transactions of less than 100,000 dollars may be made with cash, since the obligation to execute them through electronic means of payment will no longer apply.
