Resorting to a euphemism during a press conference, he stated that «we will surely have to make a rate adjustment, we don’t have it defined, but certainly we will have to do it.»
This revelation was accompanied by criticism of current Minister of Economy Danilo Astori for refusing to increase rates for electricity, fuel and communications in January, and thus avoiding the outgoing Broad Front government’s responsibility for the unpopular measure.
After the elections, Astori reiterated that the freezing of rates responded to a decision by the Council of Ministers last July in response to the positive financial progress of the respective public utility companies.
Meanwhile, Lacalle Pou noted that the first draft of an emergency bill with 457 articles so far was ready, with the hope that Parliament adopts the measures within six months, the scope of which remains unknown, but is in the interest of the ruling right-wing coalition.
Changes are proposed to fiscal rules regarding public spending, and the public monopoly on the importation of oil and its derivatives repealed, while policies on public safety, social development and education will be reviewed.
«We want to do things quickly, emergencies do not just have to be declared, we must act accordingly,» threatened the president-elect.
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