Despite the refusal of President Yamandu Orsi’s government, the labor movement announced the creation of a technical commission that will have two months to present a draft proposal.

The president of the union, Marcelo Abdala, said that the commission will include representatives from the Cuesta Duarte Institute, the PIT-CNT Academy, and the University of the Republic, among others.

Abdala argued that one percent of the Uruguayan population accumulates between 35 and 40% of total assets.

While we have a third of children living in poverty, that’s close to 25,000 people, and not one poor child can be allowed to live there, the union leader emphasized in an interview with Radio Montecarlo.

“We propose that we will not create any taxes,” President Yamandu Orsi responded after a meeting with the PIT-CNT (People’s Party of the Workers’ Party) in late June.

That was one of Orsi’s election campaign promises, this time directed at private businesses.

Meanwhile, four senators from the Frente Amplio are promoting a debate in that chamber on the proposal to tax the wealthiest.

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