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Orsi issues message on Accountability Report: lists 'good news' and acknowledges 'what is missing'

Orsi issues message on Accountability Report: lists 'good news' and acknowledges 'what is missing'

From El País · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi presented the government's Accountability Report, highlighting achievements and outlining future plans.
  • The report emphasizes increased spending on early childhood to combat poverty, with over $30 million allocated.
  • Orsi noted key successes including the highest real salary in 50 years, record household income, and reduced unemployment, while acknowledging areas needing improvement.

President Yamandú Orsi has released a message to the nation following the presentation of the government's Accountability Report to Parliament, detailing the past year's figures and future projections, including economic reforms.

The presentation of the Accountability Report is the moment when a government puts the numbers on the table and tells its country what has been done and what it proposes to do.

— Yamandú OrsiPresident Orsi explained the purpose of the Accountability Report.

The report highlights a significant focus on vulnerable populations, with over $30 million earmarked to boost early childhood programs aimed at reducing child poverty, a core objective of Orsi's administration. "We decided to focus on the population that is having the worst time. Not all governments do the same with their economy, not all decide to prioritize the same areas or sectors, nor are all governments willing to take the same actions," Orsi stated in the video message.

We decided to focus on the population that is having the worst time. Not all governments do the same with their economy, not all decide to prioritize the same areas or sectors, nor are all governments willing to take the same actions.

— Yamandú OrsiOrsi described his government's prioritization strategy.

Orsi proudly listed several key achievements, stating that "real salary is at its highest level in the last 50 years, household income has reached its historic maximum, pensions have risen above inflation, and inflation is the lowest in the last 70 years." He also noted a decrease in unemployment, with 300 individuals who were previously homeless now employed, emphasizing that this represents people reclaiming their place in society.

real salary is at its highest level in the last 50 years, household income has reached its historic maximum, pensions have risen above inflation, and inflation is the lowest in the last 70 years.

— Yamandú OrsiOrsi detailed key economic achievements reported to Parliament.

The president also highlighted the creation of the Single Allowance for Childhood and Adolescence, a unified program designed to streamline bureaucracy and improve support for over 50,000 children. He acknowledged that some initiatives may not yet be widely felt but stressed the importance of sharing positive news. "Not being humble, but admitting that we have covered a part of that path. Staying silent on this is not humility, it is a serious political error," Orsi asserted, while also mentioning internal measures like cutting official travel and reallocating resources.

That is not a statistic, it is people who have recovered a place they had lost in our society.

— Yamandú OrsiOrsi emphasized the human impact of reduced unemployment.
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Originally published by El País in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.