They confirm a referendum against the main law of President Luis Lacalle Pou

by time news

The Electoral Court of Uruguay today validated the number of signatures needed to call a referendum against part of a law next year it considers key for the government of President Luis Lacalle Pou.

The opposition Frente Amplio and social organizations presented in July more than 730,000 signatures to push this instance against 135 articles of the Urgent Consideration Law (LUC), a roadmap of the right-wing ruling coalition that came into effect in June 2020. Among the most questioned points are the flexibility of the use of police force, the regulation of the right to strike, as well as declaring the pickets illegitimate. carried out in public or private spaces that “affect the free movement of people, goods or services”, with the consequent power to dissolve them. The president of the Electoral Court, José Arocena, announced that the referendum will be held on March 27th next.

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