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URUGUAYANS will vote in a referendum on Sunday to either accept or decline 137 articles of a legislative package promulgated by Congress during the first two months of President Luis Lacalle Pou’s right-wing administration.
The Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC) contains a number of measures strongly disputed by sections of the opposition, trade unions, human rights groups and other civil society organisations.
They include restrictions on the right to strike, greater police powers, tougher jail sentences for adolescents, the creation of a new category of “criminal appearance” and the enablement of “express evictions” in certain circumstances.
With turnout plummeting and faith in Parliament collapsing, BERT SCHOUWENBURG explains how radical local government reform — including devolved taxation and removal of party politics from town halls — could restore power to communities currently ignored by profit-obsessed MPs
