JUST DAYS before the  elections the Cabinet Council threw some carrots  to the country’s senior citizens who have been protesting throughout the term of the current administration.  The cabinet announced an extraordinary bonus of $ 100 to pensioners and retirees, says the State Secretariat of Communication. 

"The commitment of President Juan Carlos Varela to continue doing social justice to this sector of the country's population is fulfilled, we made an increase in 2015 and Cepadem in 2018," said the statement.

It  follows a blizzard of photo-op openings of stat e projects in recent days, Many of them unfiished,

The initiative will be presented by the  Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) to the  National Assembly and also stipulates that the bonus will be granted to retirees and pensioners who are in force in the payment schedule as of April 2019.

The Cabinet, chaired by President Varela, also approved the project that creates the National Commission for the Revision of Pensioners and Retirees