Serious institutional setback: the left attacks educational freedom

In an act that represents a serious setback for university autonomy and the country's legal certainty, the government led by Frente Amplio has revoked the definitive authorization granted to six private universities under Article 29 of Decree 314/024, a measure that had been legally and legitimately approved two days before the change of administration.

The regulation, signed in November 2024, established that universities with more than twenty years of operation without serious observations could request definitive authorization, recognizing their track record and compliance. In a framework of transparency and legality, six private institutions obtained this status on February 26, 2025. However, after political pressure and arguments of questionable legal solidity, the new government decided to revoke that recognition, violating the principle of good faith and undermining confidence in the rules of the game.

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This gesture is not minor: it represents a fierce attack on educational freedom and an act of ideological harassment against the private sector. Under the pretext of "reviewing" the process, Frente Amplio has made its centralist and statist bias evident, insisting that the State must maintain a hegemonic role in education, even at the cost of delegitimizing institutions that have trained thousands of professionals for decades.

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This abuse not only harms university autonomy but also sets a dangerous institutional precedent, where what a regulation allows, politics can annul at its discretion. The affected universities—which have fully complied with the required criteria—are now in uncertainty, while obedience to the official narrative is rewarded and independent excellence is punished.

From liberalism, we can't fail to warn what is at stake: the freedom to teach and learn, respect for legality, and people's right to choose their education without ideological tutelage. If educational plurality is weakened, democracy itself is weakened.

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Uruguay, which trusts in education as a driver of development, can't allow political revenge to replace the rule of law.