Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, said that the province of La Rioja is "illegal" The minister targeted Ricardo Quintela for the issuance of a provincial bond to pay salaries. "It will have sanctions such as fines and the cutting of the advance payment from the State Treasury," he warned.

Francos stressed that these bonds will only be used in the province, because the national State will not receive them to pay taxes as happened with the Patacones after the 2001 Crisis.