At the end of the month the government would carry out one of the largest public sector personnel cuts of its administration. ATE warned about a cut of 70,000 people, something that the government describes as “unrealistic’ and “very rude.
” The total number of personnel in all ministries and the Chief of Staff amounted to 53,871 employees in December. “Each area will have to figure out its own cut and how many people it decides to retain,” an official told Clarín.