The Minister of Social Development
Victoria Tolosa Paz
announced changes in the requirements for the certification of those who receive social plans and choose as consideration
to finish their studies
instead of working in socio-community or socio-productive tasks.
The decision generated a
harsh response from the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy
(UTEP), which later backtracked and revealed internal differences within the social movements of the ruling party.
Up to now, the
management units
-in the hands of the
social organizations-
were responsible for carrying out the controls of the
more than 1,200,000 beneficiaries
of Potenciar Trabajo.
With the decision of Tolosa Paz and the launch of the campaign "
Go back to study
" of the ministries of Social Development and Education, the
certification will depend on the educational establishments
to which the interested parties register, which must present this certificate through a APP.
Transfers from the Empowerment consume half of the Ministry's Budget.
“The effort we have to make is for them to study, because we know that the first step for labor inclusion is educational inclusion.
This brings tensions
, because it is clearly beginning to see a look at
sharing the certifications
they certify the Management Units and certifies the educational system, what is the certificate of which it is worth?
The one who gives me the school
”, he told
Clarín
Tolosa Paz, after an extensive presentation in his ministry.
The
electronic audit
to validate the identity of the beneficiaries showed that
there are more than 770,000 beneficiaries who did not finish their studies
.
One hundred thirty-two thousand couldn't even complete primary school
.
59.7
% of the total are women
and
almost 60% are mothers and young people
.
79.2% of the total stated that they want to finish their studies and 56% are very interested.
"If you choose to study,
your only consideration will be to study, as established in the program
," said the minister minutes after leftist picketers from the Polo Obrero Tendencia held a demonstration on July 9.
The decision that had been worked on for a month generated noise among the social organizations that hold positions in the ministry and have a strong foothold in UTEP.
The head of Evita and secretary of Social Economy, in charge of Empowering,
Emilio Pérsico,
opposed the measure.
“
I am not satisfied
”, he stated in
the presentation of his new
Patria de Los Comunes party.
There he also evoked the Pope and recalled that without plans, "
poverty would reach 52%
" and defined the Social Development Portfolio that he integrates as "
the ministry of band-aids
."
Much harsher had been the statement that UTEP released on networks on Thursday night.
“Once again the minister seeks to give empty announcements to
launch herself as a candidate
.
Now they want to hold school directors and teachers responsible for the guarantee of the Potenciar payment”, indicated the text that
was eliminated
over the course of hours .
The retreat of the organization led by the leader of Evita
Estaban "Gringo" Castro , where the MTE of
Juan Grabois
also stomps
, was due to the exploration of
a truce with a reserved prognosis
, but also to the
internal differences
of the informal workers union .
“I absolutely agree that it is optional to participate in a socio-productive, socio-community or educational terminability project.
My concern is that for community and productive projects there must be tools and
for education projects there must be space.
.
People do not have to be hostage to anyone: neither the State nor the organizations nor the municipal leaders”, Grabois told this newspaper.
Despite the fact that the new presidential candidate, who is on leave from UTEP, is not the most enthusiastic defender of Tolosa Paz, he marked differences with his allies.
Persico minimized them.
“With Juan we have the most important agreement;
in the social ”, he had said earlier.
In Evita, they point out that the change in Potenciar's policy is "worse" than in the days of
Carolina Stanley
and they are confident that -as has already happened with other changes in the program- there will be tension and an official reversal.
“
It is the organization feints and backslides
”, they paraphrase Cristina Kirchner.
In the environment of the minister, who has already made official the cancellation of 100,000 plans to beneficiaries who did not validate their identity, they believe that the organizations will not advance against an educational program.
In the Government they also relativize the productive nature of the star social program of the Executive.
Remember that only 300,000 beneficiaries are engaged in productive management units.
According to their own surveys, the vast majority carry out socio-community tasks in canteens and picnic areas.
