After pressure from the IMF, the Government advances with more cuts: they will review 160,000 social plans

"We have to start working on

," confirmed this Wednesday the Minister of Social Development, Victoria Tolosa Paz, to

.

Thus, the official formalized the Government's decision to review and possibly terminate a significant number of the 

of the

, whose amount is equivalent to half the minimum wage ($34,750 in March).

That universe on which Social Development puts the magnifying glass are people who also receive the Enhance Work, so

, but it can be higher if they are benefited from other programs such as the Alimentar Card, which is also granted by this Portfolio;

or the Universal Child Allowance (AUH), in charge of the ANSES.

The news came just three days after the

was released , which on page 13 precisely warns about the overlapping of social plans that discourage the creation of formal employment and calls for the imposition of some ceiling on the accumulation of benefits.

“A comprehensive evaluation of social support programs is identifying

, including by limiting full social assistance benefits for those who receive other social transfers at or below the minimum wage to encourage labor market entry. formal”, indicates the report of the credit agency.

The minister's announcement seems a direct response to the Fund's proposal.

Also this Wednesday, the leftist picketers carried out "a national picketing against the adjustment", in clear reference to the cutbacks in plans and the freezing of new registrations, in the main accesses to the City and with aftershocks throughout the country.

Tolosa Paz, who in mid-March confirmed the

who had not validated their identity, emphasized the need to advance in the control of the second program that requires compensation for employment or training of 8 hours, double that of the flagship program that consumes half of the budget of your Wallet.

“We need to see how and in what ways they don't become

.

.

I have to know if the person charges a Nexo, a Alimentar Card and if it is justified, ”she pointed out.

Although there is still no official data in this regard, the Executive maintains that the beneficiaries of Nexo are distributed proportionally in the same way as Potenciar among the beneficiaries grouped in the cooperatives that respond to social organizations. 

In other words, in this universe there is a majority linked to pro-government groups such as the

and a minority of leftist piqueteros.

The universe of informal workers who receive the Nexus is equivalent to one third of the registered workers of the UOCRA.

"I ordered the Potenciar, now we are going for the Nexus", promised the former deputy, who announced that 86 thousand beneficiaries of the Potenciar will be incorporated into the training courses of the construction union.

The minister

in the Potenciar payroll, after the IMF described in its report that there are 400,000 beneficiaries who could enter the formal job market and 500,000 who would choose to finish their compulsory studies.

“There is no room for adjustment.

The IMF already knows this.

We do not anticipate a reduction in the payroll.

There was a very biased look.

I totally rule it out.

It is not in the plans of the President, nor of the Minister of Economy nor of this minister, ”said Tolosa Paz, who spoke privately with Sergio Massa after his visit to the multilateral credit organization.

She stressed that there will only be between

due to deaths, incompatibilities such as vehicle purchases or job registrations.

In the Government they added that the mention of the Fund for 400 thousand beneficiaries to join the formal employment market does not specify times.

"If there is no growth and no employment is generated -as the World Bank says- then there will be no losses in Potenciar. If we grow, the money saved will be used for canteens and tools," they explained.   

The minister insisted that the

provided by her Portfolio after completing the electronic audit and launching the "Go back to study" program, which generated

, because it grants educational institutions the power to validate the consideration of the beneficiaries who decide to finish their studies.

The head of the Social Portfolio also referred to the protests of the Piquetera Unit that once again turned the center of Buenos Aires into a traffic chaos, charged against the leader of the Polo Obrero and described the demonstration as a

.

“

.

(Eduardo) Belliboni tries to mobilize the pay day: it's the first mistake.

More than 1,200,000 people received $34,750 and the agreed bonus in December.

($17,375).

That is why he achieved neither strength nor empathy.

, ”She sentenced.

To accompany this argument, the Social Portfolio showed official numbers that show that in March there was an increase 9 percentage points above inflation.