In a game of
crossed pressures
where the warnings are tinged with threats, after the statements of President
Javier Milei
, who in the Cabinet meeting said about the governors - "I am going to leave them without a peso, I am going to melt them all" - now a deputy governor has doubled down: "
The provinces could leave the national government without oil, without gas and without hydroelectric energy
."
"What President Milei said today is an absolute provocation and takes the country to extremes from which it could be very difficult to return," the vice governor of Río Negro, Pedro Pesatti, remarked this Thursday.
"If the President of the Nation threatens to leave the provinces without the fiscal resources that correspond to them, the provinces, like the Patagonian ones, could leave the national government without oil, without gas and without hydroelectric energy," added the vice-governor of the provincial party. Together We Are Río Negro, which supported former candidate Sergio Massa in the runoff.
After the harsh message, Pesatti, who was previously mayor of Viedma - the provincial capital -, clarified: "But reaching that
would be putting Argentina on the brink of national dissolution
or a
civil war
and that is what the President should consider." before expressing themselves with such levels of violence when using threats as a method".
"He has every right in the world to send an omnibus law and expect Congress to approve it without parliamentarians modifying a period or a comma. But he also has the duty, as president of a democratic republic, to accept the decision." that Congress takes, even if it doesn't like it," he concluded.
What President Milei said today is an absolute provocation and is taking the country to extremes from which it could be very difficult to return.
If the President of the Nation threatens to leave the provinces without the fiscal resources that correspond to them, the provinces, like the…
— Pedro Pesatti (@pedropesatti) January 25, 2024
Governor Weretilnek to Milei: "Get it out of your head to see us on our knees"
Minutes later, Alberto Weretilneck, governor of Río Negro, who a few days ago received surgery, also left a message on the networks: "Our Republic was formed by the federative union of the provinces.
Federalism is a fundamental principle
of the organization politics of Argentina".
"Provincial governments guarantee essential services such as security, health and education. It is a fallacy to say that the provinces are responsible for
Argentina's
fiscal deficit . We are not responsible," Weretilneck added.
"Receiving this type of
grievances from the central government
is very sad and annoying. From the inside we are not going to accept any type of pressure: we are going to defend Río Negro and the Patagonian provinces," added the former senator and two-time governor who returned to office. being elected last year.
Our Republic was formed by the federative union of the provinces.
Federalism is a fundamental principle of the political organization of Argentina.
Provincial governments guarantee essential services such as security, health and education.
It's a fallacy...
— Alberto Weretilneck (@Weretilneck) January 25, 2024
"In Patagonia
we produce more than 90% of the country's gas and oil
. We generate more than 25% of the electrical energy that makes Argentina work. We have in our provinces the best tourist centers that generate foreign currency. We have agriculture, livestock and fishing," listed the Patagonian governor.
And he concluded with a harsh message to the Government: "Stop threatening and call for dialogue. Stop pushing and look for big agreements to move forward as a society. Put aside the confrontation and look for consensus.
Get out of your head seeing us on our knees
."
News in development.
D.S.