The
Federal Justice of Lomas de Zamora
accepted this Wednesday the precautionary measure requested by the mayor of Esteban Echeverría, Fernando Gray, to
suspend the increases in bus and train tickets in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA)
announced by the Ministry of Transport by Javier Milei.
"I am very concerned about the rate increases in public services. To increase them they have to have in-person public hearings and this Government does it virtually and everything is completely distorted. Less than an hour ago the
court gave us a precautionary measure. The Justice echoed our request
," said the communal chief in dialogue with Radio con Vos.
As read in the judicial document, issued by the Federal Civil and Commercial Court No. 3 to which
Clarín
accessed , Gray stated that
"due process and the principle of rationality are not complied with
," since citizen participation is "denatured." , to the point of turning it into a mere opinion through a 5,000-character social network comment.
The only way for people to express themselves regarding the rate increase is the Mi Argentina website, where "the opinions of the participants are non-binding and have a maximum length of 5,000 characters."
In his request for protection, Gray considered that, in addition to suspending the rate increases, it is necessary "
to hold a public hearing
to guarantee citizen participation."
Judge Ernesto Kreplak agreed with him
and stopped the increase.
Earlier, in an interview with
A24
, the mayor of Asín Echeverría had complained: “They make
an absolute mess
, because what they do is that they invite you to a website where there are queries, you register from My Argentina and you have five thousand characters to express your opinion about the increase.
It is a chat where you briefly give your opinion about what is happening, with that they consider the hearing fulfilled and go directly to the increase.”
Fernando Gray, mayor of Esteban Echeverría, and a stop to the increase in bus tickets.
The suspension is “
for a period of five days
, during which time
measures must be adopted to guarantee the stated rights
, readjusting the citizen participation procedure.”
News in development.
D.S.