After last week's tension due to cross statements from the Government and the governors' rudeness regarding the legislative progress of the Omnibus Law,
there was consensus at the summit held this Monday afternoon at the Federal Investment Council (CFI).
, in which governors from Together for Change, provincial leaders of Peronism, national legislators and the Minister of the Interior Guillermo Francos participated.
The meeting was set up over the weekend, but until Monday morning it was not official, because many governors could not confirm their attendance and in any case had to send representatives.
The presence of officials from
Javier Milei's government was also not defined.
Finally, the three legs of the discussion were in the CFI.
Precisely that was
the speech with which Rogelio Frigerio
, as former Minister of the Interior and representative of the provinces, opened the talk in a long round table with Francos and José Rolandi, the Secretary of the Interior, who accompanied the minister to the meeting.
The Entre Ríos governor raised what he previously discussed with his colleagues:
"We believe that we have to give the President the tools to move the law forward
. "
There was consensus with that comment and it was anticipated that on Wednesday, in Congress, the reformed project would be endorsed.
"It is only the first chapter of everything that is to come," anticipated, with caution, a source consulted by
Clarín
.
Beyond the good harmony, there were some issues that had been generating some tension and for which there was a good willingness to reach an agreement:
the governors asked that the COUNTRY Tax be shared with the provinces
, as long as the Nation does not lose resources in the way.
Maximiliano Pullaro and Marcelo Orrego, together at the summit this Monday.
Photo: Federico López Claro.
"The percentage remains to be defined, it will be seen if the ratio of the income it generates will be 70/30 or 80/20, but the condition is that it does not generate a loss for the national coffers, it only remains to define the fine print," said another source. .
That issue will begin to be resolved when it goes to Congress, separately, since it was left out of the Omnibus Law.
After the meeting, Francos was clear about that issue.
"We had a very positive meeting with the governors. They expressed their willingness to agree. The Government already said that we will discuss everything fiscal later with all the provinces and Congress. We are not going to discuss fiscal issues in this law," he stated.
In parallel, the Casa Rosada Twitter account warned: "The Office of the President reiterates that the PAIS Tax and the rest of the fiscal package, previously included in the Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines, are will discuss later."
The Office of the President reiterates that the PAIS Tax and the rest of the fiscal package, previously included in the Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines, will be discussed later.
— Office of the President (@OPRArgentina) January 30, 2024
In parallel, the legislators present from the UCR and Hacemos Coalión Federal made a proposal, which the Government agreed to respond:
that among the companies that will not be privatized, in addition to YPF, there are also Banco Nación, Arsat and Nucleoeléctrica Argentina
.
Regarding what has to do with the Omnibus Law itself, the agreement is that
it will be given half a sanction in Deputies without including the entire fiscal package that the Government removed from the agenda
last Friday, which included an increase in withholdings to the soybeans and derived products, and modified the way pensions were updated, among other points that the governors of Together for Change had asked to modify.
Francos was in the first part of the meeting, about half an hour
, and left shortly before 8 p.m. The governors cultivate a very good relationship with the Minister of the Interior, unlike the crossed accusations that there were with Luis Caputo, the Minister of Economy, who had warned last week that he was going to cut budget items if they did not approve the law in Congress.
One of those who has the best dialogue with Francos is Ignacio Torres from Chubut, whom Francos greeted affectionately at the meeting and whom he highlighted that he put his own resources to fight the fire in the Los Alerces National Park.
The most salient fact of the day, in addition to the presence of Francos, was
the presence of Martín Llaryora, Peronist governor of Córdoba
, who attended the meeting called by the Cambiomitas.
Also present were Sergio Mansilla, vice president of the Tucumán Legislature, and Rubén Dusso, the vice governor of Catamarca, both provinces administered by PJ leaders.
From Together for Change were: Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos), Ignacio Torres (Chubut), Leandro Zdero (Chaco), Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Jorge Macri (city of Buenos Aires) and Marcelo Orrego (San Juan). They did not attend, but their own representatives were sent: Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza), Carlos Sadir (Jujuy), Gustavo Valdés (Corrientes) and Claudio Poggi (San Luis).
Among the legislators present, Rodrigo de Loredo (UCR), Cristian Ritondo, Diego Santilli and Damián Arabia (PRO), Emilio Monzó, Nicolás Massot, Ricardo López Murphy and Miguel Ángel Pichetto (We Make the Federal Coalition) stood out.