"Pymecide"
and
"middle classes in the abyss"
were the phrases with which Elisa Carrió once again strongly criticized the government of Javier Milei.
The founder of the Civic Coalition had already expressed herself against some points of the Omnibus Law and the mega DNU.
Now, she questioned the rate increase again.
"Pymecide and
destruction of the middle class due to the high tariff
and consequent monthly indexation," Carrió described the economic measures of the Milei Government, one day after the announcement of increases of up to 150% in electricity rates.
Then she resumed the defense of retirees and SMEs, two points that confronted her with the Casa Rosada in the first months of La Libertad Avanza's management.
"The adjustment is paid for by retirees and small and medium-sized businesses throughout the interior of the country. Middle and lower middle classes in the abyss, transportation and electricity kill everyone," concluded the former deputy, in a message she published on her Twitter account (now known as X).
Pymecide and destruction of the middle class due to the high tariff and consequent monthly indexation.
The adjustment is paid by retirees and small and medium-sized businesses throughout the interior of the country.
Middle and lower middle classes to the abyss, transportation and light kill everyone.
— Elisa Lilita Carrió (@elisacarrio) February 16, 2024
At the beginning of February, Carrió had described the Omnibus Law "a constitutional horror." In January he had said that giving superpowers to Milei was "inadmissible."
He also treated Luis Caputo as an "imbecile" and accused him of wanting the reduction in the deficit - the goal that both the Minister of Economy and the President point out as non-negotiable - "to go through the hunger of retirees."
Rate increases
Carrió's words come after the strong increases in the price of public services and transportation, which have already begun to take effect and to which, according to announcements, new increases will occur.
Since Tuesday, February 6, the minimum bus ticket in the City and Suburbs costs $270, while the train ticket rose to $130, an increase of 250% amid the withdrawal of subsidies to the sector.
A first increase had already been registered in January.
Public transport, one of the axes of the increases.
Photo Juano Tesone
That same week, the Ministry of Economy "immediately" removed the Interior Compensation Fund from the provinces.
This is a strong reduction in transportation subsidies, in a new escalation of the confrontation between La Rosada and the governors after the collapse of the Omnibus Law project in Congress.
Nation would only cover social fare, so the ticket would go above $1,000 in some cities.
Regarding electricity rates, the Government resolved an increase in electricity that will reach up to 150% average for users of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA), clients of Edenor and Edesur, and defined an indexation mechanism to starting in May that will take into account salaries and inflation.
The increase in transportation will also be felt in the City.
According to the Buenos Aires Government, starting in April each subway trip will cost $574. In May and June new sections of increases will be made.