The governor of Entre Ríos,
Rogelio Frigerio
, asked this Thursday
to "lower the decibels"
in the
confrontation between provinces and the government of Javier Milei
, while remarking that it has been possible to
"deactivate the bomb"
that meant the debt inherited by the previous Peronist management upon assuming.
In that sense,
he supported the President
and maintained that he is "supporting the efforts" that the president "needs to transform
a country devastated by Kirchnerism
and achieve balance in public accounts, lower inflation and grow again, which is neither more nor less." than the change that society asked for.
"The first thing we have to do is
lower the decibels
and understand that there cannot be a contradiction between the objective of the National Government achieving the fiscal balance necessary to
end the scourge of inflation
and the defense of the interests of the province." , he insisted this Thursday during his opening speech to legislative sessions in the province.
Rogelio Frigerio during his opening speech to the province's legislative sessions.
Photo Government of Entre Ríos
Likewise, he was "convinced that
there are meeting points
between the needs of the National Government and the need of the provinces to have resources to provide quality services and improve the lives of their inhabitants."
“I am willing to make the effort to
find those diagonals
, those meeting places where the interest of both parties converges, which, ultimately, is the common interest of all Argentines,” completed the governor-elect of Together for Change.
In
another show of support for Milei
, he considered that "
it makes no sense for the National Government to allocate funds to pay the salaries
of provincial public employees, nor to take care of subsidizing urban passenger transportation, nor to carry out public works in the municipalities," because "the provinces and municipalities have to take care of that."
We are cleaning up the State that for years turned its back on the people.
We reduced political positions by 50%, we are organizing the accounts and supporting the productive sector with concrete measures.
We are going to recover the prominence that some of us knew how to have.
#EntreRíosEnMarcha pic.twitter.com/rBM1FUuT6I
— Rogelio Frigerio (@frigeriorogelio) February 16, 2024
However, he previously asked to rediscuss the sharing of national taxes.
“First we have to reorganize how resources are distributed in our country.
"What's up to everyone," he said.
"
Each level of government has to be austere
and carry out an exercise of introspection to see where to eliminate expenses that do not reach the people. From our province, we make the effort with our expenses and our resources. And we are fighting all the fights that we have to. give to defend our rights, without this implying promoting or supporting measures that mean definancing the Nation," he stated.
Frigerio's inheritance: from receiving a "defunded, indebted and without resources" province to "deactivating the bomb"
At another point in the speech, Frigerio was in charge of describing the inheritance he received when he became governor of Entre Ríos, succeeding the Peronist
Gustavo Bordet
.
"We received a
province that was underfunded and in debt, without resources
, without quality services and
without incentives
to produce and grow. Years of passivity from the State put us in the group of provinces that are furthest from their potential," he criticized his predecessor.
And he attacked harshly: "We find ourselves with a
shortage of 100 billion pesos
to cover debts and a part of the wage bill. In terms of public works, we find a paralysis that affects thousands of construction workers and debts to contractors for more than 22 billion pesos, including
some prosecuted
.
Gustavo Bordet and Rogelio Frigerio in a transition photo.
The current governor was very harsh in his speech against the inheritance of his predecessor.
"
The money
we found as soon as we took over
was barely enough to pay half of the
government's monthly wage bill," he summarized about the inheritance.
Just as in 15 years an Access to Public Information law was never promoted, there has never been a Public Ethics law in the history of our province.
We are going to send tomorrow to the Legislature, to nip corruption in the bud, the Legal Regime bill for...
— Rogelio Frigerio (@frigeriorogelio) February 16, 2024
In this context, he highlighted: "
We managed to defuse the bomb and
we were able
to pay the debt
and prevent our province from falling into default. And, in parallel, we began negotiations with various multilateral financing organizations to obtain additional resources."
D.S.