In the midst of the escalation of conflicts between the Government and the provinces, and with Axel Kicillof as the new one targeted by Javier Milei after his fight with Ignacio Torres, Jorge Macri
took the opportunity to pressure for the return of the percentage of co-participation
that Alberto Fernández had cut to the City, in September 2020, and which led to the creation of the Fiscal Strengthening Fund now eliminated and the reason for another judicial dispute in this case between Buenos Aires and the Nation.
A representative of the PRO and one of the 10 leaders united in what was Together for Change, the Buenos Aires mayor signed the statement of that group in support of Torres in his fight with Milei although he distanced himself from the tone of the Chubut native and
seeks to move with balance
in his relationship with the President.
As soon as he took office, he maintained the claim for the co-participation funds that Horacio Rodríguez Larreta had initiated, while at the same time showing discursive harmony with the positions of the ruling party.
"The City has a proposal made to the Nation, which comes from the previous government, so that the co-participation is fulfilled.
That claim is presented to the President and the Minister of Economy
," said Jorge Macri this Monday, at the inauguration ceremony. of the school year in a school in Pompeii.
“We hope
it is completed quickly because we need those resources
to guarantee the best possible education, among other things,” the mayor advanced.
Judicial dispute and negotiations
According to the City's calculation, since the ruling of the Supreme Court in December 2022 that raised the co-participation to 2.95, the national government accumulated a
debt of $437 billion, which with interest would amount to $844 billion
.
Macri and Néstor Grindetti, Buenos Aires Chief of Staff, had taken the claim to the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, at the beginning of January, without the Government giving in.
There was also a meeting with Guillermo Francos - Minister of the Interior - and Jorge Macri
insisted on the issue before Milei himself
in a talk of an hour and a half in Rome, when they coincided with the canonization of Mama Antula in the Vatican.
To what extent does the elimination of the Buenos Aires Fund favor the scenario for the purpose of the Buenos Aires mayor?
“It could be a first step
,” they hinted at a certain expectation in the City.
“We have been in talks since the new government took office.
There is a recognition that this debt exists and its legitimacy, unlike Kirchnerism, but they said that there was no money.
Now that issue changes
,” they noted near Jorge Macri.
As Axel Kicillof pointed out in La Plata, the resources for the Fund were contemplated in the 2023 Budget, in force this year due to the extension due to Milei's decision not to send a project to Congress.
At the Casa Rosada they did not confirm whether the cut to the province of Buenos Aires will be followed by a benefit for the City.
In the Ministry of Economy
they rejected a change based on the decree
, beyond the intention of maintaining contacts with Buenos Aires officials on this issue.
“The dialogue is open with the head of Government.
If there is one thing he is right about, it is that the money belongs to each of the jurisdictions.
We will see how progress is made with what is currently at the judicial level
,” spokesman Manuel Adorni limited himself to saying during the press conference.
See also
See also
Axel Kicillof goes to the Supreme Court for the removal of the Fiscal Strengthening Fund that Milei ordered: "He steals the resources of the provinces"
See also
See also
The private chats with which "Nacho" Torres tries to deny Javier Milei and Luis Caputo