The Government
will appeal the ruling in favor of Chubut
by the Rawson federal court that ordered the national Executive to
pay the $13.5 billion
in co-participation that the Government had “stepped on” for the debt contracted by the Patagonian province.
Meanwhile, at the political level, the Minister of the Interior continues to build
political bridges
with provincial leaders just when the Senate is preparing to
reject the mega-DNU
.
The Justice portfolio, headed by
Mariano Cúneo Libarona
, and the Treasury General Attorney, led by
Rodolfo Barra
, are currently studying what is
the best strategy
for the Government.
The possibility of presenting a per saltum
to appeal to the Supreme Court, the most probable route,
is analyzed ;
appeal to the Court of Cassation
or request an
inhibitory appeal
against Judge
Hugo Sastre
.
“
There is time and deadline to respond
,” the Government de-dramatized.
In the 79 days of Javier Milei's administration there are precedents from various perspectives.
The Attorney General's Office appealed to the highest Court for it
to issue a ruling on the precautionary measure that blocked the labor chapter
.
In that case, however, it was an appeal because it had been the Labor Chamber that had left in suspense the most cumbersome chapter of DNU 70/2023, which now hangs by a thread in the Senate.
“Per saltum would make sense to
bring up the issue of the (federal) Justice of Chubut
,” reasoned an official with an office in the Casa Rosada.
With the ruling in favor of the removal of transportation subsidies that Chubut obtained 5 days ago by the same judge who now ruled in favor again, the Government's decision was
to appeal to the immediately higher Chamber
.
Meanwhile, Rioja governor
Ricardo Quintela
requested a per saltum at the end of December, which received the green light from interim attorney Eduardo Casal.
A few days ago the missionary
Hugo Passalacqua
also appealed to the Court to demand the restitution of the National Teacher Incentive Fund.
The supreme leaders, until now, have let politics do their thing.
On Monday, Buenos Aires native
Axel Kicillof
also announced that he would sue the national State before the Court for the elimination of the fiscal strengthening trust fund.
While the ruling party prepares to digest a defeat in the Senate,
Guillermo Francos
tries to keep bridges afloat with governors who on Friday aligned themselves behind the claim of
Ignacio Torres
from Chubut .
This Tuesday, the Minister of the Interior received Gustavo Sáenz
from Salta at the Casa Rosada
, who last week had hosted the meeting between Francos and 4 other provincial leaders from the north.
“We agree that
dialogue and consensus are an essential path in the search for solutions
for the people of Salta and all Argentines,” said the provincial leader who attended Balcarce 50 at the invitation of the minister.
The governors of the lithium-producing provinces want the mining chapter of the frustrated Omnibus Law to be approved as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, on Monday the minister opened the doors of his office to the Chaco and radical
Leandro Zdero
, political godson of Gustavo Valdés from Corrientes, who received the President last week on his first excursion to a province.
In the middle of the war between Milei and Torres, the youngest governor in the country, Francos plans to receive
Alberto Weretilneck
from Rio Negro on Wednesday , who this Tuesday met with the rest of the Patagonian governors and their legislators in Congress.
On January 26, after the Government canceled the national teaching fund and the Transportation compensation fund, the vice-governor of Río Negro,
Pedro Pesatti
, threatened the Government with leaving it “
without oil, without gas and without hydroelectric energy
”, the same warning that Torres issued on Friday, before receiving the solidarity of the rest of the governors with the exception of Osvaldo Jaldo from Tucumán.
The political minister seeks to reestablish a
channel of dialogue with the Patagonian governors
who announced the creation of a parliament for the region and even a regional hydrocarbon company.
As
reported by Clarín
, last week Francos received the senator for Neuquén Lucila Crexell, who last month decided to create a unibloc to defend the interests of her province and the administration of
Rolando Figueroa from Neuquén
.
Crexell had been very harsh with the Government and she anticipated that the Legislature has the power to remove the President and lower the Mega-DNU.
The President, meanwhile, does not plan to hold a meeting with all the governors like the one he led on December 19.
Francos and Vice President Victoria Villarruel - who differs from Milei and conveyed to several governors her intention to maintain a good relationship - will travel to Mendoza on Saturday to attend the Harvest Festival.
They will be received by the host
Alfredo Cornejo
, who expressed his solidarity with Torres, but distanced himself from his warning to the Government.
"How can I agree with coercive measures of any kind? I agree with seeking understanding between the national government and the provinces," said the Mendoza governor.