There were ups and downs, rumors of division into groups and even cancellation, but the call made by the Government to the governors for a summit in Casa Rosada will take place this Friday, starting at 3:00 p.m.
President Javier Milei will not be there
, nor will the minister of Economy Luis Caputo, but the Chief of Staff Nicolás Posse and the Minister of the Interior Guillermo Francos will be in the game, plus a group of 24 representatives from the 24 provinces.
Although it was expected that there would not be perfect attendance, executive sources confirmed to Clarín that each province will have its own representative.
And there will be Axel Kicillof, who had lowered the price of the so-called May Pact by declaring:
"Let them start without me
. "
From the Buenos Aires government they assured that "the intention is to go", almost ratifying their presence at the meeting.
With the May summit called by the President on the horizon, a series of issues will be raised at the summit that generated short circuits in the relationship since Milei took office, who was not shy about holding the provincial heads responsible for the fall of the Omnibus Law. in Deputies.
On the other hand, an increasingly homogeneous group of governors have been demanding relief in the fiscal and financial situation of each of the provinces.
One of the issues that is imposed as central is the possible reversal of the changes in Profits that the government of Alberto Fernández decided at the time, which according to Francos could be decided with the intention of strengthening the provincial coffers, but to which the governors themselves They reduce its relevance in the discussion, stating that in reality it is an attempt by the Executive to sanction these modifications based on a proposal made by the IMF during the visit that the organization's number two, Gina Gopinath, made to the country two weeks ago. .
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Mauricio Macri asked Javier Milei to lift the retentions on the countryside and sent a message to the governors for the May Pact.
In parallel is the eventual parliamentary discussion that would arise from these possible changes that were approved last November.
As Clarín
anticipated
, there are not the votes in Congress to support the reversal of Profits, due to the lack of consensus among radicalism and divisions within the provinces themselves over the convenience of approving a rule that, at the expense of provincial revenue , had brought tax relief to a good part of the salaried population.
Milei and Villarruel, with governors, barely assumed their positions.
The governors are willing to negotiate a scheme for sharing other taxes without touching Profits as long as they comply with the compensation owed to them by the 2017 Fiscal Consensus and the compensation for the measures taken by Massa regarding Income Tax. fuels, among other issues.
For example, there is agreement in asking that a law be passed that applies taxes on high incomes, as exists in other countries.
Recent debates such as the possibility of sharing the Country Tax, promoted by the governors, with initial endorsement by Francos in a meeting at the CFI in January and which Milei later completely ruled out, will surely be put on the table again.
The removal of withholdings on the countryside will also be discussed, demanded especially by agro-exporting provinces such as Santa Fe and Córdoba and for which Mauricio Macri called out this Thursday during his visit to Expoagro.
And in the background there will be, of course, the Government's decision to withhold $13.5 billion in co-participation from Chubut, which caused less than 15 days ago a strong discussion with the provincial leader of the PRO, Ignacio Torres.
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The Minister of the Interior referred to the phrase "if I don't arrive, start without me", from the Buenos Aires governor regarding the meeting with the governors.
Torres went to court twice, obtaining endorsements for his claims for the reduction of resources, but also for the withdrawal of subsidies to the Transportation Compensation Fund defined by Milei at the beginning of February.
These are just two of the dozen cases that are piling up in the courts initiated by the provinces against the Executive, either the current one or those that preceded it.
For example, a debt of $350,000 million in co-participation that the national government prior to the then administration of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, which Jorge Macri, the current head of the Buenos Aires Government, still claims, remains unpaid to the city of Buenos Aires.
Without "Toto" Caputo, but with perfect assistance
The absence of the Minister of Economy Luis Caputo, who is participating in the IDB summit in Punta Cana, generated some annoyance among the governors, since several of them assured that the official was going to be part of the party.
But finally the meeting was called by Nicolás Posse, the chief of staff, and by Francos.
There will be a representative of the Economy, who would be the Secretary of the Treasury Carlos Guberman, who seconded Caputo when appearing at the meeting with provincial economic ministers.
There is a phrase that Guberman left that brought a certain tranquility to the provinces.
"Everything that is backed by law, we are going to comply with," he told the ministers. This implies, for example, that the financing of the 13 non-transferred pension funds will have continuity, given that it is backed by law. Another good sign , they argue, is that the Fiscal Consensus compensation transfers began to be updated on March 1.
This Friday's summit, then, will have Posse, Francos and an emissary from Economy on behalf of Mileism, while until Thursday afternoon, 23 emissaries were assured representation from the provinces.
Santa Cruz and La Pampa were in doubt, but it was confirmed that they will attend the summit in the Eva Perón room after the announcement made by the Patagonian governors: all six will be present.
Finally, almost at night, the Government confirmed that
Teresita Madera, the vice-governor of La Rioja, sent by Ricardo Quintela, will also go.
The most powerful presence, however, will be that of Axel Kicillof, governor of Buenos Aires.
"The intention is to go," they said from their surroundings.
While Marcelo Orrego from San Juan will also probably arrive at the meeting, who must return from a trip to Canada in which Alfredo Cornejo was also present and where they met with mining businessmen.
In the case of Mendoza, his deputy governor, Hebe Casado, will go.
Gildo Insfrán, from Formosa, will also send his Vice: Eber Solís.