Buenos Aires demands that Caputo send more than 15 billion pesos. The Buenos Aires government sent a letter to the nation’s Economy Minister

As he warned the governor of Buenos Aires province in the middle of this week, axel kisilofsubmitted a formal claim to the nation’s economy minister, Luis “Toto” CaputoBy Payment of unpaid amounts during the previous quarter and their respective update as per inflation, is about more than 15 billion pesos It retains the national administration and the provinces say they are in line with it.

This claim was given effect through a letter issued by Pablo López, the Economy Minister of Buenos Aires.and formally requests the national government to pay the outstanding amounts, which affect “the education, health and safety of the people of Buenos Aires.”

In particular, the provincial government is demanding “Agreed on regularization of transfers in the financial consensus of 2017”Including “correct updating of the amounts corresponding to the year 2024, as a deliberate decision has been taken to eliminate it by implementing an update well below projected inflation” and “cancellation of the debt arising in 2023″ between actual and projected inflation. The difference considering that the year ended with inflation of 211 percent.”

It was also claimed “Payment of unpaid amounts and their related updates as agreed in the Supplementary Agreement for Compensation of the 2017 Fiscal Settlement, signed on July 19, 2023” which has been regularly executed since October 2019; And it warned that “these delays and liquidations are against the spirit of the 2017 fiscal consensus and the commitments assumed by the national government, which it is thus failing to meet.”

There was demand for brief also “Immediate payment of the outstanding balances for November and December 2023 and January 2024 belonging to the Fiscal Strengthening Fund of the Province of Buenos Aires”Highlighting that “the regularization of these payments is essential for the normal functioning of provincial public management.”

“National State Responsibility”

Buenos Aires Province insisted on “It is imperative for the national state to send these resources”and that “they have regular and specific destinations for the purpose of financing various budget items of our province, some of which are linked to Education, health, security of the people of Buenos Aires,

“These are not the only non-compliances and delays that the national government has with our province, and We will continue to pursue the claims of each of them, just as we demand immediate normalization of the Teacher Incentive Fund and Internal Compensation Fund in terms of transportation.” the letter from Buenos Aires officials claimed.

partnership

The letter also states Need to re-discuss co-partnership lawToday I understand it.”The province of Buenos Aires has been discriminated against and penalized for decades in the distribution of resources It is necessary to comply with these obligations in an adequate and adequate manner”.

“Beyond the urgent need to re-discuss the new co-partnership law, It is important to comply with the timely transmission of non-automatic resources provided by the National State to the Province of Buenos Aires “To be able to effectively guarantee to the people of Buenos Aires the fundamental rights recognized by the National Constitution,” the note sent by López said.

Claim

A few days earlier, at an event in the city of Pehuen, Kicillof noted the nation’s delay in sending funds and warned that “The Province of Buenos Aires will begin to administratively claim all the resources that the national government harvests”, He then said, “We will follow all necessary steps as these are not arbitrary policies, but the result of laws and agreements with a legal framework.”

He said, “They said that if the omnibus law is not approved they will demand the dissolution of the governorates. The mistake they made and the treatment became zero, after that they cut allocations for transportation and education in all the provinces ” , adding that this solution “This is not a punishment for governors, but an adjustment that already burdens the entire society.”,

In that line, Kicillof predicted that he would “demand these funds and support all those who have been harmed by this political and arbitrary decision of the national government.”,

“Their goal is not to topple any government, their goal is to put their hands in the pockets of teachers and families who use public transportation in the interior of the province and the rest of the country because They are accommodating Buenos Aires families; Not to this government, not to this governor” the President said.

For example, the Buenos Aires government detailed that the nation currently owed Teacher Incentive Fund (FONID) The sum of 14,500 million pesos; while for Compensation Fund for Internal Transport About 900 million pesos.

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With that reality as the background, Kicillof continued his official agenda and visited the Toyota plant in Zarate this Friday Where he warned that after a record year for the automotive industry in the country, Concern is increasing in the sector due to almost 50 percent decline in sales during the month of January.

“After a record year for the automotive industry in our country, we are concerned about the nearly 50 percent decline in sales in January: Less industrial production means less work, less exports and less growth prospects.” the Governor said.

Along these lines, he said that “This is not a theoretical discussion, This has physical and visible consequences in Buenos Aires province, where 56 percent of jobs in the automotive industry are located and 64 percent of national vehicles were produced last year.,

“We know there are people who yearn for a time when only raw materials were produced, but that is not our model: we want to add value to primary commodities and, at the same time, strengthen and care for the industry. I believe in,” he said. Added.

Buenos Aires Automotive Development

With the Minister of Production, Science and Technological Innovation, Augusto Costa, Ambassador of Japan, yamauchi hiroshi, President of Toyota Argentina, gustavo salinas, Company CEO for Latin America and the Caribbean, masahiro inoue, Head of Engineering at Hiace, Hideki Mizuma, and the local mayor, Marcelo Matzkin, Kicillof toured the facilities where Toyota Company begins production of Hiace utility vehicleand highlighted the importance of the plant for the development of the industrial model for Buenos Aires Province.

The plant required an investment of $50 million. there, Toyota will again produce a new model in the country after 26 years, This is the Hiace utility vehicle in its van L2H2 and commuter (passenger) versions, which will Intended for domestic and export markets for Brazil as a starting point for evaluating other destinations in the region.

This project will create between 200 to 500 jobs. In the first phase, the production volume will be 4 thousand units, while the warehouse has the capacity to produce 10 thousand utility vehicles per year in the medium term.

The plant will share auto parts and components with the two vehicles that are already produced in Zarate. These are exported to 22 countries in Latin America:Hilux Pickup and SW4 SUV.