List of public companies that could be privatized if Aadhaar legislation moves forward in Congress

From the extensive list of companies with state involvement that La Libertad Avanza sought to leave within its reach PrivatizationUltimately only a few companies will survive in these conditions base lawWhose treatment will start from today in the Deputy Chamber.

Thus, the companies that can be privatized will be the following:

• Argentine Airlines
• aysa
• argentina energy
• Argentine radio and television
• intercharge
• argentine mail
• Belgrano Loads
• Argentine Railways
• road corridor

Meanwhile, two others, namely Nucleotrica and Yacimientos Carboniferous Rio Turbio, could be partially sold to the private sector.

The most notable absence is that of Banco Nación, which the government decided to remove from the list at the request of the negotiating opposition in order to gain more support for the majority opinion reached last week.

However, the Interior Minister, Guillermo Francos

Assuring that the government had not given up the idea of ​​allowing the entry of foreign capital, and announcing that the idea he had was the model of the Bank of Brazil, which he confirmed, Lula said in his first term as president. Preached in.

“There are many sectors of Argentine politics that regard Banco Nación as the banner of a public company. We do not understand it very well and it is a debate we are going to have anyway, we will not leave it aside,” Francos said.

Sent by the original “Omnibus” law xavier miley At the beginning of its administration, naming itself “Law of the Bases and Starting Points for the Independence of Argentina”, it included a specific chapter in its 664 articles, referring to Privatization of state companies and wholly or majority owned companies is in the hands of the state.

“Addressing the need for Focus the state’s activity on its essential functionsWithin the framework of the rules for the current effect of Law No. 23,696 on State Reform, privatization of some public companies is provided for. Generate greater competition and economic efficiencyReduce the tax burden, improve the quality of services, promote private investment and professionalize business management,” the text said.

At that time, it included a total of 41 firms and organizationsstood outside in the middle of YPF, Aerolíneas Argentinas, AYSA, Correo Argentino, Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA), Energía Argentina SA (IESA), Operadora Ferroviaria, Radio y Televisión Argentina (RTA)And road corridorin other,

According to Infobae’s survey, most of the companies mentioned are loss-making, but others made profits in 2022, as is the case with the state oil company, or BNA. General Administration of Ports, Argentine Nuclear Power Plant, Dionisio Water Mining Deposit (YMAD), Space Vehicles of the New Generation, North Dock Naval Workshops (TANDANOR) And agricultural technological innovationAccording to the Libertad Foundation.

chamber of Deputies A session that is expected to be wide-ranging will begin this Monday and last until Tuesday, in which two bills that the executive branch considers decisive for the government program will be debated: base law And this tax package. Both received the Commission’s opinion last week and have enough parliamentary support to get, at a preliminary level, halfway approval.

This will be the second time the ruling party will try to approve it universal law, after unsuccessful testing in extraordinary sessions during the summer, which normally ended with approval but especially in a shipwreck at the time of the necessary votes during discussion. After several weeks of renegotiation, a second version reached Congress, more limited

From the same project.

The same text of the law also experienced changes with respect to the first draft, which the Casa Rosada circulated among the governors to obtain their approval and, later, issued. “Porot” of favorable votes. On campus. In addition, he attached a fiscal package with various initiatives in tax terms, which will provide more resources to the national treasury and the provinces. That was, possibly, the key to unlocking the treatment of the Base Law.