2024-03-07 13:47:23
This Thursday the aforementioned summit of Patagonian governors will be held in Puerto Madryn, in which the leaders of Neuquén, Rolando Figueroa and Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck. As anticipated, they will sign a new statement as a bloc once morest Javier Milei’s administration with a less confrontational tone than anticipated weeks ago.
The meeting of the Patagonians was convened at the Rayentray hotel, a four-star complex located on the city’s waterfront. There will be, in addition to Figueroa and Weretilneck, their peers Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz), Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa) and Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego), as well as the host Ignacio Torres (Chubut).
The agenda planned to begin at 10 with the opening of the meeting and at 11 the meeting between the governors, which It would end at 3:30 p.m. with the signing of the “Puerto Madryn declaration.”
The call to meeting was marked by the withdrawal of funds from the provinces following the fall of the Omnibus Law. The transportation subsidy, the Teacher Incentive Fund (Fonid) and the freezing of public works put the governors in a difficult situation. “Get it out of your head to see us on our knees,” Weretilneck responded at that moment.
Everything got worse when the Milei Government decided to collect a loan from Chubut, discounting the co-participation. In response, Governor Ignacio Torres warned that they would cut off the distribution of oil and gas to the country, so the conflict escalated.
Quickly, the Patagonian governors came out to support him and announce the famous summit that takes place today, although little by little the tone was lowered until the inauguration of the Energy building in Cipolletti, in which Weretilneck and Figueroa clarified that stopping hydrocarbons was extreme, that they would first seek dialogue, the support of Congress or resort to Justice.
The gesture followed call to the May Pact of Milei at the opening of sessions, last Friday. He promised fiscal relief in exchange for support for the Omnibus Law and called a meeting for tomorrow, where, according to Minister Guillermo Francos, he might stop by to say hello depending on who is there.
Torres was one of the first to express his approval of the call for dialogue and the tone of today’s summit was lowering. In another gesture, today the Nation published the extension of the article of the law of educational financing that orders the sending of co-participation funds to the provinces, although he confirmed that he will not restore the Fonid.
Before tomorrow’s meeting, Ministers of Economy and Security participated in meetings this week to agree on policies and establish limits. Also, Hector Daer, general secretary of the CGT, traveled to Puerto Madryn to seek the support of the provincial leaders once morest DNU 70 and the Omnibus Law.
In the tug-of-war, the governors met and They will remain silent until the followingnoon conference.
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