The head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodriguez Larretaannounced this Tuesday the “immediate” elimination of the tax on credit cards.
The tax had been established following the government of Alberto Fernández took co-participating funds from the City, which were restored to the district in December through a ruling by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (CSJN) that the Executive refuses to comply.
“I said the first day that it was a temporary tax and that we were going to eliminate it as soon as the Court ruled in favor of the autonomy of the City,” he pointed out and continued: “Well, the Court issued the ruling at the end of December. We had the fair in January, we waited another month. Two months have passed, and we do not see any prospects that the national government will comply,” Larreta said at a press conference at the Metropolitan Design Center, located in the Barracas neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
In this framework, the candidate for president recalled that the tax on stamps was a tribute “provisional” until the Supreme Court of Justice issues, and, as the highest court agreed with the Buenos Aires Government with a precautionary measure, now promises to eliminate it.
“The neighbors cannot wait for the times of politics and I am not going to stay still watching how a government that bankrupts the institutions takes the Argentines hostage,” he emphasized.
In an electoral key, the mayor of the City of Buenos Aires added: “This is a vision of what we need in Argentina. We are going to remove the dead weight of the state.”
The Buenos Aires head of government stated that “people are tired of listening to politicians who don’t keep their promises, who ignore the responsibility that committing to something means.” And he differed: “Not me, what I promise, I fulfill it.”
“There is no room for more. People live with anguish, with frustration at not getting a job or with fear of losing it. Those of us who are parents do not sleep when our children go out into the street and our blood freezes when we see violence growing in many places in the country such as Rosario, the Buenos Aires suburbs or Patagonia. Children learn less and less in schools. Insecurity, lack of work, low wages and increasingly higher prices. Resolving this crisis is an urgent priority”, added the leader of Together for Change.
Conflict over partnership
It all began in September 2020, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, when President Alberto Fernández decided to transfer part of the Buenos Aires funds by co-participation to the province of Buenos Aires, following a strong claim from the Buenos Aires police. The national government had justified the measure by emphasizing that the resources available to the City had been defined by a DNU from the government of Mauricio Macri.
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