2024-01-25 10:10:00
After his strong “warning” to the governors regarding what will happen if the Omnibus Lawthe Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, began to receive criticism both from Peronism and from sectors “allied” to the government of Javier Milei. This included strong questioning of Miguel Ángel Pichettocurrent deputy and former candidate for vice president of Mauricio Macri, who reproached him for not having attended Congress to defend the official project.
“The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, who did not have the courage to come to Congress, has to stop pressuring the governors and try to seek agreements with the provincial governments instead of threatening them,” launched the legislator from We Make the Federal Coalition this Wednesday, January 24, through his X (Twitter) account.
The response from the head of the Treasury Palace was immediate. “Deputy, if there is one thing I have in excess it is courage, that is why I accepted this position at the worst moment in our history”Caputo emphasized.
“With respect to not having gone to Congress, I had more important things to do for the country, such as closing the agreement with the Fund that was down and we were on the verge of default,” added “Toto.”
The minister then concluded: “The tweet is not a threatis an answer to all Argentines who wonder what will happen if Congress does not approve the law: I confirm that we are also going to meet the fiscal goal, which will mean that the provinces will have fewer resources.”
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More criticism of Caputo
Another criticism of the head of the Economy portfolio came from the leader of the ARI Civic Coalition, Elisa “Lilita” Carriówho shared a message from the president of the party, Maximiliano Ferrarowhere he maintained that the official “hands over to the retirees” while not touching the “privileges” of Tierra del Fuego to benefit “Nicky”, his cousin.
“Mr. Toto Caputo hands over the retirees to make the adjustment and strongly liquefies their assets, but does not touch the tax regime of privileges and corporate of Tierra del Fuego, whose direct beneficiary is his relative ‘Nicky’. Today, one of the worst emergencies we are going through is the suffering of our retirees,” Ferraro said.
The Buenos Aires legislator Graciela Ocaña He also targeted the minister for the pension reform and, quoting the official, questioned: “What if you try cutting your cousin’s benefits? “Instead of adjusting retirees, raising taxes on production or cutting the provinces.”
The controversy broke out on Elon Musk’s social network following the head of the Treasury Palace published a message that was understood as a threat towards the provinces, warning that it will apply cuts to the budget if the deputies do not vote in favor of approving the Omnibus Law.
“Today I held a meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Undersecretary of the Provinces to outline all provincial items that will be cut immediately if any of the economic articles are rejected,” he anticipated.
Then he added: “It is not a threat, it is confirmation that we are going to comply with the mandate that the majority of Argentines have given us. to balance the fiscal accounts to end decades of inflation and economic scourge.
Pichetto: “I have doubts regarding his bravery”
The crossing between the deputy and the Minister of Economy was not limited to social networks, since the legislator later gave a radio interview where he deepened his criticism of the official and emphasized: “I have doubts regarding his bravery”.
“He never had any contact with Congress, he did it through an official, but Caputo did not come to present when it was precisely an economic issue. Given this law, which is very broad, it would have been very important for him to come for an hour to present in front of the deputies in the committees, who would have shown an attitude and a commitment that he does not usually show in general, he always has some prejudice with Congress, “he shot he.
In dialogue with Ignacio Ortelli for Radio RivadaviaHe added: “It seems regrettable to me that the one who projected the entire policy of the economic emergency, the entire policy of fiscal adjustment, the entire organization scheme has not gone to Congress to present it. In serious countries, ministers are not afraid of deputies“.
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“What bothers me is that he is threatening”he highlighted and expanded: “It has a tone of threat towards the governors if the law is not voted on. We have made a very important effort to give it the majority. We have sent the Government the issues that concern us, such as the issue of retirees, withholdings But he has that attitude.”
Then, he concluded: “There are realities in the province that have to do with the fiscal situation and we have to have a federal perspective, it is not just the AMBA, we have to have a balance. Mr. Caputo does not have a vote so he should not collect votes that he does not have, the votes belong to the president’s government“.
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