2023-08-16 12:21:00
In a strong statement, Javier Milei, the La Libertad Avanza candidate who recently won the PASO 2023 electionsratified its commitment to carry out a set of measures that includes the elimination of the Ministry of Science and Technology and, simultaneously, the privatization of the Conicetthe most outstanding scientific institution in Argentina, founded in 1958. The scholarship holders left to cross it quickly.
From the point of view that is part of the government program, Milei highlighted how she would manage the Science and Technology area. The liberal economist asserted that these responsibilities should be assumed by the private sector, stating: “That they earn money serving others as good people do.
From ATE CONICET we repudiate the statements of the presidential candidate, Milei.
The science and technology that we produce daily in #CONICET they constitute sovereignty for our people and contribute to development, problem solving and culture (1) pic.twitter.com/KCqPAViazZ— ATE CONICET Capital (@ATEConicetCABA) August 16, 2023
These comments generated immediate reactions from Conicet workers. Through the official ATE CONICET account on X -exTwitter-, they expressed their rejection of Milei’s statements. They emphasized that “The science and technology produced in the institution are vital for the sovereignty of the country and contribute to the development and resolution of problems in society.”
Milei has just confirmed on LN+ that he would close CONICET if he were president. I recommend circulating the video among researchers and fellows. ????♂️ pic.twitter.com/V026npxUdj
— Rodrigo Quiroga ???? (@rquiroga777) August 16, 2023
Ana María Franchi, head of CONICET, also responded to Milei’s comments, noting that public science has a “significant impact on society”. Franchi highlighted examples of products developed during the pandemic that were sold abroad and generated foreign currency.
«It makes me angry and worriednot only for our work but for the impact of science and technology on our lives as a country, as a country that we want to be sovereign and to include all of us,” Franchi said in a television interview, adding: “The great technological developments were not made by private companiesthey escalate them like all those who did the Conicet, for example, in the pandemic ».
Fortunato Mallimaci, CONICET Senior Researcher and UBA Professor Emeritus, also condemned Milei’s proposal and interpreted it as a “attempt to expand the technological control of large economic and financial groups«, highlighting the importance of critical and supportive research for the development of society and Argentina.
As the positions of the libertarian leader intensify around the proposed elimination of the Conicet and the Ministry of Science and Technology, toLarge sectors of society and experts continue to debate the implications of these measures for the future of scientific research and development in Argentina.
“Chainsaw” plan and eight Ministries that would remain alive in a Milei government: What are they?
Javier Milei already stated that there would only be eight ministries during his government, considering that “the Argentine State is the main cause of the impoverishment of Argentines.” It is in this framework that he promised that his «The first action of the government will be to promote a complete reform of the State»promising to eliminate all but seven ministries, while creating one more:
Ministry of Economy.
Ministry of Justice.
Ministry of Interior.
Ministery of security.
Ministry of Defence.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Ministry of Infrastructure.
will create the Ministry of Human Capital.
Along the same lines, and considering that “they are used as a refuge for gnocchi from politics“, announced that they will move forward with the closure or privatization of “all public companies” and especially listed those for journalistic and cultural purposes: Télam, TV Pública, INCAA and INADI.
With respect to the possibility of layoffs of public employees if these measures materialize, he pointed out that “We are not going to fire any career State employee”, but they will be reassigned, although it will advance in the dismissal of “all political positions and appointments that have been made during the year 2023”.
According to the explanation of the current national deputy, within the Ministry of Human Capital the competencies of Health, Social Development, Labor and Education would come together. “To jointly attack the problem of adequate development of Argentines in precarious situations,” he specified.
In this sense, he considered that «the Argentines who depend on state assistance to survive are the victims of the system, not the perpetrators. The perpetrators are the politicians. Therefore we are not going to make any decision that transfers the cost of the adjustment that must be made to the victims of the system.”
“Eliminating welfare is a crime”, qualified but added that “in the long term we must go to private health and education systems and we must aspire to eliminate direct social assistance. But that cannot happen until Argentina is a prosperous country.
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