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The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larretachose to begin his opening speech for the ordinary sessions of the Legislature with a topic far removed from the immediate concerns of porteños such as health, education, traffic, transit and local taxes: He spoke of the war between Russia and Ukraine and pointed once morest the national government.
Larreta demanded that President Alberto Fernández during the opening of ordinary sessions of Congress “strongly condemn the invasion of Ukraine and position Argentina on the correct side of history.”
“I want to express my solidarity with the Ukrainian people and with the enormous Ukrainian community in Argentina and in the City of Buenos Aires. As I have already said publicly, I strongly repudiate the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine. Let it be very clear: it constitutes a violation of the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity, which are fundamental stones of international law and the peaceful coexistence of nations,” said the president of the City.
After asking the local Legislature to accompany “as soon as possible” the ruling bloc to condemn the Russian military action and support the call for peace, the head of the Buenos Aires Government indicated that he transmitted to the Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of Ukraine in Argentina , Sergiy Nebrat, that “the City, faithful to its tradition, will always have its doors open to receive war refugees”.
The teaching career in the sights of Larreta and Acuña
The head of the Buenos Aires Government advanced in his speech the sending of a bill “to give even more value to education” and specified that the proposal It will aim to “update and prioritize the training and content” of teachers.
“To train the students of the future, we need teachers of the future”, highlighted in reference to the initiative that will seek to change the Teaching Statute regarding the mechanisms of entry and promotion in the career of education workers, with changes to the seniority scheme, pedagogical certification and training incentives.
The reform of the teaching career is an old desire of the Pro in the City.
Costa Salguero and Costanera Sur: a defense of the privatization of the river
Rodríguez Larreta also ratified in the Buenos Aires Legislature the endorsement of the urban projects in the Costanera Norte and Costanera Sur of the City pointing out the intention of his management for 2022 will be “to continue transforming the public space, which is the most democratic place that exists”.
“The first objective is for the City to recover access to the river”highlighted at the beginning of the ordinary sessions of the Buenos Aires Parliament, where he referred to the Costa Urbana project in the southern area of the riverbank as “a new public park of 50 blocks facing the river” and added that “something similar is going to happen with Costa Salguero, which is going to add 14 green blocks and new gastronomic, cultural and commercial proposals so that the park has movement throughout the day”.
The transfer of the collectives to the Buenos Aires government
In another section of his speech, Rodríguez Larreta said that “we Argentines need a true federalism where each of the provinces and the City of Buenos Aires are respected” and assessed that “that any transfer of powers or functions must be agreed upon through an agreement that incorporates a metropolitan perspective and that respects the foundations of concerted federalism”.
“We are and will always be willing to talk regarding this and regarding all the central issues for the well-being and development of all Argentines. But in no way are we going to allow harm to those who live and visit the City every day. “, he maintained in reference to the call of the national government to analyze the competences on the service of groups that have origin and destination in the City.