Behind the fall of the “omnibus law” and in the middle of a fierce dispute with the governorsthe national government removed all the subsidies to the companies of public passenger transport of the provincesfreed the price of buses in the cities and eliminated the Interior Compensation Fund.
According to official sources, from now on the bus and group companies of national jurisdiction who operate in the provinces can set the price they want for travel rates. “They may charge the rate that they consider appropriate to the route they provide,” they noted.
Thus, subsidies to passengers in the provinces will be channeled through a unique and generalized discount of 55% for those who users of the SUBE card registered. The government’s decision Javier Milei is that the funds reach “directly to citizens” without provincial governments as intermediaries.
For this reason, it was also resolved that starting this year “The Interior Compensation Fund is eliminatedwhose sums were also received by companies providing services from the rest of the country.”
In the case of AMBA, The Government had already cut subsidies and instead set monthly increases according to the official inflation measured by INDEC.
“These decisions are consistent with the Fiscal Pact that Provincial Governors and the National Government signed in 2017 and 2018, where they committed to progressively eliminate differential transportation subsidies for the AMBA, as well as establishing that the provinces would define tariff compensations and /or subsidies for public transportation,” indicates the statement from the Secretary of Transportation.
Which provinces are most affected by this decision?
Without a doubt that the provinces of Córdoba and Santa Fe are the most affected, since the cities of Córdoba, Rosario and Santa Fe They bring together the largest number of passengers, lines and units in their urban transportation systems.
With the removal of subsidies from companies, it is estimated that now the price of the bus will increase immediately and will force governors Martín Llaryola and Maximiliano Pullaro to coordinate actions with the mayors of the three cities to sustain services.
The measure opens a new focus of political and social conflict because in those cities, as well as in Salta, Mendoza, Bariloche, Mar del Plata and others, the collective is the backbone in daily dynamics, essentially for the working middle class.
Transportation subsidies: who will be able to receive them
From the Secretary of Transportation, they announced that people need the contribution of the National State, “They will continue to have the Social Attribute throughout the national territory where the SUBE card operates.”
This coverage applies to the entire country and implies a 55% discount on the public transport ticket fare. “The decision of the National State is that the funds reach citizens directly, without intermediaries of any kind, and thus benefiting the people who need it most,” he completes.
Source: Ambito
