With the defense of provincial coffers and concern for growing social unrest as a figurehead, the Governors of the Union for the Homeland (UP) They met this Wednesday at the Casa de La Pampa in the City of Buenos Aires, where they discussed a varied menu that included the bill for Budget 2025 that the Casa Rosada is preparing to send to Congress, the transport subsidies, the paralysis of public works and the election of the next leadership of the Federal Investment Council (CFI), which is now in the hands of Peronism.
The conclave began around noon and was attended by the leaders Sergio Ziliotto (The Pampas), Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires), Ricardo Quintela (Rioja), Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands) and Gerardo Zamora (Santiago del Estero). Via Zoom he was present Gildo Insfran (Formosa), while the Catamarcan was absent Raul Jalil and the Tucuman Osvaldo Jaldowho are trying out an autonomous position with libertarian management.
Meeting of governors of Union for the Homeland at the House of La Pampa
Initially, the provincial leaders took care to strip the meeting of any spectacularity, which they defined as a “small lunch.” In fact, the rally did not even have the traditional official photo. “These meetings take place every two weeks, but this one gained more notoriety than the previous ones,” were stopped in the lead-up. In this regard, Zamora said: “Whenever we can, we governors meet. In this case, Ziliotto proposed meeting here for a mini lunch, without any special agenda, but rather for everyday concerns.” However, he considered the preparation of the 2025 Budget to be the most worrying item.
“The provinces are in a very delicate situation. Furthermore, they are specifically threatened,” the governor whose district will hold elections to succeed him next year said. Specifically, The leader from Santiago referred to the agreement between the Nation and the City of Buenos Aires for the transfer of bus lines. “N $47 billion is taken from the provinces to comply with the co-participation of CABA,” he said, while attributing the maneuver to an agreement between Mauricio Macri and the president Javier Milei to favor the Buenos Aires administration of Jorge Macri. “It is the richest city in the country and it produces nothing,” he protested.
For his part, the governor of La Rioja, Ricardo Quintelawent a step further in his candidacy to lead the Justicialist Party (PJ) and said: ““I think I’m going to be the president. I’m working towards that, I’m interested in working for the unity of Peronism.” He also pointed out that “unity will be strength” and that it is necessary to “form a front.” On this point, he anticipated that “the CGT is surely working on a plan of struggle,” while describing Milei’s veto of the retirement mobility law as “inhumane.”
The Pampas Sergio Ziliottomeanwhile, differentiated himself from his northern counterpart and clarified that “the partisan issue was not discussed” during the meeting.Today, governors are in the trenches. We are in the day-to-day, it is not a question of thinking about the interests or the positioning of the leaders, but rather thinking that people can, at least, make ends meet,” On the eve of the meeting, Ziliotto met with the deputies of Hacemos Coalición Federal Emilio Monzo and Nicolas Massotformer legislative swordsmen of Cambiemos during Mauricio Macri’s administration.
“We know each other from the time when we shared the Chamber of Deputies. They have a federal vision,” The president explained. The truth is that Peronism will seek to build bridges with other spaces to pressure the Government in the preparation of the 2025 Budget and include its demands in the law that will mark the course of the economy next year. Within that menu, the block led by Miguel Ángel Pichetto is a fishbowl to seek wills, given its diverse composition and the belligerence it showed with the Casa Rosada in the last legislative setbacks suffered by Milei.
On the other hand, the Patagonian commented that just as the national government demands governability, “This governance has to be a two-way street; the provinces need resources”. “There must be a major agreement, which must go through Congress. We are not going to use any tool that does not go through the functioning of the institutions, the division of powers and within the framework of the Constitution,” complete.
Regarding the mobilization to Congress against the veto of the reform of the retirement mobility, he assessed that the “social rebellion is something natural when people do not make ends meet and do not have resources. “Clearly there will be a natural social rebellion, regardless of whether it is led by leaders or not. It is a natural issue for society,” defined the governor of The Pampas.
Debate on the future of the Federal Investment Council
Another point that the celestial provincial leaders referred to was the future leadership of the Federal Investment Council (CFI), today in the hands of the Peronist Ignacio Lamothewho will try to continue leading the organization on Tuesday of next week.
Those present at Wednesday’s meeting were unanimous in supporting the leader’s candidacy. “The CFI is not a loot,” They pointed out in reference to the intention of opposition sectors of to plant another candidate to contest the mandate of the space.
Specifically, the darts of the Justicialist leaders were aimed at their peers Together for Change (JxC)who will seek to promote their own leader. With that in mind, this Thursday the yellows will host a Zoom meeting to agree on a unity figure and discuss in a seamless block. They will not be able to do it alone, as they need 12 supporters in total to fight. To do so, they will appeal to the support of Peronist or provincial leaders.
Source: Ambito
