The Legislature block City of Buenos Aires of Freedom Advances that drives Pilar Ramirez will present this Wednesday a Law Bases Buenos Aires version. In tune with the adjustment promoted at the national level by Javier Milei, The proposal, which has the support of legislators from the PRO linked to Patricia Bullrich, drives cuts in state structures, tax cuts, a local “RIGI” and the collection of health services for non-residents.
The bill that will enter the Buenos Aires Legislature this day aims to “reduce the oversizing of state structures” and eliminate the “overlapping and redundancy of functions” between government areas, companies, organizations, entities, agencies and institutes.
The objective of the proposal that is promoted by the Nation by the General Secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei, points to “favor conditions of balance in public accounts and allow consistent processes to reduce tax pressure.” The initiative was presented without the endorsement of Jorge Macri’s government, from where they want to wait to see the proposal point by point to form an opinion.
The initiative, to which he had access Scope, It has a total of 95 pages and is called “Bases to Strengthen the Decentralization, Debureaucratization and Optimization of the resources of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.” Like its approved counterpart Congress, It is divided into a series of chapters, among which are a reform of the State, with privatizations of public companies, concessions, availability of workers not relocated due to cuts, among others.
Furthermore, it proposes implementing a non-resident charging system in the case of use of services health, when “These are not emergency situations”. “For cases in which the aforementioned situations are not verified, the enforcement authority must implement a compensation system of the expenses incurred by the health system City which should be assumed by the recipient of the provision of health services,” says the project.
“It is a replica of the Nation’s Bases law, but oriented towards the City”the legislator explains to this medium Juan Pablo Arenaza, one of the members of the space that accompanies the Minister of National Security. The initiative seeks to imitate, in some aspects, the regulations approved by Congress.
“There was a lot of criticism of Kirchnerism and the Governments that happened in the Nation, but If you analyze the structure of the City in the last 15 years, it is scandalous how the State grew” by creating management positions, Arenaza said.
Privatizations, local RIGI and reduction of charges, the details of the law Bases in City
The project promoted by libertarians with support from PRO close to Bullrich, aims “promote decentralization and debureaucratization” of the Buenos Aires Executive, “optimize income and use of resources” and “reduce spending.” Furthermore, it proposes “modernize the administrative procedure in order to facilitate the procedures for residents” and contemplates the incentive for the economic development of the City “adapting the regulations regarding its economic centers.”
The reform would imply a strong restructuring and reorganization of the government areas “to guarantee the reasonableness in the relationship public spending.” The charges could be reduced by up to half, maintaining only those that are “necessary”.
In the same way that progress was made in the national Congress, the local initiative proposes to declare “subject to privatization” to companies and societies “wholly owned” either “majority” of the government of the City. Companies such as Urban Highways Public Limited Company (AUSA), Buenos Aires City Lottery and Buenos Aires SE Subways.
The process of divestment of companies “must be developed in accordance with the principles of transparency, competition, maximum attendance, open government, efficiency and efficiency in the use of resourcesadvertising and dissemination”, according to the deadlines stipulated in a possible regulation of the law.
As in the National regulations, the Buenos Aires version of the project promotes a local RIGI. It will be called “Incentive Regime in Districts of the City of Buenos Aires” and will be focused on the expansion of “tax and promotional benefits” for the Technological Districts and Audiovisual. It will also incorporate changes in the District of the arts, the District of Design and the District of Sport.
“The regulations propose to include new activities related to emerging sectors, like the renewable energies, ensuring that the City continues to position itself as a reference center in technology and audiovisual production at a global level,” indicates the text. As the project clarifies, its incorporation into the new regimes “shall not be incompatible with the Incentive Regime for Large Investors”.
At the moment the initiative has the support of the La Libertad Avanza bloc and the PRO legislators Juan Pablo Arenaza, Silvia Imas and María González Estevarena, who respond to the national minister.
The details of the Bases for the City Law project
Source: Ambito
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