He Mayor of Maldonado, Enrique Antíaonce again criticized the government for national transfers and the quota corresponding to each department after assuming the presidency of the Congress of Mayorsin succession Mayor of Flores, Fernando Echeverríaalso a member of National Party (PN).
Antía He has been claiming for several months that the indices used by the government for the distribution of the national budget are not exact, so the transfers are not in accordance with the populations of each department or what they produce.
Within the framework of the 41st plenary session of the Congress of Mayors, held last Thursday, Antía He noted that during his year in office, which will run from December 2023 to December 2024, national transfers will be analyzed to “try to adjust what each municipality deserves in support when distributing the budget.”
Along the same lines, he pointed out that the 2023 census It will provide “very important elements” so that there are no mistakes and “do justice” when determining money transfers.
At the end of March, Antía had already criticized the government for the “small transfers” that corresponded to Maldonadosomething that in his opinion is not consistent with the current situation of the department in relation to the economic contribution it generates to the country.
On that occasion, after speaking at the Latin America Liberty Forum in Punta del Estethe communal chief stated that the assigned resources are outdated because they are based on “indices that were managed for many years without discussion.”
For Antíafrom the Executive power “they deal with old censuses,” since they “speak of 140,000 people” living in Maldonadowhen the number is higher, added “to the 500,000 people” who arrive seasonally during the summer season.
“The important companies of Maldonado have their headquarters in Montevideo”
“They consider you the gross product of the department (for transfers), but most of the important companies of Maldonado It has its headquarters in Montevideo“, so the national government “considers that they are from Montevideo,” he explained.
The departmental leader also stated that 83% of Maldonado’s economic resources are his own, and that only the remaining 17% comes from transfers from the Executive Branch. However, he indicated that they will continue to focus on generating these own resources, since that gives independence to the Fernandino government.
Source: Ambito
