The event attended by the president was also attended by the governor Maximilian Pullaro and the local mayor, Pablo Javkinas well as important representatives of the business and financial world in the Santa Fe orbit, especially linked to agriculture.
It was Milei’s second visit to Rosario, since last June 20 he had led the event there for Flag Day, at the iconic monument that commemorates the creation of the national emblem.
Criticism of the lack of announcements for Santa Fe
However, despite the expectations, in his recent presentation the president did not refer specifically to the anniversary of the BCR or to the reality of Santa Fe, Instead, he took stock of his administration, spoke again about the 2025 Budget and defended the veto of the Retirement Mobility Law, approved by Congress with majority support from the opposition.
In this regard, Minister Puccini commented on LT8 radio on Monday: “We expected more, we had high expectations.”
“Perhaps, when the president came, he was expecting some response regarding the infrastructure needs of the province, for example. This did not happen: the President not only did not refer to the anniversary of the Stock Exchange, for which he was invited, but he gave a very technical speech on macroeconomics,” commented the Santa Fe official.
A similar scenario had taken place in Rosario the previous week, when Milei visited the Real Estate Expo 2024, where announcements for the sector were expected. But the libertarian leader also dedicated his speech to referring to various issues of the country’s macroeconomic and political situation.
As in other provinces of the country, in Santa Fe there is particular concern about the state of the roads that are under the jurisdiction of the Nation. In addition, it arouses particular interest in the district since it is part of the productive corridor of Argentina, so heavy traffic is a constant.
In this regard, the Minister of Production stated: “What we are asking for is not for the exclusive use of the people of Santa Fe, but for the entire country, because 80% of exports come from here. We have expressed this to Luis Caputo, who is in agreement, but the signature, the concrete decision is missing. We go and they tell us that it is about to be fixed, but it does not happen.”
Complaints from provinces about the state of the roads
In fact, in his speech for the 140th anniversary of the Rosario Stock Exchange, the governor Maximilian Pullaro He submitted a series of complaints to the Casa Rosada.
“This provincial government took on the responsibility of telling the national government that it wants to take charge of the lack of road investment and that it has a plan. And we asked them to give us the national routes so that we can take charge of it ourselves,” launched.
And he stressed: “We want to ask the national government officials to look at the national routes, route 33, route 11, route 34, route 178, in the condition they are in. We need them to be repaved urgently. But we also tell them that if they cannot do it, the government of Santa Fe will take charge.”
“Here there is a government that takes charge. Here there is a government that goes ahead and does not back down,” he insisted.
The radical leader also demanded that “the Buenos Aires-centric view be changed, which means that resources from the interior always end up in the AMBA and end up being unproductive and going into subsidies through bosses and barons from the suburbs.”
Last week, the governor of Rio Negro, Alberto Weretilneckhad launched criticism of the Nation along the same lines, by asking that the transfer of the administration of Route 22 be made official, after the accident of a tanker truck that affected traffic.
“National Highway Department, the chaos on Route 22 is a disgrace,” said the Patagonian in a message from X, in which he assured that the situation on Route 22 is “unsustainable.”
“Today, 20 kilometers of stranded cars are a reflection of the total abandonment of the National Highway Administration. This is the oil route, a key artery through which thousands of people from Río Negro and Neuquén travel every day, and what we see is pure negligence.”he launched.
In the post, Weretilneck said that “the lack of responses and concrete actions is unacceptable. The lives and work of our people are at risk, while the incompetence of the National Highway Authority continues to generate chaos and endanger everyone.”
“Route 22 needs urgent solutions, not more excuses. We will not tolerate any more neglect. If they cannot do their duty, they should step aside and let us work. The collapse of this route is a national disgrace,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
