The signing of the constitutive act took place at the La Redonda Cultural Center, in the capital of Santa Fe, and was attended by the leaders Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos), Gustavo Valdes (Currents), Hugo Passalacqua (Missions) and Leandro Zdero (Chaco). Representing Formosa was the vice-governor Eber Solisgiven that Gildo Insfran did not participate in the day.
During the event, which was also attended by mayors, legislators and former governors, among others, the provincial leaders launched harsh criticism of the national government, focusing on issues such as the price of fares. energy, the management of the Waterway and the pension funds, in the midst of the debate for the 2025 Budget.
Coastal Region: harsh demands from governors to the Nation
One of the most belligerent was the Corrientes Gustavo Valdescurrent pro tempore president of the brand new bloc. In the opening speech, the radical leader lamented that issues from 200 years ago are still being discussed in the region, such as the administration of the port of Buenos Aires: “As a Coastal Region, we want to say that we come together to fight together, but not the fight we had at the dawn of the Homeland, but the fight for the development and progress of our people.”
Subsequently, he called “to continue working for the Waterway, which is essential for everyone.” “That the rights collected for this Waterway can be income that is distributed federally so that each of the provinces that make up the space can have ports in good condition and give competitiveness to the entire region. Public ports or private ports,” he added. It is worth clarifying that for that artery circulates almost 60% of the country’s commerce, which is why its importance is central.
At the same time, the governor recalled that Corrientes, Entre Ríos and Misiones have two of the most important hydroelectric plants in Argentina. On this point, he shot: “We are the first generators of electrical energy in Argentina. It cannot be that we do not have a vision so that the people who have the least can have access to cheap and necessary energy to be able to live in decent conditions. “We have to together ask the national government for a differentiated rate for those who consume up to 600 kilowatts in each of the homes.”
Just as he told Scope, This complaint had already been expressed emphatically during the session of the Norte Grande Parliament, which took place last September in Misiones. There the vice governors of the 10 provinces of the block, together with the 130 legislators of the space, They asked that electricity consumption be subsidized during the months of high temperatures, a regime similar to the Cold Zone in force in Patagonia..
Finally, Valdés commented that, within its objectives, the Central Region will seek “have specific weight and federal volume to be able to fight issues that have to do with the administration of this area; to go to Congress together and discuss with sister provinces how resources are distributed.
On the same path, Rogelio Frigerio He noted that “it is a moment where we feel alone” and that unity is to work for development but also “to defend ourselves against attacks.” “We need the Argentine authorities to finally understand that they cannot work on issues as relevant as the Paraguay – Paraná Waterway without having the advice, the knowledge, of the provinces that make up that basin,” protested the PRO leader to the applause of the orchestra.
Immediately afterwards, he denounced that the Coastal Region is being harmed “like never before” by the decision of the national government not to transfer “not a single peso for our provincial retirement funds.” Frigerio commented that it is “nonsense because these six provinces, like others that also have their own funds, contribute to the ANSES with many taxes from the Co-participation.”
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“It is blatant discrimination that they do not transfer the funds that correspond to us to finance the retirements of our people in each of the provinces. From one day to the next we had to take care of a lot of things that were done before the national government without compensation,” he concluded.
He also said that the six provinces of the bloc are “clean energy generators and they also flagrantly discriminate against us when they assign the rate for Yacyretá, in Salto Grande. That also has to be part of the joint fight of the Coastal Region.” Finally, the former Minister of the Interior anticipated that they will giveto joint fight where appropriate. “We are already doing it in Justice to reverse this tremendous injustice,” he concluded.
In turn, Hugo Passalacqua pointed out that “From time to time, if we do not raise our voices, if we do not come together to say things more powerfully, it is very difficult to distort a country that in its Constitution is said to be representative and federal, but in reality we know that this is not the case. “You don’t have to hide it or say elegant words: you have to be very crude when saying things.”
The missionary said that the brand new league “is against the current situation, which is two centuries old” and cited José Gervasio Artigas to refer to the “porteña” vision and its administration of the port: “Buenos Aires only gives bitterness.” “I’m not talking about this Government, I’m talking about the concept of Buenos Aires centralism that subjects us to injustices and forgetfulness,” he clarified.
Maximiliano Pullaromeanwhile, gave the closing speech and specifically thanked the presence ofand rectors of public universities “at a difficult and complicated time in Argentina.” The mention was responded to with applause from those present.
The host specified that 10 million people live in the region and listed some of the native wealth: “We have sources of energy sources, renewable energy, biofuel, agriculture, livestock, industry, private and public ports, the waterway, the Paraná River, tourism, the sky and the soil that unites us and the seven public universities , which permanently generate knowledge to give added value to our industry”.
“We also ask for a special look so that our people are not resigned to poverty and we can advance in the care of our forests,” he shot, in his speech, Leandro Zderowho asked to “work on educating the productive model that we want,” while reiterating Chaco’s commitment to “continue working with a federal perspective.”
Joint work and Cordoba request
Then, the six provinces signed the constitutive act of the Coastal Region, the kickoff of which had occurred last month, during a summit in Bella Vista, Corrientes, which served as a prelude to this Wednesday’s event.
In addition to the communion of the leaders, The space will have various commissions where the districts will work together on different topics such as energy and transportation, for example.. It is worth clarifying that Cordovawith Martin Llaryora at the head, requested to enter the block formally.
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“Our governor Martín Llaryora asked us to formally make the request to join the Coastal Region, obviously always prioritizing the Central Region, “which has its own structure, but understanding at the same time that geographical limits do not separate us, but rather constitute new possibilities of connection and development for our communities,” commented the vice president. Myrian Prunotto during a meeting he had with Pullaro in September.
Once the Coastal Region has been institutionalized, the challenge will be to sustain the initial power and maintain the common vision on different aspects, leaving aside partisan differences.. It is not minor: the front is made up of three radical leaders, one provincialist, one from the PRO and a Peronist.
Source: Ambito
