The Government announced the closure of the state company DECAHFbetter known as Trenes Argentinos Capital Humano. The measure means, according to the libertarian administration, a saving of $42,000 million for the State and implies the dismissal of 1,388 workers. The decision announced this Tuesday in Casa Rosada also implies the elimination of 23 hierarchical positions in the company.
At a press conference, the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni and the Secretary of Transportation Franco Magetta They exposed the reasons for the closure of the state train company. “We are reducing spending on the way to reducing the deficit by instruction of the President,” highlighted Javier Milei’s Cabinet officials.
The closure of the company Trenes Argentinos Capital Humano
DECAFH It was one of the 5 subsidiary railway companies of Trenes Argentinoswhich was the successor of Human Resources Administrator. Its objective was to “design, organize, promote and carry out technical assistance, advisory, training, complementation, training, specialization, training and requalification activities and human resources management.”
“We have taken determination and we have already completed closing DECAHFa railway company that did not operate trains and that had functions that were duplicated in other railway companies,” Mogetta justified during the press conference.
In this sense, the Government assured that this represents “a reduction in the State’s workforce of 1,388 jobs.” In turn, the Argentine Transport Institute was eliminated, an entity created in 2014 that, according to the libertarian administration, “never worked or issued a decision or action.”
Among the DECAFH units were the Historical Railway Documentary Archive, National Railway Training Center and the “Raúl Scalabrini Ortiz” National Railway Museum and the “Minister Mario Meoni” Railway Workshop that will move into the orbit of Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado, within the scope of the Transportation Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy.
In the recitals of the resolution, the Government detailed that “with the railway emergency, it was understood that at the institutional level it is necessary to review the organization and operation of the different companies in the railway sector with the aim of improving effectiveness and efficiency, both in decision-making and in the implementation of public policies.
The closure of the Argentine Transport Institute
In addition to the measure regarding the DECAFH company, the Milei government also announced the closure of the Argentine Transport Institute (IAT) . The decision was made official through the publication of Decree 870/2024 in the Official Gazette of the date.
The IAT was created in 2014 with the objective of “participating in the development of the Strategic Transportation Plan and provide advice to Ministry on the subject; convene, integrate and articulate the public and private sectors linked to transportation for this purpose; promote research, training and distribution of information related to transportation; as well as collaborate in the development of all types of programs and actions aimed at the constant improvement of transportation”.
Regarding its closure, the libertarian administration detailed that since its creation “It has been observed that many of the functions and tasks have overlapped with the responsibilities of other areas of the National Public Administration such as the SECRETARIAT OF TRANSPORTATION and the NATIONAL ROAD SAFETY AGENCY, which are already in charge of planning and executing policies related to transportation.” In this line, the Government explained that “by virtue of the principles of efficiency and administrative rationalization, it is advisable to proceed with the dissolution of those entities whose existence is not fully justified because their functions are duplicated or overlapping.”
Article 2 of the aforementioned Decree then providestransfer of “all the material and financial resources of the Institute which is dissolved by article 1 of this decree to the SECRETARIAT OF TRANSPORTATION of the MINISTRY OF ECONOMY.”
Dollar: the Government denies that it is analyzing replacing the COUNTRY Tax
The presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni He denied that the Government is analyzing replacing the PAIS Tax with another tax. “It’s false”The official said categorically in his traditional press conference at Casa Rosada. The statement comes after versions that ensure that other alternatives are being analyzed to tax trips abroad.
He growing foreign exchange deficit of the tourist balance It puts pressure on the Government. In December, the PAIS Tax expires and officials will have to make a decision about what they will do with the dollar card. Currently, this price is the most expensive on the market and that fails to prevent the bleeding from deepening month after month.
Despite Adorni’s refusal, this medium was able to know that the economic team analyzes alternatives to be implemented starting next year. One of the ideas being studied is to apply a new surcharge so that the price does not drop in nominal terms. “It is not defined,” assures at this time a high source of economic management in dialogue with Ámbito. “There is still time,” he insists. Another official explains that the idea is to study the available alternatives.
Source: Ambito
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