The vice-rector of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Emiliano Yacobitti responded to former president Mauricio Macriwho this Sunday stated that “the defense of the public university requires putting an end to the political use of resources” and asked “to know the destination of the money that the institutions receive.” “His attitude is regrettable”said the former radical deputy.
After the massive march last Wednesday throughout the country, The conflict with the universities continues since on October 9 the opposition requested a special session in the Chamber of Deputies to reverse President Javier Milei’s veto of the University Financing Lawwhile the Government has already announced that, if Congress insists on the rule, they will go to court.
“Macri’s attitude is regrettable because I believe that what society is waiting for is that we have a mature and honest debate about how public education works in Argentina.what are the places where it works well and defend and deepen them and, where it does not work well, especially primary and secondary school, what can the State do to improve it,” Yacobitti said in dialogue with Radio 10.
“We believe that public education is a tool for social transformation and is essential to have full freedom in a society like ours, which has a very high poverty rate, which is why If we do not focus on having a quality public education, what we are going to do is that those children, who have the misfortune of being born in a home with few possibilities, will have to resign themselves to that.“he added.
The vice-rector highlighted that “The University of Buenos Aires, in particular, although Macri does not like it, is a sample of excellence: the rankings say so, the professionals who graduate, the investment per student that the university has compared to others”. “These are things that are clear and obviously those who have to find an excuse not to vote in favor of the University Financing Law because they prefer to enter into a negotiation process with the Government,” he noted.
“On Sunday the rector of the UBA released a note that was published on the networks where it is clear that the former president Macri knows how the control bodies work, he knows that public universities are audited by the General Auditor of the Nation (AGN), that their authorities are decided by the Chamber of Deputies, he knows that no university rejected any auditwhich some even have internal audits by collegiate bodies,” Yacobitti noted.
“During her government she worked on many occasions with the public university, with the UBA in particular, she never objected when she was appointed as a judicial expert in cases where he was involved.. If someone distrusts the transparency of an institution, the first thing they should have done was challenge it. In the Senate they turned to the UBA to carry out audits while Gabriela Michetti was the vice president,” he recalled.
The university director maintained that “today they are trying to justify why they are going to vote in a certain way; You can vote as you want, but what you cannot do is try to dirty others, much less an institution as important as the UBA.which is within the 1% of the best in the world, to try to pay less costs.
“I hope that the deputies ratify the law, I believe that the mobilization that took place not only in the City of Buenos Aires but in every corner of the country is going to have a lot of influence in the deputies of each place and that is why I am optimistic,” he concluded.
The UBA responded to Mauricio Macri for the audits and asked the former president “not to be untrue”
The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) responded to the former president Mauricio Macri who in the last hours pointed out against the management of university funds, asked for audits and “to put an end to the political use of resources”
Given these statements, the UBA published a statement through social networks in which it clarified the situation of university funds and audits.
“The National Universities are audited within the current regulatory framework by the General Auditor’s Office of the Nation, which audits the entire National State and not only the universities,” The UBA statement begins.
Source: Ambito
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