Mario Lugones will finally participate this Thursday in the debate of the Budget and Finance Commission in the Chamber of Deputies.
Hours before a new session in the Chamber of Deputiesa new call was made official Minister of Health of the Nation, Mario Lugonesto defend the items provided for in the Budget 2025 for the organization he directs. Last week he missed the call due to “scheduling issues.”
The call is next Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Budget and Finance Commission. The minister is the only guest, within the framework of a pressing debate to reach a consensus on next year’s budget project: by regulation, November 20 is the last day to submit opinions to a session. The Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francosanticipated that they will not call extraordinary sessions.
Until now, the secretaries attended the Congress Daniel Scioli (Tourism, Environment and Sports), Yanina Nano Lembo (now former head of Children and Families) and Carlos Torrendell(Education). Previously, the Minister of Security participated, Patricia Bullrichand the finance secretaries, Pablo Quirnoand Treasury, Carlos Guberman.
Patricia Bullrich
Mariano Fuchila
From the opposition, they insist with the request to summon three officials: the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello, and the owner of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, Santiago Bausili.
Budget 2025: what items were planned for the Ministry of Health
As is the case with other professional sectors of the economy, health workers advanced with forceful measures at different times of the year and in various provinces of the country. That is the framework in which a game of $6,541 billion for the Ministry of Health in the 2025 Budget, which represents a 0.9% of GDP and an increase of 40.3% year-on-year, considering that an annual inflation of 18% was projected.
Outside of the annex that specifies the destination of the budget items, there are two articles of the project of the Budget 2025 that address the possibilities of the country’s main health organization. Article 11 states that “increases in charges cannot be approved and teaching hours that exceed the totals established” of the Collective Sectoral Labor Agreement of the Professional Staff of Hospital and Care Establishments and Research and Production Institutes dependent on the Ministry of Health.
Article 12, for its part, provides that the Ministry of Health is one of the organizations excepted to fill vacant positions in their dependent institutions. That is to say: they may hire personnel, but not determine salary increases outside the Executive regime.
Source: Ambito
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