The Transport Commission of the Chamber of Deputies will meet next Tuesday 10th, at 10.30, to take a further step in the debate on the project that mayors of important cities in the country are pushing, which seeks an equitable distribution of fuel taxes paid by all districts, which would serve to recover the funds that the Government eliminated since January to subsidize the public transportexcept in AMBA. The lack of funding generates multiple problems in the provinces and this last week it was reflected in strikes by the drivers’ union, UTA, in San Miguel de Tucumán and in Jujuy.
Strictly speaking, members of the Federal Network of Mayors They were in Congress the last week of June and met with members of the Transportation Committee, which is chaired by the Pamela Verasay from Mendoza (Together for Change). That time, the meeting was attended by municipal leaders of Cordoba, Daniel Passerini; Rosario, Pablo Javkin; Santa Fe, Juan Pablo Poletti; and Parana, Rosario Romero. Of San Salvador de Jujuy, Raul Jorge; Viedma, Marcos Castro; Formosa, Jorge Jofre; Rawson (Chubut), Damian Biss and from Neuquen, Mariano Gaido. On that occasion, some representatives of the Ministry of Culture also spoke about the public transport scenario. Federal Transportation Committee (COFETRA).
What the project says
At the meeting, the mayors presented their project that includes the creation of the Federal Compensation Fund for Urban and Suburban Public Passenger Transport Systems in the Interior of the country. The project is structured in six points.
The most important article is the second one, which refers to the project’s operation, defining the sources of financing for the creation of this federal fund. The resources, says the initiative, will be provided by a certain percentage of the tax on liquid fuels and natural gasfrom National Treasury Contributions and other resources that may be allocated by specific laws. “The objective is to guarantee sufficient and sustained collection that allows the effective redistribution of funds to the municipalities and provinces of the interior that need them most,” it was stated.
This article aims to ensure that “the resources of the fund are adequate and stable,” thus allowing for a fair and continuous distribution. “By allocating a specific percentage of the tax to fuels and complementing it with contributions from the National Treasury, a solid financial base is created that can be adjusted and expanded through future legislation,” the project states. This structure aims to correct the current disparities, where contributions made by the interior regions are not reflected in proportional returns.
“The contributions that the provinces and municipalities currently make in the form of fuel taxes are not reflected in proportional refunds in favor of the contributing jurisdictions in the interior,” the officials said. mayors in the document. They also highlight that equity in the distribution of resources is crucial to promoting human development and social justice throughout the country.
According to them, the current distribution system does not comply with the constitutional mandate that requires an equitable and fair distribution of resources. Transport companies in the interior face significantly higher operating costs due to national collective bargaining agreements that do not reflect local conditions. “These companies lack the financial support that AMBA operators receive, creating a situation of inequality and disadvantage for transport systems in the interior,” they added.
What’s next
Last week the meeting was held Transport Commission but there was no consensus with the project and that is why it was adjourned until next Tuesday. In principle, it was pointed out Scopethere would be a joint opinion of the radicalism, the PRO, the Civic Coalition and Freedom Advances. Its main thrust was anticipated by the official Lisandro Almirón: “A proposal will be presented in accordance with the possibilities that the State has.” “It is essential to reach an agreement with the entire political spectrum regarding this need to know specifically what the State has to spend on this significant expenditure that it has in terms of transportation throughout the country.”
The mayors are paying attention to this opinion because they are worried that the government will subordinate the progress of the project “to the possibilities that the State has.” “When you want, you can, there are sufficient funds, but this Government intends to apply chainsaw to everything and it is not fair, when in the middle is transportation, essential for the millions of Argentines who use it daily, who suffer from its increase in price,” said to Ámbito an official who is close to an important mayor of the country, who is not a Peronist.
From Union for the Homeland They asked that any initiative be limited to the project of the municipal leaders. For Diego Giuliano, a national deputy from Santa Fe and former Secretary of Transportation of the Nation, “in many places, there is an asymmetry that has a long history in Argentina, a situation that is transferred to the cost of urban transportation.”
Source: Ambito
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