Guillermo Francos: “If Congress does not allow privatization, we are going to end Aerolíneas Argentinas.”

Guillermo Francos: “If Congress does not allow privatization, we are going to end Aerolíneas Argentinas.”

“In no way is it going to be allowed to continue with the situation as it was. The need to change collective agreements was raised, with all the benefits that the workers of the Aerolíneas Argentinas company and the others still have,” said the Chief of Staff.

Then he considered that “there is a surplus of personnel” and asked himself: “How can an employee of Argentine Airlines that your salary be increased when the company is subsidized?”

In turn, he noted that “If Congress does not allow privatization we will end Aerolíneas Argentinas“We are going to close it, in terms that are reasonable to do so,” he said in dialogue with radio Miter, but he also proposed that “if the employees want, we will hand over the company to them and they can resolve the situation.”

Finally, he argued: “It is not acceptable that the large number of Argentines who do not use the airline are subsidizing the 2% who do use it. We are convinced that it is not reasonable to subsidize 700 million dollars to a company. When we analyze the percentage of people who fly above the total population of the country we realize that it is unfair“.

Guillermo Francos on opposition in Congress

At the end of the year, the opposition may cause a legislative defeat to Javier Milei in Congress: the reform of the regime Decrees of Necessity and Urgency (DNU)to limit the scope of presidential amendments. In that framework, Guillermo Francos He understood that the blocks “act in bad faith.”

Guillermo Francos deputies

Guillermo Francos during a speech in the National Congress.

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“Historically they allowed the use of DNUs and now They want to take that instrument from a president which, coincidentally, has such an express and visible parliamentary minority, but is accompanied by strong support from public opinion,” he interpreted, in reference to the law 26,122promoted by Kirchnerism in 2006.

The initiative that obtained an opinion has three specific points: clarify the definition of need and urgencythat the rejection of one of the two chambers is sufficient to revoke a DNU and establish a validity period of the decrees up to 90 days. After that time, Congress must vote to approve the continuity of the policies and no longer to repeal them, as is currently the case.

The Chief of Staff also once again relativized the priority that the ruling party gives to approval of the 2025 Budget: “Congress will decide whether to treat it or No.” In the last week, the official had already expressed that “it is not planned that extraordinary sessions will be called” and that “we have no urgency for the Budget to be approved.”

Source: Ambito

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