Like numerous officials, the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillofused his social networks to share an end-of-year message on the last day of 2024. Through a video, the Buenos Aires president vindicated public works, He pointed out against the national government’s policy and assured that “When there is commitment and political decision, things can be done“.
“This 2024 was not only a year of great works for the province. It was also a year in which we showed that saying that there is no money is an excuse because when there is commitment and political decision things can be done.“, analyzed Kicillof, in the middle of a turbulent week for the province after the 2025 Budget was not approved in the Buenos Aires legislature.
Axel Kicillof vindicated the public work and targeted Javier Milei
At the close of 2024, and with the 2025 legislative elections in sight, the Buenos Aires governor shared a video on his social networks as an end-of-year assessment. In it you can see different works that his management carried out in the first year after having achieved re-election in the province.
“There is only one way to carry more health, education, security and well-being for the people of Buenos Aires and it is putting the body and the resources that are necessary so that no one is left out. We are going to continue doing it with a protective Government, a present State and a supportive people,” Kicillof explained.
The message comes after a week in which the Buenos Aires ruling party will not be able to obtain the necessary consensus to approve the 2025 Budget, the tax law and a debt project. “To the very serious situation to which President Milei subjected us this year, there is now added a blow from the opposition by not approving the budget package“said the president after last Friday’s session fell.
After this, the governor of the province took aim directly at Milei and accused him of having a “particular viciousness” against the territory he directs: “I am not going to allow them to bankrupt the province of Buenos Aires or as happened in other provinces; Milei’s logic is to attack and then ask them to sign“he concluded.
Axel Kicillof will extend the Buenos Aires Budget and the Tax Law
After the setback suffered in the Buenos Aires legislature, the government of the province of Buenos Aires announced that will once again extend the budget approved in 2023 for the year 2025 as well as the Tax Law of 2024. “Last Friday, the Legislature did not approve the budget, the Tax Law or the debt,” said the Minister of Government, Carlos Bianco, during a press conference that he led at the Government House. , in La Plata and added that the package of laws “It was not an adjustment, nor a cut, but rather an expansion and responded to the cuts that the national government made to us.“.
“Our priorities remain health, education, safety, work, public works and production. We continue to carry it forward, with fewer resources,” Bianco explained and added: “Our program is not one of adjustment, supports public works and launches economic activity“.
Regarding the role of the opposition in the fall of the projects, Bianco pointed out: “On December 18, the opposition made two requests: a request for funds for the municipalities and the renewal of some positions that – due to uses and customs – were given to them. usually given to representatives of the opposition. The Legislature went to an intermediate room and the Executive began to negotiate these points. We had no problem. It seemed good to the governor to deliver 125 million pesos for the municipalities which, updated at 30%, amounted to 160 billion. He was also willing to appoint them by decree on the same day if positions in some organizations had to be modified,” he specified.
Despite the agreement, Bianco maintained that, last Friday, when mirror sessions were scheduled in both chambers, “a new requirement appeared: to co-participate in what the Executive takes on debt this year.” In this way he pointed out: “1 billion debt was planned to respond to capital and interest maturities. It represented a co-participation of 16.4%. The government made a counterproposal: to share 10%, because otherwise the needs of the province and the fresh funds that would come in would be ignored. The governor was willing to reach 250 billion pesos for the municipalities, but new requests appeared, for positions in the Buenos Aires Supreme Court of Justice“.
“The opposition asked to appoint judges. That was not under discussion. These are not things that have to do with the budget. Discussions related to the Budget, improvements, the creation of funds for municipalities were welcome, but it was impossible to approve a law of laws in that context, which would only leave us with approved expenses without resources,” he stated.
Faced with the end of 2024 and Javier Milei’s announcements for next year, the official analyzed: “as a result, We have two situations by 2025: President Milei said that he was going to advance with the deep chainsawthe adjustments and cuts are going to continue, which will impact the province” and added: “In addition, They left us without budget resources in the Legislature. We start the year in an economic emergency. “We are working on the extension of this year’s budget, with the corresponding modifications that the Financial Administration Law allows us.”
“If there is approval of the new budget, the extended budget will fall. But we cannot wait for that. In addition, they can come up with a Tuesday the 13th. So we will work with the extended budget,” Bianco said about the discussion of the Mother Law,
Source: Ambito
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