According to what was published by the IARAF, taking a perspective of the last 9 years, the amount of total real automatic transfers last year, if the assumed inflation of 2.8% monthly in December is confirmed, would be in eighth place (ordering from largest to smallest).
The collapse of the ATN is more significant, since it is a tool that different governments use as a system of rewards and punishments for the provinces. About this item, Only the City of Buenos Aires showed positive rates (+33.2%), benefiting from the ruling of the Supreme Court that forces the Nation to return the Co-Participation point that was taken away during the administration of Alberto Fernández.
Following the rise in CABA, the jurisdictions that exhibited the smallest drop were Neuquen (-61.7%), Holy Cross (-69.3%), Jujuy (-70.2%), Mendoza (-79.2%), Chubut (79.8%), Jump (-82%), Tucuman (-82.5%) and Missions (-82.7%). According to data from Politikón Chaco, Rioja (-98.1%), The Pampa (-96%) and Formosa (-95.9%), all governed by Peronism, were the provinces that suffered the most from the collapse of discretionary transfers.
Withholdings: support for field claims
Another of the high points of the week were the increasingly loud complaints from the field against the Government for withholdings. The complaints came from agricultural entities throughout the country, which denounced the “suffocation” of the sector, deepened by climatic adversities, and demanded the end of export taxes.
The protest was replicated by two governors of the Central Region: Maximiliano Pullaro and Martin Llaryora. The first to open the game was the man from Santa Fe, who fired heavy ammunition during the signing of the minutes that began the construction of the third lane of the Rosario-Santa Fe Highway. Asked about the agricultural situation, Pullaro evaluated that “Argentina is no longer going with the withholding scheme it has.”
“The countryside cannot continue subsidizing the Buenos Aires suburbs, that unproductive sector of the Argentine Republic, which generates a very large cost,” the radical president protested in dialogue with the press. His statements did not go down well in the province of Buenos Aires, where the Justicialist Party (PJ) Buenos Aires sent out a statement in which it took its toll on the leader, remembering when Axel Kicillof sent 50 patrol cars to reinforce security in Rosario, amid the escalation of drug violence.
As a counterpart, Unidos para Cambiar Santa Fe, Pullaro’s space, responded with another document in which it expressed its support for the coastal administration.
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For his part, the Cordoban Martin Llaryora He also came out in defense of the countryside against requests to the national government. Through his social networks, the Mediterranean assured that “the time has come for the countryside,” while warning that ““Argentina has time to avoid a deep crisis that hits its productive interior.”
“We support the legitimate claim of agricultural entities, which demand that the national government take concrete measures to face this difficult situation”considered Llaryora. He also clarified that ““The countryside urgently needs a reduction in withholdings on exports, allowing these resources to return to this thriving productive sector.”
“Córdoba contributed billions of dollars. Can you imagine what our province would be if that money remained in the hands of those who invest, generate employment and develop our communities?” he asked. And he concluded: “It is time to alleviate the burden that the countryside bears, a sector that is also facing the drop in international prices. We must get the hell out of the countryside and release all its productive capacity in favor of Argentina.”
Sparks for municipal taxes
The second week of the year also brought a special request signed by the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo. The Treasury Palace issued a claim to the provinces to encourage the repeal of municipal taxes, one of the taxes with which the Government is on a war footing, especially with the PBA mayors.
Although various administrations took it as a missile aimed at Axel KicillofThe truth is that they reminded the Nation about the autonomy of the municipalities and shifted the focus of the discussion. “80% of the tax burden is from national taxes”a provincial Minister of Economy returned the ball when consulted by Scope.
More vehement was the mayor of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, the Peronist Gustavo Saadiwho said that “andThis happens when there are national officials who do not understand how a province or a municipality is run because they have never been there.” “Public lighting is a service, at night you see it is on and that generates expenses,” he evaluated..
Other districts, however, showed greater caution and warned that they would analyze the request. In Córdoba, for example, they stated that their Constitution guarantees the autonomy of the municipalities, Therefore, the collection of municipal taxes is not the responsibility of the province.
The city of Cordova capital, for its part, anticipated that it will go to court if the Nation prospers in its desire to eliminate municipal taxes, as different mayors of the Buenos Aires suburbs have already done. “It goes against municipal autonomy, defunding what has to do with the functioning of cities: sweeping, lighting, cleaning, patching and so on,” they protested.
Late on Friday, the Government called extraordinary sessions in Congress, opening the game to give and take with the provinces. This back and forth will begin to reveal more accurately the relevance of the link between the libertarian administration and the governors.
Source: Ambito
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