After the President of the Nation, Alberto Fernandezlaunch the challenge of the judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and advance, specifically, with the impeachment of the head of said judicial entity, magistrate Horacio Rosatti, the head of state summoned the governors who are in his line to resolve how advance the cause.
The President was involved against the Judiciary for rulings that favor the Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA), chaired by Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, in the dispute over the co-participation received by the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA). Thus, Alberto Fernandez announced this Sunday, through a statement, that it will summon the governors of the provinces that accompany the National State against the GCBA.
The appointment is arranged by Alberto Fernandez for Tuesday, according to statements by the Buenos Aires governor Axel Kicillof, and the following political leaders will be invited: Gildo Insfrán (Formosa), Gustavo Bordet (Entre Ríos), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja), Osvaldo Jaldo (lieutenant governor in charge of the Executive in Tucumán)
Also Raul Jalil (Catamarca), Sergio Uñac (San Juan), Gerardo Zamora (Santiago del Estero), Mariano Arcioni (Chubut), Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa), Jorge Capitanich (Chaco), Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego), Oscar Herrera Ahuad (Missions), and Alicia Kirchner (Santa Cruz).
Brief summary of the conflict for co-participation
At the beginning of the government of former President Mauricio Macri, by decree it was decided to increase the amount that CABA received in co-participation up to 3.5%. Later, in 2020, during the management of Alberto Fernandez, the measure was carried out that reduced this amount to less than half of the amount received up to now. For this act of the National State, The head of government of CABA, Rodríguez Larreta, launched two causes asking that the value for co-participation that he had reached with Macri be restored.
A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court of Justice issued its verdict in the legal dispute. This ordered that the co-participation amount to CABA be increased up to 2.95%. From Casa Rosada the measure was criticized, but it was complied with a week later, when it was arranged to pay the difference in money in TX31 bonds. Once again, Larreta dismissed the form of payment as unconstitutional and the President charged against Justice for the ruling that harms other jurisdictions.
