The Chamber of Senators of the province of Buenos Aires approved this Thursday the Economic, financial and tariff emergency law for recovered companiesproject that had been sent by the governor Axel Kicillo and that suspends the execution of eviction sentences and cuts off public services for non-payment for those entities.
The initiative had advanced in the Chamber of Deputies on March 16 and this Thursday it obtained definitive sanction in the Senate.
The statement, sent by the Executive Power, protects the companies that have been recovered by their workers and is part of the provincial policies of accompaniment and encouragement to the Buenos Aires cooperative movement.
In addition, the new law declares the process of recovery of companies by their workers to be of provincial interest.
“The declaration of emergency for the sector aims to make visible the serious situation that is going through, to provide assistance and differential treatment required by cooperative enterprises”, Kicillof had pointed out when presenting the bill.
Meanwhile, the Buenos Aires Minister of Production, Science and Technological Innovation, Augusto Costa, had recalled “the pending issue that the province has with the recovered companies” and highlighted that “cooperative production is the engine of reactivation.”
?️ The Senate approved a law that grants financial and tariff facilities to recovered companies in the province of Buenos Aires
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According to the registry published in 2020 by the Ministry of Social Development of the Nation, there are more than 400 recovered companies in the country, of which at least 70 are in the province of Buenos Aires.
The Identity of Origin Law was also approved, which guarantees access to this primary right to all people who are looking for their families.
The Corps approved the project of the Buenos Aires Government to modify Laws 14,393, 12,511 and 15,310 that regulate the distribution of funds destined for housing and gender programs.
During the ordinary session, the adherence to the National Law 27,506 for the Promotion of the Knowledge Economy was voted, which aims to generate jobs and favorable conditions for companies to decide to invest in the Province.
Another of the approved projects was the adherence to the Regime for the Promotion of Distributed Generation of Renewable Energy Integrated to the Public Electric Network, created by Law No. 27,424.
During the session, an act of enthronement of the tribute painting of former Governor Juan Manuel de Rosas, who was remembered as “a representative of the Buenos Aires identity and a beacon in the defense of national sovereignty” was held on the premises.
Veterans and fallen during the Malvinas War were also remembered, on the 40th anniversary of that historic event.
Finally, a heartfelt tribute was paid to Graciela Giannettasio, former Vice Governor of Buenos Aires, Minister of Education of the Nation and National Deputy, who passed away on April 5.
