The Chief of Staff of the City, Philip Michaelrecently ruled on the Government’s idea of transferring 32 bus lines to Buenos Aires territory, in order to recover the subsidies.
About, the official expressed, as Horacio Rodríguez Larreta had also said, that they are open to dialogue, however Philip Michael He clarified that the City has no way to maintain the subsidies.
“Of course, the City does not have those financial resources.; In addition, it does not have them because they have taken the co-participation from us less than two years ago, ”he assured. Philip Michael.
What’s more Miguel He indicated that, despite the fact that nothing has been confirmed yet, the Government is the one who must take responsibility for the repercussions left by this decision, since the citizens will be the main affected.
“The important thing here is that those 32 lines that circulate within the City are the responsibility of the national Government and until any transfer is made, they continue to belong to the Government,” he said.
In addition, the official added that “if the Government, as it seems, wants to increase the rates, it can do so, but it has to take responsibility for that decision”.
What Felipe Miguel said about the possibility of increasing the ticket price
the chief of staff He stated that around 15 billion pesos are subsidized, so the City does not have those resources to sustain the financing.
In this sense, in the worst scenario, if the transfer takes place, the ticket price will increase significantly.
Nevertheless, Miguel He assured that for now it is “impossible to determine how much the collective fares would increase”, since this depends “on many variables”.
Meanwhile, experts calculate that without the subsidy, the rate could go from 18 pesos to 45 pesos or more. All this will depend on the agreement established by the City with the Government.
