Governors of four provinces agreed this Wednesday to describe as “centralist” the announcement by the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, to lower taxes if the Supreme Court of Justice returns to his district the resources that the government of Mauricio Macri granted him to finance the transfer of the Federal Police.
Santiago del Estero
The Governor of Santiago, Gerardo Zamoraaccused Rodríguez Larreta of having sent a message in “basic unitary porteño” to the Supreme Court, promising that he will “lower taxes” if the highest court returns the resources he received from Macri and that in 2020 the administration from Alberto Fernandez redirected.
“Ah very good! …A beautiful and forceful message to the CSJN and the rest of the country, by the Buenos Aires centralism”Zamora wrote on social networks, referring to the statements made by Rodríguez Larreta, who anticipated that “if the Court returns the money from the co-participation, I will automatically lower the taxes.”
Oh very good!! …. a beautiful and forceful message to the CSJN and the rest of the country, by the Porteño Centralism, allow me to translate it, so that we all understand it:
(open thread) pic.twitter.com/rJWO08QGm6
– Gerardo Zamora (@GZamoraSDE) May 25, 2022
“Dear Justice, although this implies an acknowledgment that the resources that I am claiming judicially are not to pay the Police (because I am already receiving them through the law that the National Congress sanctioned in a timely manner), allow me to express to you, on behalf of the most rich in the country that those clubs that Congress votes do not have as much value as a decree signed by former president (Mauricio) Macri,” Zamora said.
The president stated that with this decision by Macri, the city of Buenos Aires “plunders about 500,000 million pesos in constant currency to the detriment of the rest, above the cost of transferring the police.”
In the same vein, the governor added: “And how we porteños are repiolas, if you give me that little hand and dictate the precautionary measure that I asked for, I promise you that that twine that we will continue waving, I am going to use it to lower taxes for all our voters in Barrio Norte and surrounding areas.”
“In short, if the provinces complain, because they have to raise taxes, nothing happens. They represent the rest of the inhabitants, there are only 44 or 45 million who deserve to live in the interior as second-class inhabitants, poor assholes who have been 200 years they believed the verse of federalism, when they gave birth to the country,” he lashed out.
La Rioja, Catamarca and Santa Cruz
to respect, the Rioja governor, Ricardo Quintela, adhered to Zamora’s words on his Twitter account and he joined “the reasons” for the request made by the leaders to “end 200 years of centralist history in the country.”
We adhere to the thought and words of @GZamoraSDEand we add the reasons for our request to put an end to 200 years of centralist history in our country.
(I open thread ⬇️) https://t.co/9nTa7uEAmT
– Ricardo Quintela (@QuintelaRicardo) May 25, 2022
“Argentina we are all,” he said for his part on social networks the governor of Catamarca, Raúl Jalilwho manifested himself “embarrassed by the centralist attitude” of the Buenos Aires president.
“National development will only be achieved from the economic and human growth of the 23 provinces and the City of Buenos Aires,” said Jalil.
ARGENTINA WE ARE ALL
As Argentines, we are saddened by the centralist vision of the head of the Buenos Aires Government @horaciorlarreta.
National development will only be achieved from the economic and human growth of the 23 provinces and the City of Buenos Aires.
– Raúl Jalil (@RaulJalil_ok) May 25, 2022
While, the governor of Santa Cruz, Alicia Kirchner considered in social networks and in the context of the commemoration of May 25 that the Argentines “would have to make another open town hall so that the resources are shared equitably and with federal criteria in our provinces.”
We will have to make another OPEN COUNCIL so that the resources are shared equitably and with federal criteria in our provinces. pic.twitter.com/tBqbcGSSww
— AK (@aliciakirchner) May 25, 2022
These expressions occur in a context in which a definition of the Supreme Court on the subject is awaited, after a negotiation instance between the Nation and the City set by the highest court failed on May 11.
Background
The difference between the two districts lies in the percentage of funds transferred to the City, which went from 1.4% of the co-participation to 3.75% during the presidency of Mauricio Macri, later reduced to 3.5% by that same Government.
Then, on September 9, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic and through decree 735/2020, President Alberto Fernández decided that this percentage would go back to 1.4%.
Later, towards the end of that year, the National Congress approved a law that ordered a negotiation between the parties to define the amount to be transferred, while indicating that the money would not correspond to co-participation funds.
The City then resorted to Justice to denounce the situation and the highest court gave, last March, 30 business days to reach an agreement, later extended, until May 11.
On Monday, governors of 16 provinces announced that they will work to create a bill aimed at creating a Supreme Court of Justice “more modern and effective” and “that has a true federal character”while they demanded that Congress debate “a new model for the distribution of fare compensation” in terms of public passenger transport.
The provincial leaders released a document prepared yesterday at the headquarters of the Federal Investment Council (CFI) in which they made visible their disagreement with the operation of the highest court, at a time when that body must rule in the case facing the national government. with the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, for the distribution of federal co-participation funds.
In addition to Zamora, Quintela, Jalil and Alicia Kirchner, that document was signed by Alberto Rodríguez Saá (San Luis); Gildo Insfrán (Formosa); Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucman); Gustavo Bordet (Between Rivers); Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego); Sergio Unac (San Juan); Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampas); Gustavo Sáenz (Salta); Jorge Capitanich (Chaco); Oscar Herrera Ahuad (Misiones) and Mariano Arcioni (Chubut).
The governor of Santa Fe, Omar Perotti, was not part of the pronouncement because he was in Kuwait as part of a trade mission to finance works.
However, the governor of Santa Fe signed other joint statements made by provincial leaders referring to this dispute raised between the Nation and CABA and that must be resolved by the Court.
