The governors of thirteen provinces and the head of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires open this Wednesday with their annual reports the new periods of ordinary sessions of their respective Legislatures that will last, in principle, until November 30.
Coinciding with the beginning of the 141st parliamentary cycle that President Alberto Fernández will inaugurate at the national level at noon in Congress, this March 1st the CABA and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Chaco, Chubut, Corrientes will also have their opening acts , Formosa, La Pampa, La Rioja, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Tierra del Fuego and Tucumán.
In this electoral year, in which several governors will seek their re-election, the speeches before the legislative assemblies will have a strong political content with an emphasis on their relationship with the national government, the economy and development projects, according to government sources consulted by the different correspondents. of Telam.
In Chaco, faithful to his early riser custom, Governor Jorge Capitanich will open the 55th edition of the sessions of the unicameral Legislature at 8 am with a wide range of ongoing and long-term productive projects
Within this framework, in Buenos Aires, Governor Axel Kicillof will lead the act at 6:00 p.m. to start the 151st period of sessions at the large headquarters of the Chamber of Deputies on Avenida 53, where, according to official spokesmen, announcements of works, a review of his management centered on “the right to the future” for the citizens of the province.
In the city of Buenos Aires, the head of government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, will start the session in the local Legislature at 8.30 with a speech that will be the last as head of the local Executive and that will have a “presidential tone” after last week the mayor made official his ambition to compete in the PASO of Together for Change (JxC).
In Chaco, faithful to his habit of rising early, Governor Jorge Capitanich will open the 55th edition of the sessions of the unicameral Legislature at 8:00 a.m. with a wide range of productive projects underway and in the long term, given that he will be running for re-election in the September elections.
The governor of Chubut, Mariano Arcioni, will inaugurate the 51st regular session of the unicameral at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday in the building located in the Rawson civic center.
In dialogue with Télam, the governor announced: “As in all speeches of this type, what was done and what was projected for this year will be reviewed, but I recognize that I will put a special tone on it because it will be the last inaugural speech of my administration.”
In Corrientes, which this year will not have provincial elections, Governor Gustavo Valdés will open the new parliamentary period at 9:30 in the palace on Salta street with a message to the 30 deputies and 15 senators, in the sixth participation of the radical leader in the Legislative Assembly, in the middle of its second term.
The Formosa Legislature will receive at 9 a.m. the message from Governor Gildo Insfrán, who will celebrate 28 years in the Executive Branch, to begin the 50th session of the unicameral of the province
The Formosa Legislature will receive at 9 a.m. the message from Governor Gildo Insfrán, who will celebrate 28 years in the Executive Power, to begin the 50th session of the unicameral of the province.
In La Pampa, Sergio Ziliotto -who will seek re-election in May- will open the 54th session of the unicameral Legislature at 6:00 p.m. on March 1, while in La Rioja, where in December the deputies approved an official project to promote the partial reform of the provincial Constitution, the candidate to renew his mandate Ricardo Quintela will inaugurate the 138th legislative cycle at 7:30 p.m.
The governor of Neuquén, Omar Gutiérrez, will give his opening speech at the 52nd legislative session at 9 am and, according to official sources, he is expected to review his second term that will end in December of this year, and present ten bills, among which stands out one that will propose charging a “toll” to oil companies so that they collaborate with the maintenance of the routes of the Vaca Muerta field.
In Río Negro, spokespersons for the Legislature told Télam that the start of the 52nd session will be at 9 with a speech by Arabela Carreras.
For the second consecutive year, Salta will open its sessions on March 1st, as provided by the 2021 constitutional reform, and official sources assured that the bicameral Legislative Assembly for the opening of the 125th ordinary period will begin at 10, with the annual speech of Gustavo Sáenz on the general state of the province.
In Santa Cruz, parliamentary sources indicated that again this year the unicameral Legislature will go to the Boca Unidos club in Río Gallegos to receive the message from Governor Alicia Kirchner at 10:30 a.m. for the opening of the 50th ordinary session
In Tierra del Fuego, Gustavo Melella will open the fortieth ordinary session of the unicameral Legislature of the province that has jurisdiction over the Malvinas Islands and Antarctica at 10:00.
In Río Negro, spokespersons for the Legislature told Télam that the start of the 52nd period of sessions will be at 9 with a speech by Arabela Carreras
In Tucumán, with the return of Juan Luis Manzur to his functions as governor after two years as chief of staff in the Casa Rosada, the opening of sessions for period 118 will take place at 9:30.
This will be Manzur’s last presentation as governor before the bicameral Legislature as his term ends, although he will appear in the May elections as a candidate for lieutenant governor with Osvaldo Jaldo as head of the list.
The annual schedule of ordinary sessions began in February with the legislatures of Córdoba, Santiago del Estero and Entre Ríos and will continue in April with the unicameral ones of Jujuy and San Juan and the bicameral one of San Luis to conclude in May with the opening of parliamentary activity. in Catamarca, Mendoza, Misiones and Santa Fe.
