Minister of Economy, Louis CaputoThis Tuesday, he will receive the Prime Minister of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri, After the second demanded the money the nation owed the city of Buenos Aires in terms of participation.
The exchange will take place at 10 o’clock in the Palacio de Hacienda and will include the presence of the Secretary of the Treasury, Carlos Guberman. The agenda consists of a request by the Public Prosecutor to include the debt in the 2026 budget. “Like any payment commitment, the agreement must be in the budget.”the Mayor of Buenos Aires predicted last night in statements to the newspaper La Nación +.
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In the midst of the debate on the new national budget and negotiations between Casa Rosada and the governors, the head of the Buenos Aires City Government, Jorge Macriplace a money claim Federal participation Which, as denounced, the nation He gets lateMacri said in an interview with Reuters: “We reached an agreement with the government in the Supreme Court to participate beyond the ruling. We sat down and accepted a different payment mechanism requested by the government, and they pledged to abide by it in court.” Network Radio In the last few hours.
The amount in dispute is 2.95% of the shareable property which the court ordered transferred to CABA.
Last year, the city and the national government reached a Agreement to comply with the precautionary order issued by the Supreme Courtwhich included A 2.95% payment From participating funds. According to this understanding, turns will be made 1.40% daily drip and 1.55% weekly.
However, Macri warned that the scheme was not being fulfilled in time: “A new debt has been created and that is why it has not been fulfilled. In the difficult times that have happened, I don’t know if I justify it, but I understand it.”
CABA inflation for October remained at 2.2%
“I realize that the last few months have been difficult for the national government, So delay is acceptable But they are very large numbers. “I hope we can find a way to quickly overturn the ban,” although he cautioned: “Because for me, compliance or non-compliance with the court ruling is not a simple fact.”
The President of Buenos Aires emphasized that these resources “must be expressed in the budget” and included Condition of political support From the PRO bloc to the spending and revenue bill that the executive branch will send to Congress.
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Tensions between PRO and La Libertad Avanza It reappears after the elections. Although both powers contested together in the Buenos Aires region and won a comfortable victory over Peronism, the continuity of the alliance came into question.
Macri seeks to score Political and financial independenceWhile the national government faces a new phase of reforms supported by agreements with the governors. In this context, the claim to Buenos Aires also becomes essential Political test For the relationship between Jorge Macri and Javier Mailecharacterized by tense coexistence.
Macri stressed that “you have to be humble and try to work together, even with some small differences, to definitely embark on the path of transformation of the country,” although he explained that The city will not give up resources.
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