The government is preparing to announce a major restructuring of the state these days Institute of Social Work of the Armed Forces and Security Forces (Iosfa)which is currently experiencing significant operational difficulties due to years of debts running into millions.
The initiative will be carried out by the new Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Prestiwhich saw the resolution of this conflict as one of the first goals of its management.
Shortly after taking office, the official ordered a comprehensive review of the organization, which his predecessor had already planned. Luis Petri.
The national authorities believe that there were serious irregularities in the management of the institution under previous administrations, which led to the current operational problems.
With more than 600,000 members, IOSFA is the state’s third largest social service organization. but there is an estimated liability of about 200,000 million pesos resulting in delays and cancellations of the most expensive treatments.
One of the most emblematic cases occurs in the city of Punta Alta, in Buenos Aires, where, according to the Association of State Workers (ATE), of the 77,000 residents, 42,000 have IOSFA and suffer from “months of delay in all benefits.”
“It is a scandal of great proportions because if it no longer exists, hundreds of workers will be left without insurance and with salaries that cannot be paid in advance. As we always say: health is a right for all and not a commodity,” he said in a statement. Mercedes Cabezasdeputy general secretary of the union.
Given this scenario, Presti has held meetings with the Chief of Staff. Manuel Adorniand with the Minister of Economic Affairs, Luis “Toto” Caputoto try to find a solution.
The decision was on the one hand Divide the organization into two parts, so that one basically takes over the federal police and the airport security police (PSA) and the other takes over the armed forces.
It remains to be seen what will happen to the gendarmerie and prefectural affiliates that could fall under either of these two social works.
According to what they stated Infobae Sources in the industry said the institute would be organized in this way as the sector serving police officers is “the most complicated”.
The security minister, Alejandra Monteolivais the person who would be responsible for managing resources for the uniformed personnel within their area of responsibility.
The social work of the military, on the other hand, which could be a completely new and independent one, needed command an active duty officer with a past as director of the military hospital.
There is again a preliminary agreement with Caputo for this The Treasury Palace is supporting IOSFA in dealing with the debt of 200 billion pesos.
As this media has learned, Presti will present the final proposal this Friday to the Chief of Staff, who will have the final say in deciding whether or not to implement the measure.
If he accepts the initiative, the changes will be made official with a decree signed by President Javier Milei and announced at a press conference next Tuesday.
The meeting between the Lieutenant General and the coordinating minister was supposed to take place last Tuesday, but could not take place due to scheduling problems and the Christmas holidays fell in between.
On the other hand, the restructuring comes against the backdrop of criticism over the recent suicides of four soldiers within a few days, one of whom belongs to the Grenadier Corps working in Quinta de Olivos.
“It worries us a lot because it is our own personnel. Humanly, it hurts us deeply to lose men in such situations. We have already activated all the prevention systems and protocols to prevent something like this from happening again,” said Presti in this context during a television interview.
The losses of the military no longer active would also take effect next week, including those who were part of the leadership of the Bundeswehr.
For example, Brigadier General Xavier Isaacformer Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Admiral Carlos Allieviformer chief of the Navy.
For his part, Presti is in a state of “availability” and will request a similar situation after the expiration of the six months established by law in order not to have to leave his rank while participating in the Cabinet.
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