The Governor Leandro Zdero sharpened his speech to the legislative opposition after the executive tried to move forward with the opposition in extraordinary sessions Debt Consolidation Act and the Reform of the port regime. For the president, the refusal of the Peronist bloc to deal with the projects in the region corresponds to a political logic that “harms all Chaco residents”.
“It is an even selfish act,” Zdero said, referring to the PJ’s position, warning that it implied the lack of treatment of both laws postpone key instruments for organizing public finances and promoting economic activity. According to the governor, the rejection is not explained by the content of the initiatives, but by the political decision not to support proposals that, in his opinion, “benefit the province as a whole”.
Ports: “If we repeat the past, we will be stranded”
When referring to the port reform project, Zdero directly pointed to the impact that the legal brake has on port reform Barranqueras port and that of The palm trees. “If we continue as we have been doing for years, the port will be stranded and will not grow,” he explained, stressing that an update of the legal framework would make this possible Attract investment and generate more economic movement.
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In this sense, he assured that the executive will insist on the initiative because that is what it aims to do change the productive matrix of the province and to integrate Chaco into a more competitive logistics system at the regional level. “We are concerned that they refuse to pass a law that benefits everyone,” he stressed.
Debt consolidation and the financial front
Regarding the debt consolidation law, the governor explained that the project was intended as a tool to achieve this Organize accumulated liabilities and make dollar commitments. He explained that the province would have to pay in February 40 million dollarsand that the executive branch’s goal is to begin a reprogramming process starting in March that will ease the financial burden.
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“We will pay, but we need tools that allow us to do it in better conditions. We understand the political movements, we do not share them,” said Zdero, emphasizing that the context of greater macroeconomic balance at the national level opens an opportunity for progress in this sense.
The executive initiatives did not receive the necessary votes for debate in the plenary session and were referred to the Chamber Finance and Budget Commissionwhere they will be analyzed in an extraordinary meeting. The background to the conflict is the discussion about it whether the treatment should be carried out with the current or the new legal conformityafter replacing the benches.
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