The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francosdenied yesterday that there are going to be cuts in the transfers that ANSES makes to the retirement funds of 13 provinces and tried to lower the tension in another episode with the governors.
“The items are there, they were reassigned to provincial item issues. There are two historical problems, the stock of debt that is not the responsibility of this government. They are debts contracted many years ago, of an amount that is difficult to clarify because there are pending audits.“said Francos in radio statements.
In this sense, the official clarified: “There are some provinces that owe and there are other provinces that are owed. But, to clarify and not to create a snowball with an issue that is not real, the monetary items that were in the 2023 budget, which is the one that was extended this year and whose items were now updated, are, or “That is, with differences in nomination, but the amounts are planned.”
Francos maintained, in turn, that The money is expected to arrive through “other items” that the Government plans to send to the provinces. “The only thing that is in discussion, and that has always been in discussion, is what are the amounts to be transferred, which is what is difficult.”
“The Nation owes several provincial funds, some have prosecuted the issue and there are some protections planned, but What is not defined is the amount to be transferred. But let’s stay calm about this,” he clarified.
The Minister of the Interior also stated that this situation “It has nothing to do with the basic laws, with which many governors and legislators absolutely agree.”” and they are not linked to “the tax reforms that in general also have agreements with the issues discussed there.”
“What is legal, what is by law will not go unrecognized. Only that To pay it, it must be clear what is being paid., sometimes there are exaggerations of what is proposed as a transfer demand. And it is an obligation of the public official who has to order the transfer to know what he is enabling,” Francos explained.
The national official’s expressions occurred after The Government decided to eliminate through DNU 280/24 the transfers that the ANSES made to the retirement funds who are still in control of 13 provinces, including Neuquén.