After the call of the president Javier Milei to sign a “May Pact” with the entire political leadership, the Minister of Government, Jorge Tobares, stated that Neuquén will seek “rediscuss co-participation.” He questioned that the province is one of those that contributes the most to the national GDP and “is in 20th place” regarding the funds received.
The initiative presented by the President of the Nation in his presentation before Congress aims to reach a consensus with the 24 provincial governors «a ten-point agreement that reconstitutes the Bases of Argentina«, as later expressed by the Government in an official statement.
It includes raising the inviolability of private property, non-negotiable fiscal balance, the reduction of public spending to historic levels around 25% of GDP, a tax reform that reduces tax pressure, rediscuss the federal co-participation of taxes, a commitment by the provinces to advance in the exploitation of the country’s natural resources, a labor reform with the return of the private retirementsa “structural” political reform and the opening of international trade.
«We see that the pact “It has some edges that are important,” The Minister of Government of Neuquén, Jorge Tobares, told AmCumbre. He expressed that «rediscuss co-participation “It is a topic that all jurisdictions in the country may be interested in.”
«One hundred percent of the co-participating taxes, The Nation keeps 36% and the rest is shared among all the provinces.s”, Tobares pointed out and questioned that Neuquén is “one of the provinces that contributes the most to the national GDP and is in 20th place” in terms of funds received.
The minister indicated that “the 10 points are attractive”, but that they must carefully analyze what the content of each one is. «I think there are others too who provinces should incorporatebut at least“The significant thing, which seems to all Argentines, is the call.”he added.
Finally, Tobares expressed that the call is “something fundamental.” “Must preserve the Republic, dialogue and try to achieve a state of collective well-being among all of us,” he concluded.