During the presentation that the minister Patricia Bullrichmade in the plenary session of Committees of the Chamber of Deputies, where the Omnibus law is discussed, tried to explain why the government of Javier Miley did not distribute to soup kitchens 500 thousand Christmas baskets that the administration of the Alberto Fernandez had acquired.
In his response to one of the deputies present, Bullrich stated that the decision that left thousands of Argentines without products to spend the holidays was due to the fact that “it was embarrassing” and added that since “there was no money to replace them,” the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello He decided to retain them.
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“The Christmas basket, you know why Congressman was not distributed, because it was embarrassing. I’m going to tell Minister Sandra Pettovello to take it to see it. It was embarrassing to distribute it and there was no money to buy new ones, nor time. So I don’t know distributed because it was a real affront to the people who were going to receive them,” said the Minister.
Petovello’s response
However, the minister’s statements about the 500,000 Christmas boxes were denied by the Ministry of Human Capital, whose spokespersons were surprised by the statements of Javier Milei’s official.
The boxes had been acquired (and paid for) by the Ministry of Social Development during the management of Victoria Tolosa Paz;
In dialogue with Perfil.com, They pointed out that “All the information given by the minister is erroneous. There were never 500,000 Christmas boxes assembled, but rather they were products such as nougat, pudding and sweet bread that were bought in bulk by the previous government. Almost everything was delivered to the Church, to the AMIA and evangelical churches. The little that was left is being delivered and those packages that were broken were separated. There was nothing in bad condition.”
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Following Patricia Bullrich’s statement, this medium attempted to communicate with the minister’s spokespersons, but at the time of writing this note no response was obtained. Also Perfil.com They contacted the AMIA where they indicated that they did not receive any products, although they clarified that they could have been distributed to other institutions in the community.
The broken Christmas phone
Bullrich’s statements took on such a dimension that some details began to be revealed that in the end seem to have the same fate.it’s news. Journalist Paul Dugan joined the debate by stating for Radio 10 that the Milei government discarded in a warehouse located on the street Salguero of Autonomous City of Buenos Airesproducts from some 500 thousand Christmas boxes that included nougat, pudding and sweet bread.
The Ministry of Human Capital denied the existence of that deposit.
And there was no shortage of political reactions like that of Juan Grabois what he said in C5N: “With the criminal devaluation of 118% that they imposed, it was impossible for many families to buy sweet bread. What did they do instead of distributing it? They threw it away”
The truth is that the statements of Patricia Bullrich They generated a new internal situation within the government itself and with an issue as delicate and sensitive as the distribution of food among the most needy sectors. Doing politics with the needs of others is part of the worst part of the caste.