Far from calming down, the tension between Javier Miley and the governor of Chubut, Ignacio Torres, was revived over the weekend. There were accusations of the withdrawal of co-participating funds, threats of cuts in the supply of gas and oil throughout the country and documents on a million-dollar debt.
The truth is that the government of the province of Chubut will resort to Justice. As it turned out, this Monday there will be a presentation that will be given to me regarding the “illegal retention of participationâ€. First it will be faced with Federal Justice and they expect the issue to escalate to the Supreme Court.
Those around Ignacio Torres assure that the measure by the national government es âarbitrariaâ and that seeks to educate the rest of the provincial leaders.
The complaint that the province will make is framed in “the illegal impact of co-shareable resources that correspond to Chubut according to current law,†sources from the Chubut Government explained.
The measure is added to the criminal complaint that is planned to be filed against the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputothis for having “cut 13 thousand 500 million pesos “They are from the province.”
“So far this month, they have cut us 13.5 billion pesos that belong to the province, which is due to debt taken by the previous government due to the irresponsibility of the Arcioni government,” explained the vice-governor of Chubut, Gustavo Menna.
The debt, which is with the Trust Fund, has been refinanced by all the provinces, explained the Vice Governor, and said that “this similar withholding is equivalent to more than a third of what Chubut owes due to federal co-participation of advance taxes.
And he explained that “the provinces are states that are part of the Federation, but as the Constitution says, they retain all power not delegated to the Nation.” Besides, He said he was “in the presence of an illegal act.”
Chubut – Nation conflict: the support of the Patagonian governors for Torres
The conflict has dragged on for several weeks but broke out this Friday. In fact, Chubut’s first proposals to restructure the debt date back to December 15 of last year.
Subsequently, and after a meeting with the Secretary of the Treasury of the Nation, the provincial administration sent the Minister of the Interior on February 16 another note reiterating the need to refinance the debt with the Trust Fund. Finally, on February 22, Chubut requested formal authorization to cancel the debt with the Provincial Development Trust Fund.
The provincial government’s intention to restructure the debt focuses on modifying the CER update, which in times of very high inflation like the one the country is experiencing “makes it impossible to cancel it without affecting the essential services of the provincial state.”
Governor Ignacio Torres insisted this Sunday that “the Government as a creditor does not want to collect and does not enable the debt exchange because it wants to suffocate the Province†. In that sense, he assured that Javier Milei “plays a pincer game between the Central Bank and the Economy.”
The president of Chubut received the support of the other five Patagonian governors: Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego); Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa); Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz); Rolando Figueroa (Neuquén); and Alberto Weretilneck (RÃo Negro).
On Tuesday the Patagonian governors will meet in the Senate of the Nation where they will give a press conference in support of the Torres de Torres offensive.not wanting to ship oiluntil the Government reinstates the co-participation funds for $13.5 billion.
In addition, this Monday it is also expected that a virtual meeting will be held with different representatives of the PRO in which the strategy against the Chubut conflict will be debated and there will be dialogue especially about the position of the Minister of Security, Patricia. Bullrich, who supported Milei and aroused strong internal concerns.