Within the framework of the conflict raised between the National government and the Patagonian provinces, new proposals arise and the Rio Negro legislator Luciano Delgado Sempé (Vamos con Todos) He developed a project for the creation of a regional bank.
EstarÃa “tied to the assets of a Patagonian Energy Company (Hydrocarbon, Wind, Water and Solar)” that it be a “tool for production in regional economies” that can offer, among other things, “loans at subsidized rates and other benefits” that “neither Banco Nación nor Banco Patagonia offer.”
The banking entity also It would function as a financial agent for the southern provinces and as a foreign trade bank for all the region’s exports.
In dialogue with RÃ O NEGRO Diary The parliamentarian pointed out that “we are working on the issue with economists”, it is proposed the creation of “a commission to work on feasibility” and, “as it is a Patagonian project we are talking to the other provinces.”
Delgado Sempé maintained that “The Patagonian Development Bank” will have, among other functions, “to work with mortgages for homes, making it the new public bank of Río Negro” that also functions as a “financial agent, a development bank for regional economies, for the placement of debt, to grant credits for production at subsidized rates” and in relation to foreign trade “for exports.” of all the products of the region.
He added that he maintained contacts on the issue with legislators from Neuquén and, soon, he will do so with peers from Chubut, recognized that “it is an ambitious project” and he recalled Carlos Soria’s idea in 2011 “who proposed a new bank for Río Negro, now we have to expand it to be the Patagonian bank” because he explained that “the conditions in Río Negro are not given.”
Delgado Sempé said that “one of the ideas is that the president of the bloc (José Luis Berros) take the proposal to the Patagonian Parliament.
The initiative is related to the idea of creating «Energía Patagonia SA» which It will be presented by the governors of the region in a meeting scheduled for next March 7 in Puerto Madryn.
The governor of Chubut, Ignacio Torres, indicated in an interview on Radio Con Vos that the creation of Energia Patagonia SA will seek grant more autonomy to the provinces in their negotiations with the National Government. He stressed that the resources belong to the provinces, and the company would be a step towards local decision-making in energy projects.
Torres reiterated that the discussion goes beyond legal interpretations and He highlighted the need to define the desired country model.
This energy autonomy project could mark a significant change in relations between the provinces and the National Government, especially in a context of disputes over key resources.
The presentation of Energia Patagonia SA could define a new stage in the search for balance and control over the region’s energy resources.