Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced today that the National Government will place the operation and maintenance of the concessioned national routes in the hands of the private sector, most of which are in charge of Corredores Viales SA, a state company that accumulates 30 million dollars in operational deficit. , financed until December 2023 with funds from the National Treasury.
In his usual press conference at Casa Rosada, Adorni explained that “any national or international company that presents the required insurance will be able to participate in the tender to execute the service more efficiently,” a possibility that he described as “an unprecedented opening towards transparency.” “, unlike “the public works that nested the old politics and functioned as a box for Kirchnerist populist delirium.”
The Spokesman added that the companies that are finally concessionaires “will only collect the award fee once they have put the entire route in condition,” and he announced that, in this way, “it is estimated that the State will have savings.” of 5.6 billion dollars.”
On the other hand, Adorni highlighted that the Government put into operation the Salliqueló natural gas compression plant, complementary to the Néstor Kirchner Gas Pipeline, which will allow savings of nearly 130 million dollars per year. The Spokesperson recalled that in July 2023 “Professor Fernández and the president of the Patria Institute Cristina Fernández led an event in which they opened a valve to symbolically inaugurate this plant”, a work that was left unfinished in the previous administration and that “putting the need of the Argentines, ironically will be completed by President Milei.”
He also confirmed that, in line with the rationalization of the State, the national Government decided to take a standardized suitability exam for 40,000 temporary and contracted plant employees “which is established in the Bases Law within the framework of the regulatory decree of public employment.” He clarified that “disabled people will not participate in the exam in the first instance” and that the exam “will be online so that, of course, there is no subjectivity in the process.”
Finally, Adorni thanked “all those who prioritized the importance of taking care of the common good, which in this case is having protected the fiscal balance,” in reference to the approval of the presidential veto of the University Financing Law, which which he considered “part of the old politics” that “wants chaos to return.” In addition, he highlighted that “despite the unions’ refusal, the Government will grant a 6.8% increase to teaching and non-teaching staff for the month of October.”
Below are the highlights of the conference:
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“First of all, gratitude to all those who prioritized the importance of taking care of the common good of all, which is having protected the fiscal balance as they know, absolutely non-negotiable for our Government.”
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“This is the stability that the old policy tries to break and we are going to do everything to prevent that from happening. “They want chaos to return, this law was part of that, we veto what we consider a risk to the fiscal balance.”
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“Despite the refusal of the university unions, the Government will grant a 6.8% increase to teaching and non-teaching staff for the month of October.”
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“Argentines deserve and should know what is done with the money they contribute from their pockets to pay, in this case, the education of all students.”
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“It is a crime to take over a university or any building. The space to discuss the university budget or university funds is the 2025 budget, a discussion that we are just moments away from starting.”
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“We are in solidarity with the majority of students who want to go to research, study, advance and who do not let them, as well as with teachers and non-teachers who intend to have a university functioning. The rest is not our responsibility, it will be a matter of Justice to advance or not with some measure that implies the possible or supposed eviction.”
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“The Government has decided to put management to operate and maintain the concessioned national routes, which are mostly in charge of Corredores Viales SA, in the hands of the private sector.”
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“The companies that are finally concessionaires will only collect the award fee once they have put the entire route in condition. In this way, it is estimated that the State will have savings of 5.6 billion dollars.”
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“The national government has decided to take a standardized suitability exam for 40,000 temporary plant and contract employees. The exam will be online, so that there is no subjectivity in the process.”
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“On this path that we are taking, the stocks are losing more and more strength, because ultimately every day, every week, we remove regulations in the exchange market and every week we are removing strength from the stocks.”
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(Mondino/BRICS) “I understand that it was a problem with the translation, according to what the Chancellor herself stated. The last thing the Chancellor said in relation to the BRICS is effectively what it is and reality.”
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“Giorgia Meloni’s visit will probably happen in November. There is no confirmed date, but in principle it is planned that it will occur at some point in the month of November.”
Complete conference of the presidential spokesperson