(DNA). – “As representatives of the Rio Negro people in the provincial Legislature, we understand that this law subjects Río Negro and its people to tragic consequences and gives it the sum of public power, without control of the legislative sphere, which it has demonstrated since it took office “that each of their decisions are against the people,” said the legislators of the Justicialist Party – Nuevo Encuentro Bloc (PJ-NE), when expressing their rejection of the “Bases Law” project that is being discussed today in the National Congress. and because “it institutionally consolidates the deepening of the damage that Javier Milei has been developing in Argentina since December 2023.”
They also indicated that this law violates the labor and pension rights of thousands of Rio Negro residents, opens the door to the privatization of strategic companies, defunds the State and takes away regulatory capabilities in the management of natural and energy resources in the provinces, “aggravating the situation that we suffer today as a result of the current impoverishing economic plan, devaluation with price deregulation due to the validity of DNU 70-23, and adjustments to cafeterias, provinces, universities and public works.
They made it a point to denounce that the Law eliminates the retirement moratorium (law 27705) and increases the age for women to 65 years of age to access any social security benefits. They warn that only 35% of Rio Negros who reach retirement age will be able to do so and the most affected will be women, who have historically been the main beneficiaries of the moratoriums for having been excluded from formal employment and devoting themselves to work tasks. careful”.
