Ulpiano Suarez, Mayor of the City of Mendozatold in the program “You have to know it”, which is broadcast from Monday to Friday from 7 to 10 on Radio Jornada 91.9, all the details of the meeting of communal chiefs next to Minister Guillermo Francosheld in the Santa Fe city of rosary beads.
The leader of the Mendoza capital assured that the objective of the conclave was “to begin working on a list of issues, fundamentally what the relationship of the Nation with the municipalities will be like. That is why it was good that Minister Guillermo Francos was accompanied by the secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Provinces and Municipalities because there are mayors who do not know who to talk to or do not find a door to knock on.
Suarez then added: “We were mayors of different political groups, such as the mayor of Córdoba, Rosario, Santa Fe, Salta, Neuquén, Mar del Plata, Paran, La Rioja, Posadas, San Juan, Rio Gallegos, Santiago del Estero, in addition after Governor Maxi Pullaro joined. Different political parties are represented at that table and what is sought is to find an instance of dialogue that allows finding solutions to the problems that cities have, which on a greater or lesser scale are very similar.
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“In the specific case of Mendoza, we emphasized the urbanization work of La Favorita, which began in 2020, and there is an important part that is to finish with the entire water supply system, the fire station, the Alto Godoy, the aqueduct and the La Favorita cistern that requires approximately 600 million pesos to finish other urbanization works such as sewers and streets, about 300 million and works that have already been carried out and since it has been months since funds have been transferred from the national government. , the municipality has paid for it. We are talking in the order of one billion pesos to finish in a period that we estimate to be nine months,” explained the mayor of the capital regarding the specific requests that he presented to Minister Francos.
Ulpiano Suárez said something fundamental regarding the current national government and in comparison to that of Alberto Fernández, where there were no meetings or close meetings of this type. “I hope it is sustained over time and goes beyond the May pact. People have expressed themselves for a change, but not a change at any cost. The weakest sectors of society do not have to continue paying for the change. We knew that there were shock and adjustment measures, which hit much harder in a society that is 60% poor, but we see it in the people’s path in the surveys: there was great support because once and for all we can leave behind decades of failures and decay. There is a share of hope in citizens and it is our responsibility to work, dialogue and not disappoint those expectations,” the official stated.
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Suarez revealed that he requested that the next meeting of this type be held in Mendoza and also He pointed out that Argentina must get out of the crisis and establish a productive development agenda so that regional economies generate wealth: “The good thing is that this network does not have an expiration date, it is not exhausted on one issue. There is a lot to do, the “Cities are great protagonists of people’s daily lives and economic activity. Let’s hope to have a national government that listens, accompanies and understands that we have to work hard with local governments, with cities, municipalities and provinces.”
Finally, the mayor of the City spoke of Cornejo’s speech in the Legislature and stated that “I feel part of Alfredo Cornejo’s teamWe are living in difficult times, these are times where one values so much order, austerity, fiscal balance, something that we have been proclaiming in management since the end of 2015 and also understanding that a macroeconomic order is necessary for Mendoza’s economy to grow. with important advances, with concrete actions, progress in mining. Also the expectations for announcements that he can make in terms of security, which is an issue that worries and occupies me, so any announcement that the governor makes that comes to strengthen the security strategy of the province and that contributes to the tranquility of the people , from the worker, from the neighbor, welcome”.
