This is what the Entre Ríos governor expressed during a television program. He also referred to the current situation, the inheritance received and the need for the Base Law. He also gave his opinion on Sergio Urribarri’s situation.
Governor Rogelio Frigerio confided that he loses sleep “that people cannot eat” and acknowledged that “it is very difficult to govern without resources.” Invited to Mirtha Legrand’s program, he said that President Javier Milei “won because politics failed” and reported that he is traveling to Spain “at a time of great tension.”
Regarding the Base Law, he said that he hopes “that they get it out quickly and we turn the page.” And regarding the situation of former governor Sergio Urribarri, he expressed: “Unfortunately we have a history of governors linked to cases of corruption.”
“Entre Ríos is fighting it, like most Argentines. We are managing without money and when the money comes we will be able to show many things. We have a province with enormous untapped potential. As I always say, it is the poor sister of the Central Region,” Frigerio described.
“There is no money and people understand this better than politicians. You have to be austere. We politicians have to have the same austerity that the people have,” he said.
“It is interesting to understand why, in addition to suffering from the macroeconomic policies of the last governments, Entre Ríos developed less than Córdoba or Santa Fe. We have half as many private sector workers in relation to the total as the other provinces and it is because they took bad decisions and there were no policies to develop employment. We have to concentrate on generating conditions so that there is work,” the president later explained.
Frigerio pointed out that his “north” is to generate work in the private sector. “From there other issues emerge: better education, more infrastructure, better public health, better justice. The goal of all of us who have responsibilities in the public service must be to generate work. That is what gives us freedom and allows young people not to have to leave,” he indicated.
Later, he commented that “the main demand” that was conveyed to him during the campaign in Entre Ríos had to do with young people leaving the country. “They asked me to do something so they wouldn’t have to leave,” he recalled.
“Milei won because politics failed”
“Milei won because politics failed. In the last 50 years we caused 50 percent of people to be poor. It was logical that people were looking for a change and the one who best interpreted that was Milei,” the governor reflected.
It is interesting to understand why, in addition to suffering from the macroeconomic policies of the last governments, Entre Ríos developed less than Córdoba or Santa Fe.
Later, he commented that he will soon travel to Spain invited by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). “It is a moment of great tension, but we all have to make the effort to depersonalize politics. We have to talk about ideas,” he urged, when asked about the diplomatic situation derived from different statements by the President of the Nation. “Ministers of the Spanish government accused Milei of atrocities,” he later justified. “Hopefully the King of Spain can receive our President to fix this,” he concluded.
Base Law. “The Base Law has to come out. The President needs these tools and it is a signal to the outside as well,” Frigerio considered.
There has never been a situation like this in the recovered democracy, with the increase in poverty, the drop in revenue and a very heavy inheritance
“That a weak government from a parliamentary and territorial point of view can build governability and that the majority of the leadership supports that north is a signal that Argentina has to give to the world, which is watching us,” he continued. “It is not so difficult. The law is a third of what it was, it was reduced. I hope they get it out quickly and that we turn the page. We cannot spend five months on this issue. We have to start with other things,” said the Entre Ríos governor.
Governors and corruption. Questioned about the judicial situation of the former governor of Entre Ríos, Sergio Urribarri, Frigerio commented: “Unfortunately we have a history of governors linked to cases of corruption.” And he insisted that “Justice must be carried out with total freedom.”
a difficult time
The host asked him about his membership in another political party and if he felt comfortable, to which Frigerio explained that “I am in Together for Entre Ríos. We created a coalition with 28 parties and we are united by common sense. It is not time to discuss a lot of ideology, but rather common sense and what needs to be done to lift people out of poverty.”
At the same time, he also commented that he “likes being governor.” “I had a difficult time. My family accompanies me and is important in a very difficult time for all of us who are in public service. There has never been a situation like this in the recovered democracy, with the increase in poverty, the drop in revenue and a very heavy inheritance.”
Finally, Legrand asked him about what keeps him up at night. “People who can’t eat and who don’t have the essentials. And the difficulties I have in solving problems. It is very difficult to govern without resources. But I do it,” the governor replied.
