The President of the Nation, Javier Milei took the oath of Guillermo Francos as Chief of Staff a week after his appointment, after the departure of Nicolás Posse from the government.
The ceremony took place in the White Room of the Casa Rosada. The official swore “for God, the Country and the holy gospels”with the members of his family sitting in the front row, as well as the rest of the Cabinet ministers and Vice President Victoria Villarruel.
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It was a brief ceremony, which The press accredited at Casa Rosada did not have accessjust as happened when Milei swore in all his ministers on the day of his inauguration, last December 10.
On his X account (formerly Twitter), the new Chief of Staff published a brief message in which he thanked the president for trusting him “this important rolewhich I am going to face with conviction, commitment and responsibility to continue working day by day for the present and the future of all Argentines.”
Thus, Francos was made official as the successor of Nicolás Possedespite the fact that he had already been performing that function for days when his appointment was published in the Official Gazette, with the President abroad following his tour in California and El Salvador.
Within the framework of the changes in the Cabinet, the disembarkation of the economist still remains to be made official Federico Sturzeneggerwho will have a new Ministry in charge with a name to be defined.
There will be trains this Tuesday: Maturano met with Francos and suspended the strike
In the run-up to Francos’ swearing-in, the general secretary of the La Fraternidad union, Omar Maturanomet at Casa Rosada with the Chief of Staff and decided to postpone the train strike that had been called for this Tuesdaysince he was summoned to a hearing at the Ministry of Labor for next Thursday.
“It was a cordial meetingI cannot make a decision now, I have to give a report to the national secretariat [del sindicato] and define what we are going to do tomorrow,” Maturano said as he left the government headquarters, but then specified: “We are going to have an impasse until next Thursday because we were summoned to the Ministry of Labor” to discuss the salary claim they are making.
“I hope we lift the measure of force, I have to convince the boys”added the leader of La Fraternidad. In this way, suburban train users will have the usual railway service tomorrow.
After the union’s meeting with the government, the train strike announced for Tuesday was postponed
The Fraternity was going to carry out a 24-hour train strike this Tuesday, June 4, demanding a salary increase that would allow “evening inflation”. Due to this same demand, last Thursday, the formations reduced their speed to no more than 30 kilometers per hour on the Roca, Belgrano Sur, San Martín, Mitre, Sarmiento and Tren de la Costa lines, as a measure of protest.
Maturano confirmed that in the meeting with Francos there was talk of percentages for the increase they ask forbut the discussion will continue this Thursday at 11 at the Ministry of Labor.
At the meeting with the new Chief of Staff The next DNU was also addressed that the Government will issue to declare a “railway emergency”, an initiative that will make it possible, among other issues, to more quickly adopt measures to improve the safety of the sector, such as the purchase of cables and signaling materials, without prior bidding, after Last month’s train crash in Palermo once again put the issue at the center of the scene.
Posse is still in the official orbit, waiting for a new role
The Secretary of the Fraternity He highlighted that Francos called him to dialogue and contrasted it with what was happening. “We did not speak with Transport or with the previous Chief of Staff [Nicolás Posse]they didn’t call us,” he told the press, among them, an accredited Argentine News in the Pink House.
On the other hand, he criticized the rest of the unions in the railway sector that did agree to a salary update (Unión Ferroviaria, Signaleros and hierarchical personnel), from whose leaders Maturano is distant. “They always agree”he stated in an ironic tone about the other unions in the sector.
