In a new judicial setback for the Government, the Federal Court of Appeals of Comodoro Rivadavia ratified the precautionary measure that prevents the retention of co-participation funds corresponding to the province of Chubut.
At the end of February, the governor Ignacio “Nacho” Torres went to the federal court with seat in the province to try to reverse funding cuts that the district receives in co-participation, especially related to transportation subsidies.
One of the points of the lawsuit requested lto the return of 13,500 million pesos that should have been sent to Chubut and that the State retained. The government argued that the measure of the Executive Branch It put the financial sustainability of the province at risk.
In its resolution, the Federal Chamber ordered the elevation of the case to the Supreme Court, which will be in charge of determining the future of this dispute. Meanwhile, The precautionary measure will remain in effect And so guarantees the continuity of funds for Chubut.
Torres celebrated the ratification of the precautionary measure on the co-participation funds and considered that it is “support” for the province, to federalism and to the “right that all provinces have to receive the resources that correspond to them”.
The ruling, supported by judges Javier Leal de Ibarra and Aldo Suárez, highlighted the importance of Transportation Compensation Fund Public, by qualifying “unfair” the brake on the sending of funds that the Nation implemented. Furthermore, he reaffirmed the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in this matter.
“This result reinforces our position and accompanies us in our fight for justice and equity in the distribution of funds“Torres said in a statement released this Thursday.
The cause that escalated in a confrontation between Milei and the governors
The dispute had escalated in the middle of summer and just over two months after the assumption of Javier Milei to the presidency and “Nacho” Torres to the governorship of Chubut. The province was one of the first to go to court to demand the cessation of the sending of funds and From the Government they came out with their top hats against the governor.
There were strong crossings between Milei and Torres Through social networks, a mobilization of governors who came out to support the Chubut native and even a threat from him not to ship barrels of oil from his province.
“If they don’t get rid of us on Wednesday Not one more barrel of oil will come out of Chubut for Argentina,” Torres had shouted at a massive event before oil, truck and construction unions. It was February 23 and the tension with Casa Rosada accelerated the escalation.
Just hours after the governor’s warning, the President’s Office responded: “Proceed with your threat and take charge of the consequences in Justice”. What followed was a dispute that moved to social networks, with cataracts of retweets made from the President’s X account against Torres.
At the same time, the majority of the governors came out to support the Chubut people, including Axel Kicillof. The only one who abstained from speaking out was Osvaldo Jaldofrom Tucumán, who, although he responds to Peronism, was the first to align himself with Casa Rosada with the landing of Milei.
As the days went by and the conflict was judicialized, Torres, backed by the rest of the Patagonian governors with whom he entered into an alliance, came out to put down cold cloths. In Congress he insisted that his proposal was “legitimate” and that “dissent is not being an enemy.”
