The governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, He arrived this Friday in the city of Santa Rosa to sign with his counterpart from La Pampa, Sergio Ziliotto, several reciprocal cooperation agreements in different areas of government. There, both provincial leaders once again questioned the economic and political course of the Government and warned that they will work to “deepen” their convictions in defense of federalism. “We would like to be optimistic, but we are heading towards a country that excludes“said the man from La Pampa after the approval of the Ley Bases and the fiscal package. The man from Buenos Aires nodded in agreement.
Kicillof arrived in La Pampa with a delegation of officials who led the different signing of agreements. There were sections referring to security, education, health, modernization of the State, management advice, work, among other aspects. The Buenos Aires native was escorted by the Minister of Government, Carlos Bianco; of health, Nicholas Kreplak; of security, Javier Alonso; the general advisor of the Government, Santiago Perez Teruel.
The presence of the governor of Buenos Aires in the Patagonian province adds to the agreements that he already carried out with Chubut and Santa Fe. The difference this time was that It was a province where Peronism is the government. From these ideological and management coincidences, both governors stood up for ratify their opposition to the direction of the national governmenthours after the final sanction of the Bases Law and the fiscal package.
“We are going to continue defending a country with the people inside and because unfortunately We do not find the possibility of this political and economic model being successful in integrating everyone. We would like to be optimistic, but We are on our way to a country that excludes“, Ziliotto said after signing the cooperation agreements.
The Buenos Aires president spoke along the same lines. “Beyond the aberrant approval of the Bases Law, in this situation, what remains for us is to continue working together.; obviously we are not going to resign ourselves: we are going to deepen our convictions,” Kicillof pointed out.
In addition, both governors made a strong defense of federalism. In this framework, the man from Pampa was in charge of clarifying that Kicillof’s presence in his province did not mean “any political move”. It happens that a certain political structure with its own projection is being built around the Buenos Aires native in view of next year’s electoral setup.
“Our obligation is to comply with the provincial constitution, the national constitution because federalism is not optional, and also that constitution on which we swore and in the oath formula says to comply with the national constitution and enforce it. So I tell the national government and the president that the national constitution is not optional, they have to comply with it and if they don’t want to comply with it, we will enforce it,” said the Buenos Aires native.
Furthermore, the only public signal he gave about the role of the opposition and Peronism at this stage was when he said: “We must seek unity and seek breadth.” He also praised the figure of Ziliotto by saying that “Sergio, due to the role he occupies, due to his career, is a very important reference at a national level.”
Ziliotto was responsible for returning the favor. By decree He named Kicillof and the entire entourage that accompanied him as “guests of honor.”
“These necessary agreements contrast and shine more because “What we are observing is a contempt for Argentine federalism,” said the man from Buenos Aires at the time of his speech. He also said that “the national State is a deserter: they deserted the obligations they have beyond their anarcho-capitalism, beyond the Austrian school. It is a national state that is deserting. It does not deal with health, infrastructure, or education.”
After the signing of agreements, the governors toured the Santa Rosa Industrial Park where they visited the metallurgical plant APEX which produces sucker rods, drive rods, couplers, pony rods and other accessories for artificial oil lift. Afterwards, they had a private lunch.
Kicillof will continue his round of agreements with other provinces to add more photos that, inevitably, give it a political tone. The next stop would be the province of La Rioja where another opponent of Milei governs, such as Ricardo Quintela. An agreement is also being worked on with the province of Córdoba.
This week there was a landing of a delegation from Buenos Aires in the central province. It was the head of the Buenos Aires Tax Collection Agency (ARBA) Cristian Girard, who met with the Secretary of Public Revenue from Cordoba, Gerardo Pintucci. As officially reported by the Buenos Aires entity, the meeting served to move forward with “strategies to improve the exchange of information and expand its oversight capacity through technological tools.” If it is realized and other areas are added It could be summarized with a photo between Kicillof and the governor of Cordoba, Martín Llaryora. Another leader who emerges as an alternative within the opposition universe, although with a more dialogic profile in his relationship to the national government than the one exhibited by the Buenos Aires native.
