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Argentine Governors Meet to Discuss Labor Reform

Argentina's 'dialogist' governors will gather in Buenos Aires to define a common stance on the government's labor reform. A key point of contention is the reduction of corporate profit tax, affecting provincial budgets. The ruling coalition is exploring compensation options.


Argentine Governors Meet to Discuss Labor Reform

Buenos Aires, January 28 (NA) – 'Dialogist' governors will meet this Thursday at the Salta House in Buenos Aires to define a common stance on the labor reform promoted by the Government, which the ruling party wants to pass in the extraordinary elections of February. Official sources confirmed to the Argentine News Agency (NA) that the governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz, will receive his peers Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán), Raúl Jalil (Catamarca), Hugo Passalacqua (Misiones) and Rolando Figueroa (Neuquén) at a time to be defined to reach an agreement amid negotiations with the Government. One of the points that generates the most tension between the Casa Rosada and the governors is the reduction of corporate profit rates, which impacts provincial coffers. For this reason, the ruling party is analyzing alternatives to compensate the provinces, as sources aware of the negotiations specified to the Argentine News Agency. allied governors want to compensate for the decrease their coffers will suffer due to the reduction in corporate profits (from 35% to 31.5%), as with this reduction the provinces will lose 1.2 trillion pesos. IP Santilli's Campaign Meanwhile, the Minister of the Interior, Diego Santilli, assures he has obtained the support of eight governors, some of whom will meet tomorrow in the Capital. These are Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos); Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza); Leandro Zdero (Chaco); Sáenz; Marcelo Orrego (San Juan), Figueroa (Neuquén) and Alberto Weretilneck (Río Negro).