Buenos Aires, March 2 (NA) — Following the speech of Head of Government Jorge Macri at the 29th opening of the ordinary sessions, the opposition blocs of the Buenos Aires Legislature came out to state their position on the mayor's message.
From La Libertad Avanza (LLA), which is part of the forces allied with PRO in the district, they highlighted that many of the measures Macri attributed to his management actually belong to President Javier Milei.
The head of the bloc, Pilar Ramírez, stated that it was the President who ended the pickets, gave true autonomy to the City with the transfer of Labor Justice, and was the architect of the repeal of the Rental Law, which would allow for the normalization of the real estate market.
Additionally, the LLA bloc emphasized that Milei reduced inflation and promoted the first labor reform in over 50 years to generate formal employment.
In this context, Ramírez affirmed that in the City they will continue with initiatives such as the Law of Bases to order the State and reduce political spending, the Buenos Aires RIGI and the Clean Record, as well as increase sanctions for pickpockets and continue with tax cuts to eliminate unnecessary bureaucracy.
For its part, the main opposition bloc, Fuerza por Buenos Aires (FxBA), questioned the management and pointed out that the current administration shows "insecurity and dirtiness," traits that in their judgment constitute "the brand of the Government."
Claudia Neira, president of the bloc, described it as "the most inefficient in the history of the City."
Neira maintained that many crimes are not reported in the statistics because people do not file complaints, that in middle-class neighborhoods homicides have not decreased, and that there has been an increase in petty drug trafficking, whose data the management would omit out of shame.
She also questioned the declared scope of the security cameras and assessed that the City needs management and planning, not hard-line measures in the style of Nayib Bukele.
The Workers' Left Front (FIT) added criticisms and stated that Macri "voluntarily" resembles Milei in unpopular policies, violence against the most vulnerable, and in hate speeches.
Deputy Andrea D'Atri emphasized that inflation in CABA was 3.1% in January and 31.8% in the accumulated 12 months, above the national average, and remarked that "Macri did it."
D'Atri also criticized a plan based on hard-line measures, evictions, and persecution, and accused the Government of presenting unverifiable data to hide the housing crisis, deficient public transport, an expensive and dirty subway, and the lack of cleanliness in the streets.
"The problems are caused by the poor," D'Atri summarized about the tone of Macri's speech in a context of increasing social crisis.
