Rodolfo Aguiar, general secretary of ATE, stated: "Now we, the workers, want credits for the same amounts, at the same interest rates, and with the same financing terms that the officials, deputies, and allies of LLA had." In the same vein, he mentioned that this measure will be decided at the National Board of Directors meeting to be held next Thursday, the 9th, at the 27 de Junio Hotel, belonging to the union, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of San Telmo, around 12:00 p.m., where the leaderships of the country's 24 provinces will be present.
Aguiar also criticized the management of President Javier Milei and recalled the phrase he pushed during his campaign about the disappearance of the state "to end the privileges of the caste": "It is the officials and deputies of LLA themselves who are desperate to make money with the contributions of all taxpayers," added the union leader.
"The hypocrisy of the government is monumental. How do they explain the austerity policy with the taking of these multimillion-dollar loans? There must be official explanations, and an immediate investigation must be launched in the administration, in addition to filing the corresponding criminal complaints."
Buenos Aires, April 5 (NA) – The State Workers' Association (ATE) is pushing for more than 1,000 delegates from the public administration and its affiliates to apply for loans at the National Bank throughout this week and across the country, "with the same conditions that the allies of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) had."
According to the Argentine News Agency, this measure is being promoted by the union following irregularities that "could escalate into a major corruption case" due to the delivery of "preferential" loans to officials, legislators, and ruling party activists.
"They didn't come to destroy the state, they came to serve themselves from it. Furthermore, this is happening in a context where access to housing for the majority of Argentines has become a drama and is impossible. It is evident that we are facing numerous illicit enrichments," he asserted.
To conclude, he emphasized that these credits "are anchored in the brutal adjustment on all of society" and were granted "on the suffering of merchants who had to lower their shutters," on retirees "who saw their benefits reduced" and with public and private sector workers because their "salaries were shattered," concluded Aguiar.
Among the extensive list of credit beneficiaries are officials from the Central Bank, directors of YPF, the Río Negro libertarian deputy Lorena Villaverde, investigated for her link to the supposed drug trafficker Fred Machado, and influencer Juan Pablo Carreira, who serves as Director of Digital Communication for the National Government.
"A deplorable example comes from my own province, such as the case of the Head of the Human Resources Cabinet, Leandro Massaccesi, who acquired a loan a few days ago and has just been fired. They are taking it all. These practices are obscene and constitute a serious irregularity. Moreover, in these specific cases, it is incredible that for such large sums, the requirement of stability was not demanded, as would be the case with any other citizen. Officials can leave at any time, either by dismissal or resignation."
