Governor Axel Kicillof met this Tuesday with more than a hundred leaders, legislators, and mayors from the Argentine Federation of Municipalities (FAM) who demanded at the Ministry of Economy the reactivation of paralyzed works and the transfer of funds owed by the national government.
"We have the responsibility and the obligation to show that another path is possible: we are working to create a political alternative that can get the country out of the hole they are putting us in," Kicillof concluded.
Also present were the Head of Advisors to the Governor, Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez; the Ministers of Security, Javier Alonso; of Community Development, Andrés Larroque; of Agricultural Development, Javier Rodríguez; and the Minister of Habitat and Urban Development, Silvina Batakis.
The meeting took place at the FAM headquarters in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, alongside the Governor of La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela; the Minister of Government, Carlos Bianco; of Infrastructure and Public Services, Gabriel Katopodis; and the President of the FAM and Mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza.
In this context, Kicillof affirmed: "A huge number of mayors from all over Argentina came to Buenos Aires today to demand the works and resources that belong to our people."
"In our province and throughout the country, we are facing an increasingly difficult situation: while the needs of the vast majority grow, the national government is shirking its obligations, breaking laws, and defunding programs in all areas," he added.
"The absolute abandonment of the national state has generated a true social, productive, labor, and economic catastrophe for Argentine families," stated the Buenos Aires governor and added: "Here we are, mayors and governors who will never turn our backs on our people: if it weren't for the support and assistance in every neighborhood and every municipality, Argentina under Javier Milei would already be an absolute calamity."
The petition submitted to the Ministry of Economy demands the reactivation of public works with the resources from the fuel tax; that the price of fuels be rolled back to March 1st; and that the cut in national funds be stopped.
Meanwhile, Quintela stated: "The challenge we have as governors and mayors is to design a proposal and a project for the country to present to our people: Peronism must assume the responsibility of being the backbone of a front that brings together all those who defend Argentina and are against the delivery of our future."
"Mayors are the first to hear our neighbors and we know minute by minute the real-time feeling of what is happening in each city: the situation is no longer bearable because the national government is destroying production, work, and subjecting Argentine families to a deep social and economic crisis," Espinoza emphasized.
Leaders and mayors from 18 provinces were present at the event: Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Chubut, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, La Rioja, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, and Tierra del Fuego.
Finally, Kicillof affirmed: "This national program is ruining people's lives. The microeconomy is bad and the macro is terrifying: the solution is not just to change the cast, but to modify the model completely."
