Minister of the Interior Diego Santilli visited today the governor of Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio, to address the 2026 Budget and the province's claims, while also criticizing the Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicillof, and stating that he will not meet with him because "he did not sign the May Pact" and hinted that he has "a double personality".
Santilli said he chose to start his tour of governors with the one from Entre Ríos because "he is a friend", while highlighting that having a Budget "provides predictability for the future".
"The first two years of this government were the stage of stability and now comes the growth stage that finds us in this dialogue with the governors," he added.
For his part, Frigerio stated: "We need Argentina to grow, because that growth will reach the provinces. I will be visiting all those who signed the May Pact, he did not participate."
"We need a modernization of labor laws that allows us to incorporate those 50 percent who are in the informal sector," Santilli stated at a press conference after the meeting.
And regarding the Buenos Aires governor, he added: "Let's be consistent and coherent. He did not adhere to the RIGI, he did not adhere to the Recidivism Law to end the revolving door, he did not adhere to the Anti-Mafia Law. Does he have to ask for permission from Cristina Kirchner?"
"One must be consistent and not have a double personality. Not to say one thing on one side and another thing later on the other side."
"We need to agree on how to provide tax relief to entrepreneurs, to those who produce and generate wealth, which is the private sector," said Frigerio regarding future labor and tax reforms.
This Thursday, Santilli will receive in the Casa Rosada the governors Gustavo Sáenz (Salta) and Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán), while on Friday he will go to Mendoza to meet with Alfredo Cornejo and to Neuquén to do the same with Rolando Figueroa.
"We need Argentina to have credit again when the country risk decreases, because there is a balance in public accounts, this will clearly have an impact and will allow indebted provinces, such as Entre Ríos, to go to the capital market," Frigerio stated in this context.
In this framework, the Entre Ríos governor expressed his support for "the structural reforms that Argentina has been kicking for so long" and that Milei seeks to implement in the next two years.
