Very hard reply from Bertone to Macri: his words are deplorable; causes pain and indignation

"The words of the president of the nation at the CIPPEC dinner are deplorable." They say, in total disregard of the electronics industry in our province, that expensive subsidies are intended to stimulate the industry and could go to other works "Bertone said a few minutes after the president had spoken to businessmen and politicians in La Rural.

Macri badured that the port of Ushuaia should focus its activities on the supply of Antarctica, but that because of the decision of local governments, they devoted themselves to "Making mobile phones", while the supply of the white continent was relegated to the hands of the Chileans. "Ushuaia has a natural market to logistically supply Antarctica, a $ 1,100 million US market, fully stocked by Puerto Williams, which has two additional days of sailing," the president maintained by complaining of the direction adopted by the island. "The same thing with cruise ships, which we lost leadership, but we recovered," he added.

The head of state warned that the loss of resources was due to "in the harbor, there was a sense of operational costs on the part of the political leaders", where, he said, "have were distributed to see who was charging more to enter the port ", even with the security forces. "Until the prefecture imposes additional security on ships", he added.

"All that should be done, it's in Puerto Williams, we have one dock, for cruises and freight, a minor investment, for the millions we have invested in grants for that one. industry badembling cell phones., true for all the logistics of the Antarctic and for all the fishing ", concluded the high official.

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The governor's reply was not long in coming. Through the networks, Bertone returned thick ammunition. "The president may not be aware that the expansion of Ushuaia port is a crippled job because his administration has decided to stop, the province has mobilized the necessary resources to carry out dredging that has allowed to continue to grow in the hosting of cruises ", he said on Twitter.

"We are also asking the nation to extend the law 19,640, to add private investment to the development of the ports." Faced with this legal uncertainty, which does not solve the problem of Nation, it continues to delay private investment instead to settle in Tierra del Fuego goes to other neighboring countries "He continued.

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On September 2, 2015, during the election campaign, Mauricio Macri sent a video message to the Fuegians for National Industry Day. "We are very proud of the industrial and technological production of Tierra del Fuego," he said. "Id =" 7171635-Free-2114196227_embed "/>

On September 2, 2015, during the election campaign, Mauricio Macri sent a video message to the Fuegians for National Industry Day. "We are very proud of the industrial and technological production that exists in Tierra del Fuego," he said.

According to the southern president, Macri's statements "cause pain and indignation" among the Fuegians. "The words of a president who ignores the strategic and key position of our province, Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the islands of the South Atlantic, within the board of directors. international administration. No Brazilian, American or German president, right or left, is thinking of building a key industry for the future, like the electronics industry, " he stressed.

"Paradoxically, today we inaugurated two fishing wharves in our province: Ushuaia and Almanza. He is probably not aware, because his ignorance is deep and hurts each of the Fuegians ", he insisted.

Finally, the governor noted a very serious error of confusion for the public concerning a Chilean city. "President, when you say that Puerto Williams is actually Punta Arenas, it shows once again that he knows very little about our province and that his advisers do not hide this situation."he remarked.

For his part, the mayor of Ushuaia, Walter Vuoto, accused Macri of "lying" to all Argentines claiming to have "recovered" the cruise and logistics market in Antarctica.

"To change, we are failing in Excel and the GPS since they took control and now it seems as if Google Maps.It is shameful to listen to a president of the nation that does not distinguish two ports It is very clear that the Tierra del Fuego and the Falklands do not feel like theirs and that they express publicly that they do not want to represent a cost to the country. ", emphasizes Vuoto.