After the hard letter of the Maltese hero, Oscar Aguad confirmed that the army would continue to lead the social work of the armed forces

After the impact of the letter, Aguad himself ordered the Chief of Staff and the Chiefs of Staff of each of the armed forces to issue a radiogram to all units to communicate IOSFA will continue to be composed of military personnel in activity at different levels of his administration.

"The Defense Minister confirmed that military personnel would continue to provide services to IOSFA, as it has done in the past, and its appointment will be made on the proposal of each force, in coordination with the authorities of that institute, according to the established profiles and the regulations in forcereads the telegram that this media has accepted.

A close confidant of the minister stressed Infobae although "the military social work is going well, it is necessary to optimize it". "700 soldiers of their specific task can not be maintained, they will have to make the necessary adjustments for the military personnel to meet the real needs of the Institute," said the source.

Moreover, about the growing demands for resignation of the president of IOSFA, Pedro Barrios, close to the minister, they specified: "The discomfort that the networks reflect is not consistent with the conversations held with the military leaders, the ministry and the chiefs of staff in total harmony ".

The controversy erupted after Barrios sent the minister a note in which he maintained that social work management "requires specific skills that, in general, have no relation to military or security activity". In this note, he had asked his superior "to take the necessary steps to stop considering IOSFA as a military destination".

"I wonder why the Ministry of Defense leads this at this time, the causes could be of different natures: incompetence, ignorance, politics, I can not find an answer"Had written Duarte, a veteran.

"For decades, the Ministry of Defense has ceased to be a transcendent domain of public policy for different governments and it seems that everything is worthwhile to humiliate the armed forces," the text continues.

IOSFA has more than 650,000 members, including those of the Navy and National Gendarmerie, and its board of directors is chaired by a politician and composed of military and military members. retirement security.

Because of its scale, IOSFA is Argentina's third social book: it manages a budget of several hundred million pesos a year, it covers the whole country and also interacts with the "foundations for health". "created by each army enter into agreements for the usufruct of services by entities of the civil union.

The handling of the box was not the only reason for the dispute. Members of the armed forces vehemently argue that, as in any social union work, affiliates must manage such structures. At the root of this reasoning, the government argues that, unlike corporations, which are private corporations, the military are public employees to whom the state pays their salaries to take care of the defense and not of health management. However, The executive decided to cancel the controversy with the armed forces.