Cornejo: "We are open to legislative changes to attract investment"

Governor Alfredo Cornejo is in the United States and has "reported" on the financial management of the state and tried to attract foreign investors. In this sense, he addressed the Council of America, a forum where governors, businessmen and diplomats meet to build a bridge. Cornejo was one of the speakers of the armed group charged with presenting the reality of the Argentine economy as part of the election year.

The governor took stock of his financial management, but sought to attract investors. There he concentrated on viticulture, but also on extractive activities, mainly oil. "We have been a petroleum province and we intend to become it again.We have the northern language of Vaca Muerta and we intend to explore and exploit this resource. Let's do it with enough legal certainty.We have a decree that technically regulates oil extraction with water-badisted fracturing technology to preserve our environment, "said Cornejo. And he stressed that they are willing to make other legislative changes if necessary. "This decree aims to give legal certainty to international investors who are already doing so in the south of the province, at YPF who is about to use hydraulic stimulation for unconventional purposes." We are open to legislative changes. in order to attract investors who generate development engines in our province, "said Cornejo.

In the balance sheet of his administration, he stated that he was not in the United States to ask for resources, but to tell what they had done since 2015, when they had asked for and in 2016, they were handed over. In fact, that year, Mendoza issued a $ 500 million bond that served as a platform for ordering public accounts. "We do not ask for resources, but we say what we did." Before baduming that we had an election campaign in which we had offered ourselves, we said what we were going to do and uttered prohibitive words in a statement. populist political culture, that we were going to order from the state, that we were going to adjust our spending, we proposed to it a program with restrictions, but which allowed us to hope to make a state smarter ", he said. -he declares.

Examples of legislative adjustments include the Mobility Act, which regulated applications such as Uber and Cabify prior to their arrival. "Although in a populist culture, these changes are difficult and they retract leaders, we get approval," he explained.

In terms of prospects, Cornejo was moderate and avoided national definitions, although he said he hoped for improvements. And he put that reaction in the hands of the nation because of the limits the province has for applying policies that influence macroeconomics. "Mendoza is ready," he said.

At the end of his speech, Cornejo spoke of politics and, without naming him, introduced Rodolfo Suárez as his "chosen one". "We believe that a majority of the population of Mendoza agrees with what we have done and wants to continue this model.We will offer this continuity with a candidate I will support and who, in my opinion, can do a much better job, "he said.