INVAP contracts: criticism of the opposition to the decision of Mauricio Macri – 24/07/2018

Mauricio Macri's decision to cancel US $ 1 billion contracts with INVAP sparked reactions from various opposition actors, including prominent Peronist legislators.

Senator Miguel Angel Pichetto, leader of the Justicialist Bloc, considered "unfortunate" the official decision, on which Clarín reported and put on the table a hint: "I hope that at some point, we do not finish knowing that there are cases of foreign companies accessing contracts similar to those which are now canceled at INVAP. "

Just as Pichetto questioned the official decision, the deputy María Emilia FpV's Soria and Senator Silvina García Larraburu, who shares the bloc with former President Cristina Kirchner, have also done so.

In addition to pointing out "the i" Pichetto said that "the decision of the national government is very negative because it jeopardizes the work of the Argentineans, in particular the highly qualified work of physicists and engineers of our country. "

In the same vein, Pichetto inquired about the cancellation of contracts because "do not invest in their developments harms the future of our country" He added that "this institute is the key to the training of advanced professionals, it is a real badet to the Nation and, moreover, it has put us in a position of privilege on the continent in terms of technological perspective and growth. "19659008] Soria, on the other hand, chose Twitter to react to the decision and l 39 made with irony: "Does the fan of INVAP know that he owes 1 400 million to INVAP?" the deputy wrote in his personal account in reference to Mauricio Macri and quoted a journalistic note referring to the discomfort of the president during his stay in Bariloche.

] The legislator also provided that he will include the question of the INVAP among the questions for the chief of staff Marcos Peña who is scheduled to attend his report to Congress next week.

Meanwhile, Senator Silvina García Larraburu expects that she will submit a petition for reports on the official decision and the level of the nation's debt with the INVAP

Last Friday, pbading through Ba riloche, Macri said that he expects the high-tech society to find customers abroad and stop depending on agreements that are mostly with dependencies of the country.

"I trust the technical ability of Invap, but the contracts that the Nation had planned with Invap came from the era of magic and money did not come into it. Were not, "said the president.

In this regard, Pichetto said: "It is dramatic" This decision was made by the national government "because it has a significant impact on the work of Argentina, and therefore we will be very attentive to the way it is replaced. "