Vidal returns to charge to update in 20 billion dollars the Fondo del Conurbano

They say that during the meeting that took place a little over a week ago and in which Mauricio Macri and María Eugenia Vidal participated in the discussions on the project to promote elections in Buenos Aires, the demand for the province has also been put on the table. so that the nation pays him about 20 billion pesos as an update of the Fondo de Conurbano.

After the Governor had finally decided to accept Casa Rosada's proposal for the elections to be held simultaneously, he returned to the office in search of these funds. "If there is no split, these resources are vital," they said near Vidal.

Yesterday, the one who came back on the subject and reinforced the proposal was the Minister of Economy, Hernán Lacunza. "It's a question of fairness and justice," he said.

"The main tax reform in this direction of Governor Vidal is the recovery of the Fondo del Conurbano, which means that the province receives $ 70 billion a year." The fiscal compact did not provide for an automatic update. inflation for 2018 because the rate predicted at that time had been used, which accounted for 10% for 2018. This is only since 2020 that an automatic update is applied.We request an update of what we received last year, but adjusted for inflation in 2018. We calculate that we have 20 000 million dollars corresponding to this concept, "said the manager.

In an interview with a Buenos Aires newspaper, Lacunza was asked about the reactions of his national duo Nicolás Dujovne. "He understands, he understands, but everyone has his tax restrictions," he replied.

"If we pbad a contract with all the numbers updated with inflation except one, well, that's up to date," he justified.

But also, he spoke of "an issue of equity and justice.A Buenos Aires receives from the national state the third part of what amounts to a Fondo del Conurbano, a non-Buenos Aires, in For the national budget, the province of Buenos Aires is worth 1 dollar and the rest of the Argentineans 3 dollars.With the update of 20 000 million dollars, the province would receive 23% of the national resources and would generate 38% ".

Lacunza baderted that the state of Buenos Aires does not rely on this 38%. "I do not ask to receive 38% because I have economies of scale.In the Conurbano, a route of 10 kilometers and 2 million inhabitants are served.In San Juan No. But this difference does not justify the leap from 38% to 23% that the province receives.We are 22 years late with the treatment of the law of co-participation If we continue with this distribution, which province will be developed? ".

During this meeting with Macri, Vidal would have obtained the official commitment to have at least some of this badistance. What would not be defined is whether some of this compensation will be in work that the nation will undertake in Buenos Aires.

In the provincial government, they say that the commitment is even more after Vidal's move to tie his luck to Macri.