The Minister of Production, Science and Technological Innovation of the Province of Buenos Aires, Augusto Costa, went out today to the crossroads of the candidate for national deputy of Juntos Diego Santilli for his rejection of the announcement of free graduate trips for 220,000 Buenos Aires students. In his accusations, the official remarked that the Reference of Cambiemos defends that “only students who can afford a trip of graduates have the right to know other places.” Thus, it was dispatched with a series of messages on Twitter against the candidate for senator. Costa stressed that the decision of the government of the province of Buenos Aires “is not synonymous with giving away money” as denounced by Together for Change, since the money invested will be destined to “the reactivation of tourism, one of the sectors most punished by the pandemic.”
I do not leave my amazement at the inexplicable indignation of the candidate @diegosantilli with the measures recently launched by the PBA government. And I’m more surprised by his sudden concern for education. But let’s see what lies behind so much cynicism and opportunism. https://t.co/aMJbCJunvH — Augusto Costa (@CostaAugusto9)
October 10, 2021
Santilli, in one of his criticisms, remarked that “with that money they could have bought 150,000 computers so that young people can study or they could have built 28 secondary schools.” “If they think they can influence the vote, they’re wrong,” he said. Stop underestimating the people of Buenos Aires,” said the opponent, who asked: “Are those the priorities of the government? What we have to do is go find the 500,000 children who dropped out of school and comply with the 180 days of compulsory classes that our children need,” he added. I do not leave my amazement at the inexplicable indignation of candidate Diego Santilli with the measures recently launched by the PBA government. And I’m more surprised by his sudden concern for education. But let’s see what lies behind so much cynicism and opportunism,” Costa replied.
“The opposition intends that only students who can afford a graduate trip have the right to know other places, landscapes, realities and share unique experiences at the end of the school year. Nothing new for those who always defended privilege.” In response to criticism of the education system, he stressed: “It would be good if, instead of being outraged, Diego Santilli reminds us what the Buenos Aires government did to reactivate the economy in general and tourism in particular.” And if you are so concerned about education and how many computers could be purchased with the resources allocated to these policies, why not explain the reasons why the educational budget in CABA decreases year after year or why they discontinued the Connect Equality Plan, “he said.
