Bullrich accuses Chubut governor of “blackmail” and collects signatures in favor of Milei

In the midst of the conflict that President Javier Milei is having with the governors, mainly with the governor of Chubut, Ignacio Torres, the Minister of Security and PRO referent, Patricia Bullrich, accused him of carrying out a “blackmail” against the national government. Through a document accessed by Infobae, Torres’ statements of withholding oil and gas production are rejected, he defends “change” and calls on party leaders to side with the president. In addition, it has the signatures of deputies, senators, provincial legislators, mayors and other personalities. Initially, it was stated: “We, the undersigned, leaders and militants of the PRO, share in various ways the experience of the 2015-2019 government. The public statements of our main leaders confirm a diagnosis: progress was made too slowly and with exaggerated prudence, and this was paid for with a crisis that prevented the continuity of change. If it were to become a government again, it would require greater courage and determination.” The parliamentary defeat of the Bases law was a severe blow to our aspirations, as it quickly showed the difficulties that any reform plan will have to face and deprived the national government of the necessary tools to face the disastrous situation it inherited. Our bloc remained compact, voting in favour of all its articles while at the same time suggesting measures and proposing amendments. That is why we are today dismayed by the reluctance of many governors to share the fiscal effort necessary to prevent a hyperinflationary crisis whose main victim would not be the government but the Argentines who live in all the provinces,” he added. And he concludes by remarking that “it is necessary to discuss a new framework for the co-participation and distribution of federal resources, as established by our Constitution and has never been fulfilled. In the meantime, we must all join our efforts to get the country through this critical juncture. Aware of our responsibility to support the change that our voters and the majority of Argentines demand, we call for sanity to all those who share our vision of a federal country in which each province generates its own resources and is sustainable, in which the banknote printing machine stops financing privileges at the expense of the well-being of Argentines, and in which continuity and respect for the rights of the people of Argentina are not sustainable. the Constitution and the laws, and not blackmail, to be the starting point for the resolution of disputes and controversies.”

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