Heard on No Te Duermas
Juan Paulenko. In the usual segment of the radio show, the Buenos Aires journalist addressed various political and social topics.
By Tomás Modini
@ModiniTomas
At the start of the segment on No Te Duermas, Juan Paulenko emphasized the Municipal Transparency Law: “The Buenos Aires Civic Coalition signed a document as a conclusion of a plenary held this weekend in the town of Mercedes. Among the most notable points, the party called for the promotion of this Municipal Transparency Law and the speeding up of the treatment of the Gambling Law.”
“While talking to Dr. Alejandro Zamorano, he explained that this law requires municipalities to publicly disclose how they manage the day-to-day budget, what they spend on, and what types of income they receive, so that the residents, through online access to the website, can get first-hand information,” he added.
He also mentioned that “Zamorano also expressed great concern about the tax pressure from the Province and municipalities” and that “for example, in the Province of Buenos Aires, the property tax is 500 percent higher and other taxes are 400 percent higher compared to other provinces.”
“In La Matanza, there is also concern about the taxes residents pay when they go to buy fuel, which is between 1 and 2 percent,” he added.
The visit to halted construction projects in Morón
Next, the journalist shared: “Minister Silvia Batakis visited the municipality accompanied by Lucas Ghi and they went to El Palomar. In that area, through the National Procrear plan, 529 homes had started to be built but unfortunately were halted due to lack of funds. The strategy is for the Province and the district to jointly finish this neighborhood.”
“In El Palomar, the goal is to complete it by 2025, and in the first phase, 56 homes will be inaugurated, and then more will follow with different types of apartments and 1- and 2-bedroom PH houses. Both the Province and the district will finance this,” he detailed.
Judicial workers’ salary negotiations
Regarding this issue, Paulenko stated: “I believe judicial workers are one of the pillars of the public administration in Buenos Aires,” and “that’s why an agreement was reached for a 4 percent retroactive increase in October and a 5 percent increase in November, which they will receive before the holidays; that is the commitment.”
“Month by month, they are keeping up with inflation because in September they received a 15 percent increase to catch up, and now with this new increase, they are more or less on track,” he indicated.
The creation of a public laboratory
To close, he referred to the Buenos Aires government’s intention to create a state-owned pharmaceutical company in response to the sharp rise in prices: “The Province wants to create a central, which is being watched cautiously by pharmaceutical companies, to handle the production for hospitals. The first step would be to provide medication to hospitals, with priority for patients receiving care, and secondly, for those with prescriptions who can pick up the medications.”
“I believe Axel Kicillof has a good communications team, and as such, they promote this from a communication standpoint. Then there’s the issue of political support and figuring out how to convince the rest of the space to implement such policies,” he concluded.
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