The opposition in Congress is pressing for the Minister of the Economy, Sergio Massa; the Chief of Staff, Agustin Rossi; and the head of AnSeS, Fernanda Raverta, explain the decrees of necessity and urgency which were published this Thursday in the Official Gazette and which force the social security administration and 100 other public entities to sell their securities in dollars.
The government’s move to obtain dollars has generated a barrage of criticism and questioning from opposition lawmakers who have warned officials in the areas affected by the bills that if they go ahead with the swaps “they will have criminal penalties”.
The head of the UCR to the deputies, Mario Negri, together with the presidents of the various blocs that make up Together for Change, asked the Bicameral of Legislative Procedures, chaired by Camporista Marcos Cleri, to “urgently” convene the Minister of Economy and the Chief of Cabinet to explain the DNU which weight the assets in dollars of the Guarantee and Sustainability Fund (FGS) and decapitalize the savings of pensioners and active workers.
The request was accompanied by Cristian Ritondo (PRO), Juan Manuel López (CC), Margarita Stolbizer (Federal Meeting) and Carlos Zapata (Ahora Patria). Also signed by the deputies Pablo Tonelli, Soledad Carrizo and Omar De Marchi, members of the Bicameral of legislative procedures.
Meanwhile, the deputy of Evolución Radical Martín Tetaz, with the signature of about twenty comrades from the opposition interbloc, presented a draft resolution asking that Massa and Raverta appear before the Budget and Finance commissions to explain the latest measures adopted which ” force ANSES to sell government bonds in dollars a an invaluable and harmful price for your assetswhich is not consistent with the purchasing policy adopted by the Minister for similar securities at the end of last year”.
Titty said clarion that “under no circumstances” can Massa use the sustainable guarantee funds. “He can’t do it because there is a law from when he was president of the Chamber that prevents the use of Anses funds without there being a law for its composition change. The law is very clear and there is no sense of urgency”. said the congressman and economist.
But the ruling party warned that the measure was authorized by the DNU, which has the force of law since its publication in the Official Gazette, and is above the Law for the defense of the assets of the ANSES Sustainability Guarantee Fund approved in 2020 .
Lisandro Nieri, one of the radical bloc’s economic representatives, also warned that “the Government cannot, with any type of regulation, establish other departments to make decisions that affect its own patrimony, which it must defend”. The opposition explained that since the Government does not obtain financing from the banks, it is appealing for this change which presents it as voluntary, but which is “compulsive” to retirees to finance excess public spending.
In this sense, they reiterated that those who manage the Sustainable Guarantee Fund would fail to fulfill their obligations if they proceeded with the exchange and called for the rejection of the provisions of the Ministry of the Economy because they must “adequately manage these pension funds”. “
Source: Clarin
