The governor of Chubut, Mariano Arcionistressed on Thursday that “Argentina’s resources will become wealth when we have the consensus”, participating in the fourth speech of the cycle Democracy and development who organizes Clarione.
“It is true that Argentina is not rich, Argentina has resources. Argentina’s resources will become wealth when we have the consensuswhen we have clear public policies that transcend efforts “, Arcioni highlighted.
Participating in the closing table of the event, entitled “Public policies for energy development”, the provincial president specified: “Consensus and clear public policies will give guarantees to the investors who are today and to those who are arriving tomorrow” .
“The leeway we need for predictability and trust is given by honoring and paying off debts. It is essential to be able to convey confidence and predictability in investments,” he added.
In this context, the governor of Chubut recalled that “energy transmission lines have not been built for years” and highlighted: “Today I celebrate, accompany and applaud the Secretary of Energy. [Flavia Royón] and the Minister of Economy [Sergio Massa] who launched the Federal Transport Plan 3 “.
“Regarding the national government policy, it seems to me that the majority of investors and operators have been listened to by decree 277, in which investors or deposit owners are encouraged to increase production for which they will have greater availability of This availability of foreign currency not only serves to repatriate it to another country, but with this, debts are paid, technology and innovation are generated “, he stressed.
The provincial president, however, asked to “look ahead” in terms of energy policy and added: “If we come to analyze what happened, absolutely everyone has a grain of sand to blame. Today the tools are on the table to be able to develop the different energy matrices “.
“We must look ahead. Today all the conditions in energy matters are given: social, economic and political conditions. The important thing is that we all agree that we must look ahead with clear policies,” he said.
Finally, Arcioni said that despite having “different points of view, the goal is the same” and concluded: “All the conditions are there, today it depends on us. We are building gas pipelines, we support investors, we listen to them. Argentina has the place it deserves in terms of energy “.
Source: Clarin
