2023-09-20 13:03:20
He Ministry of Transportation clarified today that So far in 2023, it has assisted the urban passenger service in the interior of the country, with 55 billion pesos and is up to date with payments.
In a statement, the transportation ministry responded to a warning issued this morning by the Argentine Federation of Automotive Passenger Transport (Fatap), regarding the probable paralysis of urban transportation services in the interior of the country, because they consider that “the economic equation is broken.”
«Of the total amount, 47 billion pesos transferred Until now, they correspond to the Compensation Fund, established by the National Congress, which, in turn, had established a annual total of 85 billion pesos, which is increased to 11 billion pesos more«says the national government in the statement.
“In addition,” he adds, 8 billion pesos were deposited from the National State to cover the social attribute in those interior transportation systems that operate with the Single Electronic Ticket System.
Holds the document released by the Ministry of Transportation, what “To date, the provinces that are up to date with collections because they presented the information and rendered the corresponding accounts are: Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Jujuy, La Pampa, NeuquenSalta, San Juan, Santa Fe and Tucumán.
“On the contrary, There are provinces that did not receive financial assistance due to not reporting previous payments, and they are: Buenos Aires, Chubut, La Rioja, Mendoza, Misiones, Black riverSan Luis, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego,” the statement clarifies.
He emphasizes that «The Compensation Fund represents non-obligatory financial assistance and that it also does not function as a subsidy from the national State to the provinces, who are responsible for managing and solving the transportation service in their jurisdictions.
Clarifies, in this sense, that «The Ministry of Transportation of the Nation is up to date with the economic transfers to the provinces that presented the corresponding information in a timely manner, Therefore, there are no current debts on the part of the national State.
“In this way, heThe provinces received from the national State, the total sum of 55 billion pesos so far in 2023″states the portfolio headed by Diego Giuliano.
And he maintains that “Throughout 2023, the interior provinces will receive a total of 85 billion pesos, plus an extension of 11 billion pesosreaching the 96 billion pesoswhich represents an increase which exceeds 1,400% compared to 2019, during the administration of the previous Government, at which time the interior provinces received only 6 billion pesos for transportation.
“To the total sum from the Compensation Fund, 13 billion pesos will also be added corresponding to the social attribute in the transportation systems that have SUBE,” the document concludes.
The Fatap warned today through its account on the social network “Millions of citizens will lose an essential service.”
«The economic equation of the sector is broken, as a consequence of a serious imbalance between income, outdated and insufficient, and the costs of the operation, which increase without control. The companies grouped in Fatap are in serious difficulty in meeting their commitments: salary, commercial and tax, and keeping the units that provide the services operational,” stated the document released today by the social network.
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