Less than 30 days left for the population to return to the polls, but this time it will be to decide who will be their representatives in the National Congress. As in the trick, this time it’s for the beans and There’s no margin of error as in the STEP. And that everyone knows, but especially the governors who suffered heavy defeats and that they not only put at stake the accompaniment of the national government but also their representation in the Chamber of Senators and, a little later, their possible re-elections.
The word “Platita” that the Buenos Aires candidate used Daniel gollan to explain a conversation with a neighbor from a poor neighborhood settled on the electoral stage to graph the measures of the ruling party that point to retner and recover votes that did not accompany them on September 12.
An example of this is what is happening in Saint Louis, where the provincial administration launched a plan where it established that the salary floor for workers in the province it has to be $ 70,000 out of pocket, so in the case of private sector employees who do not reach this figure will be the provincial government who will cover the difference.
This was announced a few days ago by the governor Alberto Rodriguez Saa who explained that the help will be for six months, It will be aimed at those who are more than three months old, in an activity regulated by a collective bargaining agreement, with duly formed union representation. “This does not mean a salary increase or employer burden,” clarified the governor.
The Chief of Staff, Natalia Zabala Chacur, reported that recipients will be registered workers according to current regulations, who receive less than $ 70,000 out of pocket, that is, they have a net salary of less than $ 70,000, or the proportional amount, according to hours worked.
The measure is, they say in the ruling party, until the new joint members arrive and thus accompany the workers in that process. From the opposition they assure that they are using public funds with an electoral objective and they filed a complaint in the Justice.
In the STEP, Peronism in San Luis obtained 37.3% of the votes against 46.9% of Juntos por el Cambio.
Another governor who aims to obtain a victory on November 14 and who puts his position at stake is that of Santiago del Estero, Gerardo Zamora. That’s why he announced a record bonus of $ 90,000 for all provincial civil service officers and a 57 percent base salary increase.
Accompanied by the unions that make up the Dialogue and Labor Table and the provisional president of the Senate, Claudia Ledesma Abdala, among other leaders and officials, the president explained that this additional sum will be paid in three installments of $ 30,000. The first installment was paid on October 14, the second will suggestively be paid on November 10, just 4 days before voting, and the third on December 9.
Regarding the salary increase, it was reported that it will be charged as of January 28 and that it will consist of a increase of “57% in the basic”. As if these disbursements were not enough, Zamora ratified a commitment assumed that as of March 1 to grant the transfer to an employment contract and permanent plant of the newcomers to the public administration who are 3 or 5 years old, respectively. In order for the governor to honor his word on March 1, he should be reelected to office on November 14.
In the STEP, the Civic Front of Zamora got 55% of the votes in the province and took 40 points from the second force that was Juntos por el Cambio and, if they obtained a similar result, they will keep the three national senators’ seats at stake.
Another who chose the path of the “bonus” as part of the plan to reactivate consumption was the governor of Chaco, Jorge “Coqui” Capitanich. The president announced that he will pay a $ 10,000 bonus to more than 100,000 active workers and retirees earning less than $ 100,000 per month.
During the announcement, Capitanich said that “the current salary is not enough” and announced that they will apply salary increases of 7% above the parity for state workers.
As part of the announcements, the governor of Chaco said that there would be reimbursements for the use of Tuya – the Banco del Chaco card – in supermarkets and pharmacies, and 25 products from the food basket within a price agreement.
The total package involves $ 4 billion that puts Capitanich in the streets of the province in order to turn the elections around. In the first openings the Frente de Todos lost to Juntos por el Cambio by eight points, 36 to 44 percent.
Further south, another governor who also chose the path of salary increases was Alicia kirchner. The head of the Executive of Santa Cruz announced the return to total presence in schools and proposed to the unions a 7.5% salary increase for central administration.
In the land of the Kirchners, the result of the PASO left a very bitter taste for the ruling party. The six lists representing Juntos in Santa Cruz reached 38.6% against the 26.4% reached by the Frente de Todos.
Also in the south of the country, in Chubut, the governor Mariano arcioni paid a remunerative, bonus and extraordinary bonus of $ 5,000 for all state employees, active and passive.
In the Patagonian province Juntos por el Cambio, which carried three lists, it added 110,190 votes for senators and 109,767 for national deputies. In second place was the Frente de Todos (FdT) with 74,129 votes for national senators and 73,150 for deputies. With these numbers, Together for Change would be left with two senators of the three at stake and with the two deputies who are elected in the province.
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