The Buenos Aires government crossed Rodríguez Larreta for his criticism of Jorge Macri: "Let him explain what he did with the pickets"
The Buenos Aires City Government responded harshly to Horacio Rodríguez Larreta after he criticized Jorge Macri's administration in the statement that accompanied the announcement of his candidacy for the 2025 elections.
"The aggressiveness of his attack surprised us, especially considering that many members of his team work with us ," said Laura Alonso, a spokeswoman for the Buenos Aires administration.
Alonso also referred to the administration of Jorge Macri 's predecessor, and mentioned the difficulties involved in dealing with pickets and street vendors. "We should ask him why he is doing it now, why, what is the objective," said Alonso in an interview with La Red radio.
In this regard, he added: "For us, and for many people from Buenos Aires, this is a surprise, an action that is difficult to understand . We govern the City, Jorge Macri was elected with great support, we know the challenges we face in issues such as security, urban planning, economic development and education... that takes up 99.9 percent of our time. The rest are political disputes that do not affect us too much when we are managing."
Yesterday, Rodríguez Larreta announced his intention to run in this year's legislative elections . Although he has not yet defined which position he will run for, he mentioned that he will compete to be "legislator, deputy or senator," which could imply his participation in the legislative elections on May 18 or the national elections on October 26. In that announcement, he launched severe criticism of the PRO, without specifically mentioning his cousins Mauricio and Jorge Macri.
Since the end of last year, Rodríguez Larreta has been touring the City, which he governed between 2015 and 2023 and where he was also Chief of Staff from 2007 to 2015.
Alonso also questioned Rodríguez Larreta for not having raised his criticisms within the PRO structure and for bringing forward the electoral discussion. " Let him tell what his administration was like, let him explain what he did with the pickets, the street vendors and the urban disorder in recent years , let him detail what happened during the pandemic in the City, let him explain to the parents why the children could not go to school," added Alonso.
The fight with Patricia Bullrich over prisoner escapesThe spokesperson for the Buenos Aires government also referred to the conflict with the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, regarding the prisoners held in Buenos Aires police stations and jails . Bullrich had pointed out that, although in many provinces there is an excess of prisoners in police stations, not all of them face the same situation with frequent escapes.
"The Penitentiary Service is federal and neither the powers nor the resources have been transferred to the City. The prisoners should be in federal prisons ," said Alonso.
He explained that the City currently takes care of almost 2,500 prisoners in places that are not prisons, under the supervision of the City Police, which should be performing other functions . He also pointed out that this "pseudo prison security" operation is financed by taxes from residents.
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Alonso recalled that during the pandemic, during the Rodríguez Larreta administration, in collaboration with the government of Alberto Fernández , the situation of the police stations and jails, in his view, worsened.
"There are no prisons in the City like in provinces like Santa Fe or Entre Ríos, where they have provincial prisons. That is how we are working. We do not understand, or we should ask her, why this attack on the head of Government and the City ," concluded Alonso.
Alonso also highlighted the good relationship with the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, on the co-participation, and with the Secretary of Transport, Franco Mogetta, regarding the transfer of the bus lines and the Retiro terminal. However, he said that the dialogue with the Ministry of Security is different. " We have to ask Bullrich what happened . The City Government has shown a willingness to dialogue and resolve," he said.
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