Victoria Tolosa Paz remarked that she will progress with the control of Empowering Work: “The resources of those who work are taken care of”

After 48 hours, the organizations grouped in the picket unit they lifted this wednesday camp against Ministry of Social Development of the Nation that they carried out to protest against the cuts in the program Improve work. The wallet Victoria Toulouse Peaceassured that the government will remain “inflexible” with the piqueteros.

“The resources of those who work and pay their taxes are taken care of”, Tolosa Paz said after protesters lifted the picket that began Monday on Avenida 9 de Julio. “We take care of the resources of those who work and break their souls every day and pay taxes so that the state manages them responsibly and takes care of the most vulnerable,” the head of the national executive power stressed.

In dialogue with the radio the 990spoke of the “responsibility” with which the cuts must be carried out “because we must always give an answer to the great inequalities that exist in the country with a high level of poverty”.

Tolosa Paz pointed the finger at the referent of the Polo Obrero, Eduardo Belliboni, for the camp set up in front of the social development building, for “proposing a political position” and being “far from representing the vulnerable sectors that need the support of the State “. to be able to live”. “The cut of Unidad Piquetera is a political position of the left which wants this minister to liquidate a register of Potenciar Trabajo without having certainties”but it’s over”.

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According to the data mentioned by the head of the social portfolio, of the 80,000 social plans that will be terminated, the Piquetera Unit has about 12,700 whose holders have not been validated. In figures, this corresponds to a total per month of 425 million pesos, or a “box” of 9 million pesos per month for the organization, according to the 2% charged to each beneficiary, a practice that had been confirmed in Polo Obrero. himself.

“The Piquetera Unit protests because it loses a transfer of 425 million to its holders and a cash of 9 million pesos, according to Belliboni says”ratified Tolosa Paz.

“In 48 hours, Belliboni abused authority and power in these terrible heats, leaving women, children and the elderly at the edge of the asphalt in inhuman conditions”, continued the minister’s criticism of the referent. piquetero. In this context, he insisted on the fact that the organizations “are not looking for any answer to the tragedy of poverty, but are looking for a political position”.

“What we have proposed to the ministry since November 22 is to comply with certain requirements to continue benefiting from the Potenciar Trabajo program, one of them being the validation of identity,” he said. he recalled.

After breaking camp, protesters headed to the house in Mendoza province to demand the release of two Polo Obrero activists detained in that district during one of the protests that have been replicated in different parts of the country.

This Wednesday evening, in statements to All news (TN)Tolosa Paz reaffirmed that he will remain “inflexible with the Piquetera Unit” because “we know that the path to continue multiplying Empowering Work is not the path that the president or this minister wants, we continue to tell the Piquetera unit that we have come to order social policy”.

“Let them threaten, they will continue to find a minister who wants to order, protect and heal people”concluded the government official of Alberto Fernández.

With information from the Telam Agency.

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