The Government Admits that It Uses Funds that by Law Should only Be Allocated to National Routes to “Achieve Fiscal Balance”
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A large sum of money raised for Road was redirected from the Integrated Road System (Sisvial) to the Ministry of Economy, as confirmed by the spokesman Adrián Ravier himself.It would be more than a billion pesos and there was already a judicial presentation.
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diariojunio.com.arPresidential spokesman Adrian Raiver confirmed that the Ministry of Economy uses a trust fund to order public accounts
The national government was once again caught up in the controversy over the use of road funds that are used to sustain fiscal balance rather than to apply to road maintenance. “Some funds are being used to bump roads and cut grass,” was the weak response offered this Tuesday...
The presidential spokesman acknowledged that not all the funds raised for road infrastructure are being spent.
Governor Axel Kicillof got into the controversy unleashed in the last few hours by the poor state of the national routes and the fate of the resources collected through the fuel tax that should be turned to the maintenance of the road and that are being turned to achieve the fiscal balance. “When each worker is carrying fuel is contributing to a fund with specific allocation to maintain and expand the Argentine road network. The problem is that …
Presidential spokesman Adrian Ravier acknowledged that part of what was collected through the fuel tax does not apply to road maintenance but remains at the disposal of the Ministry of Economy to contribute to the fiscal balance, an admission that he again exposed to the Government and can be incorporated into the criminal complaint against Luis Caputo for the handling of SisVial funds. The disclosure coincided with a ruling by federal judge Aur…
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