The governor of Chubut, Ignacio “Nacho” Torres will present on Monday before the Supreme Court of Justice a lawsuit to claim 51,000 million pesos that, according to the province, the national State owes it.
The funds requested by Chubut correspond to the province’s pension fund.
“We are claiming the debt that the Nation owes to our retirees and that should have been remedied since 2017; for this reason and in the face of repeated non-compliance, we made the presentation to the Supreme Court of Justice through the Chubut State Prosecutor’s Office,” explained Torres.
On Christmas Eve, the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macrihad warned that it could “return to the Supreme Court” to claim payment of co-participating funds.
In this way, both leaders closed the year with greater pressure on the government of Javier Milei, with the perspective of judicializing their claims for funds.
Macri said he was going to try to “not having to go back there”but left the possibility open.
“Albert’s debt [Fernández] It was more than five billion dollars; three subway lines and I have plenty to spare; “a lack of control”said the Buenos Aires official.
Meanwhile, Torres from Chubut confirmed that he will go to Justice to claim the resources.
“Given the repeated non-compliance, we will present it to the Supreme Court of Justice through the Chubut State Prosecutor’s Office,” he stated.
“So that it is understood: to our taxpayers, who have their own pension fund in Chubut and continue to contribute, the Nation owes them nothing more and nothing less than more than 51,000 million pesos,” he argued.
Macri, at the same time, had stated that the Supreme Court’s option “it is always there”.
The city mayor said that “We have to reach an agreement with the President and his team that allows us to avoid that.” [por la Corte]understanding the Government and the people, but we must respect the rights of the City”.
Along these lines, he continued: “We can accompany and accept forms of payment that serve the City, but in a smaller part and that do not renounce the genuine right of 3 million Buenos Aires residents.” Macri said that the issue of co-participation “is something difficult, complex, a catastrophe that Alberto left us.”
In his opinion, “there is good will” on the part of the Government to resolve the issue and comply with the precautionary measure that ruled in favor of the City regarding the management of those funds and that is why a form of payment in installments was accepted. However, Macri emphasized: “Beyond the fact that it is difficult for them because of the sum, we need those resources because we are an engine of development.”
Days ago, Macri met with the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, to whom he stated, again, that he is trying to normalize shipments and the Government pays that debt. In two months, there were already several proposals that the cousin of former president Mauricio Macri made to the head of the portfolio.
In mid-November, for example, the Buenos Aires official spoke to him about the number of claims for funds that the State has with the City, centered on federal co-participation, since the sending of weekly funds of 1.55 percent, supported by a ruling from the Supreme Court, did not appear in the draft budget for 2026 sent by the Executive Branch to Congress.
