Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof will take the national administration of President Javier Milei to the Supreme Court to demand that federal tax funding be restored to the province, he announced in a press conference on Monday afternoon. In decrees in Monday’s Official Gazette, the executive branch cut two funds that transferred tax revenues to the provinces. “Today, we instructed the state prosecutor of Buenos Aires Province to start judicial action in the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, and as a precautionary measure, to restore the funds they took from us,” Kicillof said in a press conference. “The fund is not for a governor or the government, it’s for the security of the people of Buenos Aires Province,” he said, to a round of applause. Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres (PRO) said Friday he would stop delivering oil and gas to the rest of the country unless his province receives its share of federal tax funds.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald February 27, 2024 10:50 UTC