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Marcha universitaria: una renuncia a disposición y reacomodamientos de cara a una reunión para reencauzar el conflicto
Los rectores de las universidades públicas quieren que la ministra Sandra Pettovello se involucre directamente en la negociación presupuestaria. Problemas de gestión. El futuro del subsecretario Alejandro Álvarez y el rol de Carlos Torrendell
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April 26, 2024
The rectors of public universities want Minister Sandra Pettovello to be directly involved in budget negotiations. Management problems. The future of Undersecretary Alejandro Álvarez and the role of Carlos Torrendell
By Federico Mayol
The federal university march on April 23 in CABA, from a drone.
Alejandro Álvarez made his resignation available. Before and after the massive mobilization on Tuesday, the Undersecretary of University Policies first notified Santiago Caputo , then Eduardo “Lule” Menem , two very close collaborators of Javier and Karina Milei , that he was willing to step aside. According to Casa Rosada sources, he said that, if necessary, he would throw himself “on top of the grenade” if that helped decompress the conflict.
Álvarez does not know the president, he has never seen him in person and nor has he spoken to him. But he didn't need it: camouflaged with the libertarian project, the official clashed behind closed doors with the rectors over the resources and audit of the budget that the State dedicates to the operation of public universities, a policy of permanent conflict that Milei proposes daily. as the basis of social support for its fiscal adjustment program.
Last night, close to the president, they confirmed to this medium the continuity of the official. “We have to take care of those who think like us ,” they explained. Yesterday morning, “Lule” Menem, who works close to the influential General Secretary of the Presidency, confirmed this to the undersecretary.
However, after the massive call on Tuesday, which had its epicenter in the City, but replicas throughout the country, Álvarez was removed from the negotiating table, a gesture of good will with the rectors who, for the most part, were annoyed with his provocative style. And replaced by Carlos Torrendell , the Secretary of Education of the Ministry of Human Capital, in charge of Sandra Pettovello , who next week - on Tuesday - plans to receive a delegation from the National Interuniversity Council (CIN) to begin to retrace a conflict that, In recent weeks, he gave Milei his first major public headache.
“The appearance of the 'ghost train' saved us from a serious blow. "If they all kept to themselves and left only one girl talking about education, they could have done us a lot of harm ," they said last night very close to the president, still stunned by the enormous demonstration on Tuesday that, according to the government's logic, was not more disconcerting because of the participation of officials and leaders of Kirchnerism and the CGT.
Last night, the Executive leadership highlighted that, before Tuesday's mobilization, the budget conflict had already been resolved, and that the Ministry of Human Capital had announced a 140% increase in funds for the operation of the universities and executed the disbursement corresponding to this month.
In parallel, Caputo, the most decisive advisor of the Casa Rosada, who usually supervises all areas of the administration, had already learned about the issue. Outwardly, he attempted negotiations against the clock with Emiliano Yacobitti , vice-rector of the University of Buenos Aires, to explore alternatives for rapprochement and some type of detente in the relationship between the rectors and the government. Álvarez, for his part, also tried out some diligence. There was no success.
Yes, a channel of dialogue was opened that will have its first chapter next Tuesday under the interlocution of Torrendell by Human Capital, despite the fact that, in these hours, the rectors sought to force, as this medium was able to reconstruct, the presence of Pettovello at next week's meeting. From the CIN they also trusted that they would ask to unify the rectors with the leadership of the UBA in a single meeting.
Until yesterday, for example, there was still no agreement regarding the audits that the government will try to promote from now on regarding the destination of the university budget, beyond the usual controls carried out by the Auditor General of the Nation (AGN). Sources close to the rectors and the Executive commented on the possibility of much more specific verifications by the body that assists Congress, or even by the Audit Office.
A crowd gathered last Tuesday in downtown Buenos Aires and in different parts of the country at public universities.
Beyond the future negotiations, the university conflict exhibited, according to official sources, the lack of coordination of management in a ministry, that of Human Capital, which absorbed multiple functions of the previous administration and that Pettovello is not willing to resign in pursuit of a more efficient decision-making system.
“We are not considering shrinking the ministry as long as Sandra does not ask us to do so. And she does not do it because she distrusts politicians, like Milei ," they highlighted yesterday from Casa Rosada in the midst of questions to the minister for the management of a conflict that escalated to levels of maximum tension and that left the president in a situation of uncomfortable, faced with a massive mobilization that, beyond the participation of leaders of the traditional political system, was marked by an overwhelming spontaneous and genuine majority.
Since he took office, Pettovello, extremely trusted by Milei, suffered an incessant drain of officials. The last one, in the midst of the university mobilization, was, for example, from the collaborator who was in charge of the legal part. A centerpiece for the minister.
In the case of the funds destined for universities, the government said that, beyond its public and private positioning, Álvarez had asked to release the budget a month before it became effective. And that, if it did not materialize, it was not for ideological reasons, or at least not only for that, but for a much simpler reason: “ignorance” of the management. This is how they explained it behind closed doors. In Human Capital, the notorious intern that Pettovello has with the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse, is vox populi .
With Álvarez removed from the formal negotiating table, according to official sources, Pettovello appointed her Secretary of Education as the interlocutor between her and the undersecretary, the rectors grouped in the CIN yesterday afternoon welcomed Torrendell in her new role: in a statement, they “deeply” repudiated the official's television statements with “unfounded qualifications.” “We hope that this Secretariat acts with the responsibility, maturity and seriousness that this mandate (due to Tuesday's march) imposes,” they wrote.
