The government of Argentina decided this Monday to close almost fifty public centers where advice on social services was provided and to fire its 600 workers, official sources reported.
The Executive of Javier Miley He alleged that these centers function as “political boxes and shelters” for workers who are paid without providing services and stated that their closure will mean savings of 5,000 million pesos (about 6 million dollars) annually for public accounts.
In addition to laying off its 600 employees, the closure of these centers will allow 50 cars and 42 mobile phones to be decommissioned, as detailed in the statement.
The authorities assured that “the centers receive very few consultations per day, in most cases they do not resolve the procedure and only refer people to another organization” and asserted that these sites “are the clearest image of the State bureaucracy.” ».
The measure announced this Monday occurs within the framework of the strong spending cuts ordered by the Milei Government with the aim of achieving a surplus in public accounts this year. EFE (I)
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