Javier Millay’s second draft of Argentina’s Independence Act is currently being debated in plenary commissions. A ruling and approval is expected next week, days before the May deal is signed in Córdoba. Below are four keys to keep in mind about how the scheme affects government employees in science and technology.
1. Intervention of management over public bodies
Bill in it Article 3, incised aybEmpowers the executive branch “Modification or Abolition of Powers and Functions” It deems it unnecessary from public bodies. It also says that Konizet cannot be dissolved (other organizations and departments such as INCAA, Malbran and ANMAT are also exempted), but The only thing stopping you is deleting them. that is, The Government may do everything mentioned in clauses a and b: modify its powers and functions;.
2. The Agency, INTI and the National Genome Data Bank are not exempt from deletion
New Basic Law Not included in the exception list The National Agency for Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation (R&D&i Agency), the National Institute of Technology and the National Genetic Data Bank may eventually disappear.
3. Dissolution by vacating
Article 5 of the Constitution Approves the executive branch National to modify, convert, amalgamate, liquidate or liquidate the majority of public trust funds. For the agency, trust funds allow it to maintain its operations and provide grants to conduct research. If the fund is liquidated, the agency’s raison d’être is liquidated.
4. Further redundancies
The new draft of the basic law, which received a positive opinion in the chamber with 142 votes, establishes striking changes in the law regulating public employment (25,164/99) and warns of an attempt to eliminate essential functions of the state. , among them CyT activity. Chapter IV of the plan establishes that the permanent staff of the National Park Service (APN) can be “immediately”, due to the closure of the agency or agencies or – here the innovation – Because over-allocation is determined through a report issued by the competent body (currently under the orbit of the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers).
A #general strike was called yesterday, May 9 Isolated measurement A. by trade union centers A clear example of the rejection of strategic sectors of the economy in the face of sustained and brutal attack by the Miley governmentIt has already left 11 million new poor just 5 months after taking office.
Beyond the threads and negotiations between government and economic power, the empty streets and the Business sectors are crying out for millionaire losses They realized the enormous power that organization from below represented to stop the government’s onslaught. Street was a decisive actor in the Senate’s approval of the Basic Law. The future of workers, youth, scientists, students and retirees depends on the power of mobilization, that is why it is necessary Promote the 36-hour strike with all your might through mobilization When the Constitution is debated in the Senate in the coming days.
