In an interview conducted by journalist Luis Novaresio's program on La Nación+, the mayor of Concordia referred to his participation in waste collection days ago, noting that the objective was to observe the aspects to be improved in the field, but also to show the community that the political class should not enjoy privileges, but rather be on the street like anyone else.
The previous week, Mayor Francisco Azcué put on gloves, a reflective vest, and hung onto one of the Municipal waste collection trucks. For this reason, this Friday he was interviewed by journalist Luis Novaresio's program on La Nación+, where Azcué stated that having taken on the role of a collector is part of his style of carrying out the administration that began a little over a month ago, recalling that during his time in the Judiciary, as a Prosecutor, “there was a lot of work in the field, with other institutions, on the street,” and it is something he puts into practice today from the Mayor's Office, “making contact with reality, alongside municipal staff, generating a bond of trust.”
Azcué highlighted that “by being in the field, many things that need to be improved are detected, in this case, the waste collection system,” adding that “it is not enough to just get on the truck and go out to the street, there is more,” such as the fact that this task is part of a chain in which the community has a more than important role to achieve efficiency. “If everyone does not do their part, it is difficult to succeed.”
In that sense, he listed that there are schedules to be met when taking out the bags; the disposal of waste and even the place where it is left “because you find that they are broken due to the presence of animals or even, unfortunately, people looking for something to feed themselves,” he pointed out.
As a first result of this, Azcué pointed out that the Secretariat of Urban Development, through the Undersecretariat of Environment, has begun to work on a project that will allow for the improvement of each point of the service.
EXAMPLE TO SOCIETY
Since before assuming the Mayor's Office of Concordia, Azcué made it clear that his premise was to end the privileges of the political class, and this experience is part of that. “We must show a gesture to society, humanize politics by setting an example, going out to work, and ending the benefits,” just as Governor Rogelio Frigerio is also doing in Entre Ríos.
Azcué recalled that one of the first measures was the reduction of the political staff by around 45%, as well as removing free metered parking for officials or coffee machines in each office. “I pay for parking, and whoever wants to drink coffee should bring it from home.”
POVERTY
Asked about the poverty indices that have been placing Concordia in the top positions of the data provided by INDEC, Azcué replied that “it is a scourge that we have been suffering for many years, and in the face of a crisis, this hits those who have the least the hardest, which is why we must be by the side of our residents more than ever.”
Following that line, he highlighted that an end must be put “to welfarism or the cult of emergency. Our administration wants to change that paradigm and give people the tools to be part of the system, based on effort and merit. They want to work; it is not true that people do not want to work and receive everything for free; these were misguided public policies that were carried out for a long time in Concordia, the province, and the country.”
In any case, he was clear that one should not dwell on these aspects but rather “look forward. We have an enormous challenge, which is to demonstrate that things can be done well and that politics is a tool for transformation,” for which “the residents chose us for the next four years in a city that has all the conditions to move forward, and we will achieve it because the best thing we have is the people of Concordia.”
The previous week, Mayor Francisco Azcué put on gloves, a reflective vest, and hung onto one of the Municipal waste collection trucks. For this reason, this Friday he was interviewed by journalist Luis Novaresio's program on La Nación+, where Azcué stated that having taken on the role of a collector is part of his style of carrying out the administration that began a little over a month ago, recalling that during his time in the Judiciary, as a Prosecutor, “there was a lot of work in the field, with other institutions, on the street,” and it is something he puts into practice today from the Mayor's Office, “making contact with reality, alongside municipal staff, generating a bond of trust.”
Azcué highlighted that “by being in the field, many things that need to be improved are detected, in this case, the waste collection system,” adding that “it is not enough to just get on the truck and go out to the street, there is more,” such as the fact that this task is part of a chain in which the community has a more than important role to achieve efficiency. “If everyone does not do their part, it is difficult to succeed.”
In that sense, he listed that there are schedules to be met when taking out the bags; the disposal of waste and even the place where it is left “because you find that they are broken due to the presence of animals or even, unfortunately, people looking for something to feed themselves,” he pointed out.
As a first result of this, Azcué pointed out that the Secretariat of Urban Development, through the Undersecretariat of Environment, has begun to work on a project that will allow for the improvement of each point of the service.
EXAMPLE TO SOCIETY
Since before assuming the Mayor's Office of Concordia, Azcué made it clear that his premise was to end the privileges of the political class, and this experience is part of that. “We must show a gesture to society, humanize politics by setting an example, going out to work, and ending the benefits,” just as Governor Rogelio Frigerio is also doing in Entre Ríos.
Azcué recalled that one of the first measures was the reduction of the political staff by around 45%, as well as removing free metered parking for officials or coffee machines in each office. “I pay for parking, and whoever wants to drink coffee should bring it from home.”
POVERTY
Asked about the poverty indices that have been placing Concordia in the top positions of the data provided by INDEC, Azcué replied that “it is a scourge that we have been suffering for many years, and in the face of a crisis, this hits those who have the least the hardest, which is why we must be by the side of our residents more than ever.”
Following that line, he highlighted that an end must be put “to welfarism or the cult of emergency. Our administration wants to change that paradigm and give people the tools to be part of the system, based on effort and merit. They want to work; it is not true that people do not want to work and receive everything for free; these were misguided public policies that were carried out for a long time in Concordia, the province, and the country.”
In any case, he was clear that one should not dwell on these aspects but rather “look forward. We have an enormous challenge, which is to demonstrate that things can be done well and that politics is a tool for transformation,” for which “the residents chose us for the next four years in a city that has all the conditions to move forward, and we will achieve it because the best thing we have is the people of Concordia.”