In the framework of the Opening of Ordinary Sessions of the Deliberative Council, the mayor Francisco Azcué presented his annual message to the legislative body, where he provided a management review and announced the main guidelines for the current year.
In that context, the Secretary of Treasury and Cabinet Coordination, Pablo Ferreyra, highlighted the institutional relevance of the act and focused on planning, the organization of public accounts, and support for the private sector as central axes of the local government.
“For us, it was a very important day and moment for society. Today we come to account for what we have done, what we have achieved with public resources, and what we project for this year,” he expressed.
The official remarked that the mayor's speech reflected a clear roadmap sustained over time: “This demonstrates planning. This administration knows exactly what it wants to happen and what added value it wants to bring to society between now and the end of the year,” he stated.
Ferreyra pointed out that the municipal administration went through “two very difficult years for all local governments in the country,” but maintained that the mayor “has known how to lead a very complex process with wisdom, intelligence, responsibility, a vocation for service, and closeness to the resident, managing to organize public accounts in an adverse scenario.”
Regarding economic matters, the official highlighted that Azcué's administration managed the lowest amount of resources in the last 20 years and, even so, advanced in a reduction of the tax burden on SMEs like no other previous government. In that line, he enumerated the importance of the elimination of the 2.7% municipal tax for sectors such as construction, food and beverages, and food industries, as well as the implementation of a special scheme for small taxpayers, which currently reaches more than a thousand businesses in the city.
In that framework, he maintained that the strategy aims to consolidate the private sector as the protagonist of local development. “We support SMEs because they have to generate employment in the city, not the State. The dream of the people of Concordia must be to develop their company, undertake, train, and progress without the State complicating their lives.”
Finally, Ferreyra pointed out that the mayor's message not only presented projections but also detailed works in execution and to be initiated in different parts of the city within the framework of the Infrastructure and Development Plan towards the Bicentennial with an investment of 20 billion pesos, with own funds.
In that context, the Secretary of Treasury and Cabinet Coordination, Pablo Ferreyra, highlighted the institutional relevance of the act and focused on planning, the organization of public accounts, and support for the private sector as central axes of the local government.
“For us, it was a very important day and moment for society. Today we come to account for what we have done, what we have achieved with public resources, and what we project for this year,” he expressed.
The official remarked that the mayor's speech reflected a clear roadmap sustained over time: “This demonstrates planning. This administration knows exactly what it wants to happen and what added value it wants to bring to society between now and the end of the year,” he stated.
Ferreyra pointed out that the municipal administration went through “two very difficult years for all local governments in the country,” but maintained that the mayor “has known how to lead a very complex process with wisdom, intelligence, responsibility, a vocation for service, and closeness to the resident, managing to organize public accounts in an adverse scenario.”
Regarding economic matters, the official highlighted that Azcué's administration managed the lowest amount of resources in the last 20 years and, even so, advanced in a reduction of the tax burden on SMEs like no other previous government. In that line, he enumerated the importance of the elimination of the 2.7% municipal tax for sectors such as construction, food and beverages, and food industries, as well as the implementation of a special scheme for small taxpayers, which currently reaches more than a thousand businesses in the city.
In that framework, he maintained that the strategy aims to consolidate the private sector as the protagonist of local development. “We support SMEs because they have to generate employment in the city, not the State. The dream of the people of Concordia must be to develop their company, undertake, train, and progress without the State complicating their lives.”
Finally, Ferreyra pointed out that the mayor's message not only presented projections but also detailed works in execution and to be initiated in different parts of the city within the framework of the Infrastructure and Development Plan towards the Bicentennial with an investment of 20 billion pesos, with own funds.