Provincial deputy Eloy Echazú questioned the debt proposal promoted by the Santa Cruz government and called for the discussion to return to institutional and political dialogue.
The Unión por la Patria legislator responded to Governor Claudio Vidal's remarks about opposition mayors and said the municipal request was not an informal demand for money but an advance on revenue sharing.
Echazú said revenue sharing is regulated by law and that provincial income must be distributed among municipalities. In that context, he called for the 20 billion pesos recently received by the province to also be shared.
The deputy criticised what he described as centralism by the provincial executive and demanded greater clarity on official figures. He argued that revenue is often not fully detailed in the legislature's Budget Committee.
His criticism also extended to funds linked to YPF's exit. Echazú recalled that they had been announced for public works, but later reported as having been used for current expenses.
Regarding the 600-million-dollar debt proposal, the legislator said the project requires further analysis, precise information and consensus with mayors, deputies and social sectors.
Echazú clarified that he is not opposed to discussing a change in Santa Cruz's energy and productive matrix. However, he warned that the initiative is disorganised, lacks seriousness in its current form and does not clearly explain where the funds would go.
He also questioned that the debt would be in dollars, with foreign banks, over fifteen years, and backed by hydrocarbon and mining resources. For the deputy, the only possible way forward is to rebuild a table for political consensus.
