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Emiliano Yacobitti: “Nadie puede imaginarse una Argentina sin universidades públicas”
El vicerrector de la UBA advirtió que las instituciones “no pueden funcionar así” y que “el ajuste te lleva al cierre”. De cara a la manifestación del martes, aclaró que no habrá piquetes ni bloqueos de calles y que “se está haciendo el esfuerzo por generar el menor trastorno posible”
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April 22, 2024
The vice-rector of the UBA warned that institutions “cannot function like this” and that “adjustment leads to closure.” Looking ahead to Tuesday's demonstration, he clarified that there will be no pickets or street blockades and that "every effort is being made to generate as little disruption as possible."
Emiliano Yacobitti, vice-rector of the UBA
Less than 48 hours before the Federal University March in defense of public education and in demand for a larger budget, the vice-rector of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) , Emiliano Yacobitti , once again warned about the possibility of closure of the institutions and He demanded dialogue from the Government to resolve the conflict.
“We got here after trying to dialogue with the Government. The march has a lot of support in society because the situation in which the universities find themselves is very delicate, no one can imagine an Argentina without public universities ,” said the radical leader in dialogue with A24 .
Yacobitti recalled that "the numbers have been discussed since the end of last year" and criticized that "first the Government said that the adjustment was a lie, and now it made a supposed consensus offer of an increase that is 105% annually when inflation It was 300%.” “So far from January to today, teachers have lost 36% of the purchasing power of their salary,” he warned.
“The Government, instead of putting emphasis on trying to resolve the conflict, seeks to divert it elsewhere, activating trolls, saying things that are not true,” he continued.
The vice chancellor revealed that “the UBA electricity rate came with an increase of 577%,” and pointed out that “the budget not only does not recognize that increase, but, taking all the increases that the Government proposes, it implies an effective cut.” of 61%” .
“Instead of taking the elevator, you have to take the stairs because otherwise they will cut off the electricity. “You have to manage the little you have in the most efficient way possible,” he commented on the actions they have to carry out in the face of the adjustment that the Nation is carrying out.
According to Yacobitti, “there is no precedent for such a cut in the UBA . ” “The cut in operating expenses is 3 times what (Ricardo) López Murphy proposed in 2001, compared to the last major funding crisis that the university system went through.
Students from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) take class on the street in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, April 18, 2024. The UBA took classes abroad in protest of the freezing of its budget ordered by the Argentine president, Javier Milei, as part of his austerity measures. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
To continue graphing the damage that Javier Milei's administration is carrying out, he pointed out that “the UBA has a very large healthcare part, the hospital, which not only cares for patients from the City and the Province of Buenos Aires, but is where doctors and health career professionals are educated.”
In this context, facing this Tuesday's march, Yacobitti said that "the way to resolve the conflict is for the Government to sit down and talk with the rectors." “It is a bad investment to disinvest in education,” he warned.
“In Argentina we have a system of public universities that is in the best rankings in the world, with a much lower investment than in the rest of the universities,” he stated and highlighted that “society is showing that it is willing to defend something that is the "The only thing that the State provides of quality for the taxes paid . "
After insisting that “it cannot function like this” and that “the adjustment takes you directly to closure ,” Yacobitti responded to the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, who described the universities' claim as “a tantrum”: “A Caputo "He likes numbers, so he should do the numbers and see if it's a whim . "
The radical leader clarified that he has not maintained communications with the Ministry of Economy and that this discussion is being carried out with the Education authorities. From his perspective, he considered that “they want to resolve the conflict”; However, he does not know why they do not find a positive answer: “I don't know if they can't or what.”
On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal University March will mobilize public universities throughout the country to demand a larger budget, given that funds for higher education today are at a historic low, according to a report from the Civil Association for the Equality and Justice (ACIJ). Although the national government announced on Thursday an improvement proposal – 70% in May for operating expenses, which is added to the 70% granted in March , along with an extraordinary allocation of $14.4 billion for university hospitals –, the universities affirm that the amount only covers half of the accumulated inflation and will sustain Tuesday's measure .
Yacobitti clarified this Sunday that “there will be no pickets or street blockades, there will be people heading to a place.” “Efforts are being made to generate as little disruption as possible,” concluded the vice-rector of the UBA.
