La Derecha Diario Universities in Córdoba return with the ridiculous threat of not starting the semester
They reject audits but demand breaking fiscal balance with more funds to sustain political positions
From Córdoba's public universities, they are once again stirring up the specter that the second semester is at risk. They claim a lack of funds, although the national government transferred the resources on time and in full. What actually bothers them is that they can no longer manage the budget as a political cashbox.
Since last year, they have been repeating the same script: paralysis, emergency, and alleged closures. However, the universities have never stopped operating. What they have stopped doing is providing accountability for positions, funds, and the use of resources.
The university system has become a hypertrophied structure that resists any attempt at auditing. Rather than defending education, they defend their privileges. If anything is at risk, it is not the classes: it is the lack of transparency.
Invisible positions, activist narratives, and uncontrolled budgets
From these sectors, they claim that 10,000 "qualified" teachers have been lost due to low salaries. However, they do not show how many of those positions actually taught classes. Many were political appointments, with salaries without real work performed.
The wage bill consumed the university budget, displacing real academic needs. There are degree programs without students, duplicated departments, and curricula designed with activism, not scientific criteria.The problem is not the money: it is the model.
The national government proposed clear audits, objective allocation criteria, and cuts where there are deviations. The system's response was the usual: playing the victim, stirring up statements, and refusing oversight. The scam remains untouched.
The usual threat: using students as a political shield
The rectors' statement on July 9 was a disguised political pamphlet.They spoke of excellence, but without showing data or results. They denounced a lack of funds, but did not explain why they refuse to disclose their numbers.
They acknowledge that the Ministry has all the personnel information month by month. So, why did they deny that traceability for years? The national university system is one of the least willing to be audited. That is no coincidence.
They stir up the idea that there are no conditions for the second semester, but since December 2023, they have been announcing an apocalypse that never arrives. The government fulfills essential funding. What is no longer funded is the festival of positions, consultancies, and activism with public money.
The response from the national government
After the CIN's statement, the Undersecretary of University Policies was blunt: "Universities will continue to receive funds to guarantee their operation, but they must make their expenses transparent." "Professor" Alejandro Alvarez also emphasized that "it is not about cutting education, but about putting the accounts in order."
"We will support students' education, but we will not continue funding uncontrolled and unaudited structures," Alvarez stated. He also recalled that the national government has already transferred more than 80% of the budget committed for 2025, and that there are specific allocations for scholarships and dining halls.
"If there are universities that say they can't start the semester, it will be because they prefer to close classrooms rather than close scams," he concluded. The message was clear: there is no cut for education, but there is an end to waste. With that, budgetary impunity is over.
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