Fiscal degenerates: Córdoba Legislature rejects the public accounts order

The Córdoba Legislature approved a bill to reject the changes implemented by the national government at INTI. It did so as a bloc, with support from Peronist, Socialist, Radical, and left-wing sectors. A political rarity that, nevertheless, reveals much more than it appears.

The curious thing is not only the unanimity, but the target of the complaint: a national administrative measure. The government decided to reorganize INTI to make it more efficient and dependent on the Secretariat of Industry. However, from Córdoba, legislators accuse the government of "overreach" and "centralism."

What is striking is a legislature that hasn't reduced a single superfluous expense and criticizes the executive for trying to organize the structure of the national state. There is an excess of advisors, political positions, and duplicated structures in the provincial organizational chart. However, that doesn't seem to generate any resolution of repudiation.

INTI: enough with the narrative

Decree 462/2025 seeks to incorporate INTI into a more efficient logic aligned with the objectives of the Ministry of Economy. Far from shutting it down, the proposal is to reorganize it, integrate it into concrete industrial policies, and optimize resources. Nothing indicates a divestment.

For years, INTI operated with financial autonomy, but that did not always translate into efficiency. According to official sources, more than 35% of its income came from its own activities, without clear accountability for its surpluses. Today, the goal is greater control, transparency, and strategic direction.

If the agency is key for industry, as Córdoba legislators claim, then it should operate with clear rules, without privileges or gray areas. This is not about destroying technical expertise, but about organizing it. In this, the national government is right.

Autonomy yes, but with responsibility

In the name of "federalism," a series of agencies have become normalized that operate without coordination with national guidelines. This is not about eliminating federalism, but about preventing that banner from justifying inefficiencies and unnecessary spending.

Autonomy is not immunity. INTI, like any public institution, must be accountable, respond to objectives, and work aligned with a government plan. Anything else is technocratic romanticism that can't be sustained by citizens' taxes.

Meanwhile, in Córdoba, provincial structures continue to multiply. The legislature keeps expanding departments, offices, directorates, and sub-secretariats. All in the name of "consensus," but far from the austerity they demand from the nation.