2024-07-13 02:30:28
The national government officially closed 136 sectional Motor Vehicle Registries located in several provinces and suspended the opening of another 12, as it had announced at the beginning of the administration. Javier MileyThe aim, according to the government, is to “reorganise the structure” in order to “reduce the National Public Administration”, which has generated complaints from the sector, concerned about the jobs that would be lost.
Resolution 209/2024, published this Wednesday in the Official Gazette with the signature of the Minister of Justice, Mariano Cuneo Libaronaargues that the measure seeks to “promote the closure of Sectional Registries that are under intervention.” There are 136 registries, dedicated to motorcycles and agricultural machinery, spread across the provinces of Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, La Pampa, La Rioja, Misiones, Neuquén, Río Negro, Salta, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán.
Of that total, one headquarters was in the town of Juan Bautista Alberdi. It had “exclusive jurisdiction over motorcycles.”
From now on, according to the official resolution, its powers will be assumed by the Sectional Registry of Motor Vehicle Property of Juan Bautista Alberdi.
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In addition, the opening of 12 offices in Buenos Aires, Formosa, Mendoza, Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero and Tierra del Fuego was suspended.
In May, the Government had announced that 40% of the Vehicle Registries would be closed, starting with those that have been under surveillance for more than two years, and then proceeding with the closure of the remaining ones.
Concern in the sector
The Argentine Association of Vehicle Property Registry Officers (Aaerpa) expressed its “deep concern” at the beginning of July regarding the crisis facing the vehicle registration system. In a letter sent to the Ministry of Justice, the association expressed its “dismay” and denounced the imminent disappearance of the system due to the lack of response and action on the part of the authorities.
“Since October last year, the Ministry of Justice has not updated the fees for the Motor Vehicle Registries throughout the country. This situation threatens to destabilize the system and puts at risk 12,000 private jobs working in the Registries,” the association stated in its letter to the Minister of Justice.
“The cost of this service is entirely borne by the owners of the registry, who must cover all operating costs, from salaries to the acquisition of documents provided by the National State, electricity and rent. Because the registries are state-owned, but privately managed. That is, the employees of a Motor Vehicle Registry are not public employees. In this sense, the registry does not imply a cost for the State, but on the contrary: it generates income for it,” Aaerpa stated.