2024-02-16 00:11:59
Pablo Rodrigué was in charge of distributing the merchandise of the Ministry of Human Capital in the community kitchens, which organize and support social movements. The official, who had not been able to make his appointment official, left because he had not managed to remove a truck with food from the ministry’s warehouses which, according to the employees, are empty due to the suspension of purchases of inputs by the Minister Sandra Pettovello. Rodrigué depended on the Secretariat of Children and Family headed by Pablo de la Torre. The departure of the official deepens the complicated relationship that the minister maintains with social organizations.
When Rodrigué, who had been an official in the government of María Eugenia Vidal, left, Agustín Sánchez Sorondo also left, who served as administrative director because, as in the case of Rodrigué, he was not formally appointed. This situation and the impossibility of fulfilling the task of sending food to the canteens sounds like the main reason for this mini crisis that the Ministry of Human Capital is experiencing. One of the portfolios with the most problems since it has received the recommendation first and then criticism from the Catholic Church for not serving those soup kitchens that are served by social organizations.
For example, earlier this week the bishop of Quilmes and director of Cáritas, Carlos Tissera, demanded that the Milei government “reconsider” the refusal to provide food to social organizations. “First is people’s food and one longs for it to be brought by work, the logical thing would be that Argentines could eat what they earn. But with this percentage of poverty that exists, solving the food issue is everyone’s main problem,” said the bishop.