Overview
- The provincial government sent a bill to amend Article 197 to the Legislature to write municipal autonomy into the Constitution.
- The draft bars municipalities from creating new taxes and limits them to fees for specific services actually provided.
- The proposal requires each local Charter to be written by a specially elected convention and then sent to the provincial Legislature for a decision within 90 days.
- The Executive plans a conflict‑of‑powers case before the Supreme Court to stop San Rafael’s unilateral process, while Mayor Omar Félix says he will call the convention anyway.
- Several mayors welcomed the chance to craft Charters but urged a new revenue‑sharing law, with Capital’s Ulpiano Suárez proposing a formula that rewards efficient management and shields smaller departments.