President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke at noon today at a ceremony held in the Hall of Women of the Bicentennial at the Casa Rosada.

President Fernández announced the signing of decree 874, which transfers the transport-related powers to the new Ministry of the Interior and Transportation.

Decree 874 effectively relocates the Transport Secretariat to the Interior Ministry. The new Ministry is to be led by current Interior Minister, Florencio Randazzo, and his transport counterpart, Alejandro Ramos.

This new body will no longer respond to the Planning Ministry led by Julio De Vido.

President Fernandez stated the new Ministry is tasked with summoning both Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli and the City of Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri to work together in a plan to reorganise the transport sphere of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

“One of the first tasks will be the establishment of a transportation agency in the metropolitan area, to convene a tripartite body for all of the national state, the government of the City, and the province of Buenos Aires,” said the President speaking from the Casa Rosada.

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