The Government is currently working on the veto of the law pension reformAccording to sources from Casa Rosada, the idea is that the president Javier Milei signs this Friday the measure that grants an increase to retireesfor subsequent publication in the Official Gazette, which would take place on Monday of next week.
As anticipated Scopein Balcarce 50 they are promoting a total veto to the increase for retirees, despite the fact that Congress warned that it will insist on the law. To do this, they must gather two-thirds in both Chambers.
The Encuentro Federal, Coalición Cívica and UCR blocks will seek to reject the veto of the pension mobility law through a two-thirds majority. After Milei announced that she will veto the law approved by the Senate, which establishes an 8.1% increase in pensions from April, the opposition blocks began to carve out a new strategy.
However, the government has already anticipated that the dispute will not end there. “I would immediately take it to court”said a senior source from the Pink House in Ámbito.
Veto of pension reform: what is the strategy of the opposition blocs?
The Chamber of Deputies In June, the pension mobility was approved by 160 to 72, with 8 abstentions, of the 240 legislators present, and the Senate voted for it this Thursday by 60 to 8, which in both cases reached two-thirds. On that occasion, in the Chamber of Deputies, in addition to EF, CC, UCR and UxP, the Federal Innovation and For Santa Cruz blocks voted in favor, and the left, Production and Work and CREO abstained, with the libertarians and macristas voting against.
This way, If the vote is repeated in both chambers, the opposition blocs will be able to reject the vetobut to do so they will have to guarantee the presence of all those who voted in favor and include the left, which abstained, because it is likely that some of those who preferred not to vote on any ruling, who were legislators from Production and Labor and Creo, two allies of the ruling party, will maintain that position.
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Another fact to take into account is that in the session where the pensions were discussed There were 240 of the 256 who voted (President Martín Menem does not vote), and seven Macristas were missing on that day; the libertarian Rocio Bonacci; the three from Independencia; the Entre Ríos member of the Federal Coalition, Franscisco Morchio, who answers to Governor Rogelio Frigerio, and two from UxP.
In order to gather two thirds in the House of Representatives The blocks must guarantee not only the 160 votes but also seek to add more votesgiven the possibility that the 13 absentees will join in, most of whom are likely to support the presidential veto.
In addition to the 8.1% increase to compensate for January’s inflation and the monthly update based on the CPI, the law establishes that in March of each year a 50% increase will be applied to the variation in the Average Taxable Remuneration of Stable Workers (RIPTE) over the variation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of the previous year.
In turn, it establishes that ANSES “will guarantee, in the case of persons who receive only one benefit, the payment of a benefit with a monetary supplement of a food nature, in such a way that the total income is not less than the last value of the total basic basket per adult multiplied by 1.09.”
Federal Police repressed retirees who were protesting in Congress against Milei’s veto
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Federal Police officers on Wednesday repressed a protest by retirees near Congress, where different sectors mobilized to reject the president’s veto announcement Javier Milei to the law on increasing pensions.
Armed with shields and batons, police officers sprayed the retirees enrolled in the Union of Retired Workers in Struggle (UTJL), who were marching alongside leftist organizations, with tear gas. They also attacked media outlets that were present covering the events.
The protest is part of a series of activities that take place every Wednesday to protest the reality of the sector, but today it gained greater support following the presidential veto.
Source: Ambito
