In this sense, in front of journalists in Pink House, the mileista official assured that a vote in favor of the University Financing law by the PRO “the vote of those who already voted against would be inconsistent.”
Bullrich to PRO legislators: “The only thing they can do is veto this law”
In a new chapter of the internal battle in the PRO, The minister reminded the party’s national deputies that in August, when the law was discussed in the lower house, they took a stand against its approval. Therefore, as he interpreted Bullrich, should accompany the decision of the President to veto its enactment.
“If the PRO voted against an extra budget item that increased spending and that means inflation or emission, the only thing it can do is veto this law, because otherwise the vote of those who already voted against would be inconsistent with not accepting that this law has to be vetoed,” he indicated. In addition, he assured that in parallel “the national budget is being discussed.”
At that time, 33 of the 77 negative votes came from the bench led by Cristian Ritondo. Only Sergio Acevedo and Jose Luis Garrido They distanced themselves from their blockmates.
The support of yellow block to the libertarian ruling party is substantial to prevent the law from advancing. However, it is unknown how the legislators leading the Mauricio Macri. Although the education It is a sensitive topic for the Macrista electorate, so is the fiscal balance and the control of public spending.
This Thursday, the former president gave signs that they are analyzing the next steps regarding the veto vote. Through a publication on the official PRO account, Macri met with members of the Senate block to analyze the legislative agenda of the upper house.
“Working on the legislative agenda,” says the publication, accompanied by an image of Macri with Enrique Goerling (Misiones), Luis Juez (Córdoba), Carmen Álvarez Rivero (Córdoba), María Victoria Huala (La Pampa), Andrea Cristina (Chubut) and Alfredo de Ángeli (Entre Ríos). The Tucumán woman also participated Beatriz Avilawhose space is the Party for Social Justice of Tucumán.
When the law came to Senate, last September, legislators by Ángeli, Goerling and Álvarez Rivero They voted negatively, although they were unable to prevent its approval. While Huala he abstained.
New chapter in the open fight between Bullrich and Macri
The message of Bullrich to his countrymen PRO It occurs in the middle of a strong internal dispute with one’s own Macri, of who knew how to be the main presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, even over the former head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. However, since their arrival in the national cabinet they began a battle for the management of the party.
In August, after the defeat of the ruling party in the Senate for the retirement law, The minister took aim directly at Macri, whom she accused of ordering his senators to vote for the project and then going out to criticize the approval. “You are on one side or the other. Enough speculation“, he told him and added: “It is wrong to send PRO senators to vote in favor of a fiscally irresponsible project and then publicly come out and say that you are against it.
“What you say is good, but what you have to do is guide PRO senators to vote in accordance with these principles“Bullrich expressed in dialogue with TN, about what was expressed by the former president. “Reaching the veto is putting the Government in a difficult situation,” he claimed at that time.
Now, The dispute returns to the scene over the university veto. The decree entered Congress after its publication last night in the Official Gazette. His arrival at the Legislative Branch confirms the President’s measure and enables the Argentine parliament to set a date to convene the session who will debate whether to insist on the project or accompany the will of the libertarian leader.
The veto was made official through the Decree 879/2024 published in the Official Gazette this Thursday morning. As he was able to find out Scope, At this time, legislators are seeking to unify requests from four blocks – UCR, Union for the Homeland (UxP), Federal Meeting and Civic Coalition – and the session could take place next Wednesday or Thursday.
Source: Ambito
