The extensive debate began around 9 in the morning and included a lengthy agenda, with tariff law, urban code and budgetamong other texts. Throughout the day, it wasTwo intermediate quarters were convened with the aim of bringing together positions to approve the “law of laws.”
Tension between the PRO and LLA over the City Budget
As he told Scopethe perspectives regarding the “law of laws” were not the best for the PRO. On the eve of the session, LLA and other banks that orbit it refused to close ranks with the head of Government’s proposal and expressed their disagreement.
Still, in the middle of the debate, the head of the libertarian bloc, Pilar Ramirezannounced that his party will vote against and raised the tension to the maximum with the yellow proposal.
“With an interim quarter or without an interim quarter, we are not going to vote on the Budget anyway. The political structure increases and useless spending increases, contrary to the national government and, above all, the people of Buenos Aires,” Ramírez shot on his social networks.
Immediately afterwards, he said that the project is an “imposition.” “We are not going to vote on a Budget that is above the expected inflation for 2025. This is not a budget update, it is an imposition. From La Libertad Avanza we will not allow Buenos Aires residents’ money to pay for the Government’s excessive expenses of the City”, launched.
The legislator had done the same before Ramiro Marra, a wayward libertarian. In this regard, he commented that “If the City Government does not lower taxes and expenses by 500,000 million pesos, I will not vote on the budget. Without my vote they will not arrive. HUG.”
He chose the same path Yamil SantoroCity Representative for the United Republicans force. “Today the 2025 Budget is being voted on in the Buenos Aires Legislature and the liberal deputies have a firm position: we must reduce public spending and the tax burden by $500,000,000,000. Do you want our votes? Adjust, hug,” he launched.
Later, he reported that “The Legislature entered into an intermission because OUR VOTES ARE NOT HERE for the budget. As we advanced together with Ramiro Marra, if taxes and public spending are not reduced in the order of $500,000 million, we will not vote on the City’s budget. Hug “.
Buenos Aires sparks, replicas of the national fight
The sparks in Buenos Aires territory are part of the existing tensions between Javier Milei and Mauricio Macri at the national level. This Thursday, in parallel to the debate in CABA, the Senate met to debate the expulsion or suspension of Edgardo Kueider.
The Government has an interest in maintaining that seat, since, if its ejection is carried out, a leader of the opposition Peronism would occupy the seat. Attentive to the intention of the Casa Rosada, the PRO ordered a quorum and its legislators went down to the Upper House.
In the Buenos Aires Legislature, the situation for Jorge Macri is complex. The PRO has 15 votes out of a total of 60 legislators. To approve the text, a total of 31 votes must be obtained, so it will depend on the support of the UCR, Public Confidence and the monoblocs of socialism, United Republicans and Liberal Republican Commitment. The rejection of Unión por la Patria, the first minority with 18 deputies, and the Left Front trio is discounted.
LLA, meanwhile, It has 8 legislators and would have the key to approve or reject the text, given the tight margin that the ruling party faces.
Rejection of Clean Record
Within the broad agenda of the date, lThe Legislature tried and rejected the Clean Record project. The text did not achieve the consensus necessary for its approval. Being an electoral initiative, it required a special majority of 40 votes. The final result closed in 39 affirmative votes and 21 negative ones.
The initiative, promoted by the PRO and the Civic Coalition, had the support of radicalism, libertarians and allied monoblocs. However, the dispute at the national level was evident once again. The Union for the Homeland bloc, the first minority in the Legislature with 18 legislators, and the Left Front, with three others, explained the outcome.
Strictly speaking, the project established the disqualification from presenting themselves as pre-candidates for head and vice-head of Government, City deputies or members of the community board who have been convicted of crimes against sexual integrity, against public administration and fraud to the detriment of the public administration.
A source with an office in the Buenos Aires Legislative Palace explained the reality that the initiative is going through. “While the Nation is wanting to expel a deputy for a bribe and there is so much debate about Clean Record, it could not be approved here,” he stated.
During the debate, libertarian Rebeca Fleitas defended the affirmative vote for the space by highlighting that it is “an indication of a change of era” since “It is society that demands a new way of doing politics,” he questioned the fact that the incorporation of other causes such as crimes linked to freedom or drug trafficking were not addressed.
The UP legislator, Graciana Peñafort, did not hesitate to assure that the project “has a name and surname at the national level,” when referring to Cristina Kirchner, but considered that it is a project that violates the principle of innocence defended by the Constitution. .
“How afraid they are of democracy. If the people want to vote for someone who is not convicted, who am I to say no. “Do not be afraid of democracy or the Constitution,” he told them and added: “Dictatorships destroy the principle of innocence.”
Source: Ambito
