A new chapter was opened after the call to extraordinary sessions in the National Congressmade official this week by the national Executive. The ruling party included in the agenda the project of Clean Sheetoriginal initiative of PRO that the libertarian bloc in Deputies did not supportand was sent out with a series of publications on social networks where they accused their main legislative ally: “Some sectors of Argentine politics believed that they were going to score a victory by accusing this government of alleged non-existent pacts or agreements.”“.
It was then that the PRO responded in the same way, highlighting that “the Government has responded to our December request, giving priority to the Clean Sheet“, but regretting that the ruling party “has decided not to include the discussion of the Budget 2025 in this period of extraordinary sessions“. “Their exclusion shows a worrying lack of desire for dialogue, especially at a political moment that requires broad consensus. This approach distances us from participatory democracy and reinforces an authoritarian vision“, they pointed out.
Guillermo Francos criticized the PRO statement
In that sense, the Government Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francosconsidered that the PRO’s statement is “absolutely out of place”, but relativized the fact that it is a unanimous position of the party: “I know that they have had internal discussions between them. Many important leaders did not agree with that statement. and they were not consulted.”
In dialogue with radio Colonia, he explained that the Budget was not included in the agenda of extraordinary sessions because “No an agreement was reached”: “He had an absolutely clear line, which was maintenance of fiscal balance, but in Parliament they began to make some changes”. “If we reached agreements, we would discuss the Budget, but since we did not reach an agreement, what the Government is doing by not sending it at this time and moving forward with the extension is legitimate,” he added.
Then he chirped: “It is a logical position for a party that knows that it has parliamentary minorities, that it has difficulty moving forward.it is difficult for him to obtain agreements and he is subject to a pull that can lead him to deviate from the idea of fiscal balance.
In that sense, he said that Javier Milei “will be upset by some considerations that PRO has made in its latest statementfundamentally with respect to the non-presentation of the Budget in extraordinary cases”.
Alliances with the PRO and competition in the city of Buenos Aires
Guillermo Francos He also referred to the possibility of an alliance between both parties for the elections 2025: “In political analysis everyone has to take into account how they envision the future. If PRO believes it has national political chances, it will fight it“I estimate that if President Milei does well, he will surely propose his re-election in 2027 and the rest of the nearby political sectors, with a similar vision, will analyze whether it is convenient for them to participate in a common project,” he sensed.
In this framework, he referred to the decision of the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri, of unfold the election of the city of Buenos Aires from the national elections and criticized that the Buenos Aires official had “a uninformed attitude“. “It is a district in which our space appears very well positioned. Clearly the head of government made a calculation that is quite normal in politics. […] So he preferred to separate.”
“Our party in the City exists, our block of legislators exists and We are going to stand for election. Unfortunately not as a unified force, but competing against the PRO“he concluded.
Source: Ambito
