“Not with retirees”: the social media campaign against Javier Milei’s veto to collect a million signatures

The initiative, promoted under the motto “Not with retirees”aims to reach one million subscribers and began circulating on various platforms this Saturday, hours after the head of state used the veto for the first time.

Among others, they joined senators and deputies nationals of the bloc Union for the Homeland and various social organizations who called on users to leave their signature on the petition.

“One million signatures against Milei’s veto and in favor of retirees,” wrote the deputy and former head of the lower house on her X account, Cecilia Moreauas did other national legislators.

“No to the veto” and “Milei stops the hand” are some of the slogans that can be read in the different publications that began to circulate this Saturday.

What does the veto on the pension reform signed by Javier Milei say?

Scope was able to access the text of the veto that will be published this Monday in which it is noted in the considerations that “the bill approved by Congress is manifestly in violation of the current legal framework as It does not consider the fiscal impact of the measure nor does it determine the source of its financing.“.

And he points out: “The purpose of the cited provisions is to limit the discretion of the LEGISLATIVE BRANCH, which must act with institutional common sense, in a responsible manner, taking care not to issue provisions whose application is inconvenient for the public accounts, or which contradict the projection of income and distribution of expenses provided for in the National Budget.”

The text, with a total of 16 pages, contains the articles that completely veto the retirement law and send it to Congress.

In another part of the veto, it is detailed that the law “if applied, would imply for the State a Additional spending than planned of approximately 6 trillion for the year 2024; and 15 trillion for the year 2025that the aforementioned amounts are equivalent to 1.02% of GDP calculated for the current year; and 1.64% of that, estimated for the coming year.”

In another section, they warn that “compliance with the measure would seriously hinder the sustainability of public finances since it would mean the need to obtain an extraordinary, unforeseen source of financing in order to meet its cost, whether through public debt or tax increases.”

The Government also stated in its recitals that “the promulgation would bring about future non-compliance, which would distort the very meaning of having a social security system; a system that, after just 8 months in office, has already begun a path to recovery thanks to the unwavering commitment of this Government to clean it up.”

Furthermore, it is noted that “the sanctioned bill suffers serious technical and operational deficiencies which highlights its manifest unreasonableness and the serious difficulties that its implementation would present.”

In another part of the document, the Government states that “all possible measures were taken to ensuring fiscal balanceIt is also the duty of Congress not to make decisions that put it at risk and compromise the future of all Argentines, especially when, with relevant political agreements such as the one expressed in the May Pact, a profound review of the system in which such decisions are framed was announced.”

And they sentence: “The sanction of the bill constitutes an irresponsible act by which they are established Exorbitant expenditures without corresponding budget allocationwhich would imply that, for its eventual fulfillment, the Government would fall into the old practices of issuing money without backing, increasing taxes or indebtedness, recipes that, after more than 100 years of history, have already been proven to be ineffective.”