Pension reform vote counting: the scenarios facing Javier Milei’s veto in Congress

The debate over the project that granted an update of the 8.1% for retirees and pensioners faces key days. Next Wednesday, September 13, the Chamber of Deputies will discuss Javier Milei’s veto to the reform of retirement benefits, and it will be decided whether to insist on the legislation or whether the President’s measure prevails.

In the days leading up to the session, the The ruling party is seeking to gather the necessary support to avoid a tough defeat in Congress. For its part, the opposition – led by members of the radicalism and the Union for the Fatherland, seeks to achieve the majority of the two parts of those present in both cameras to insist on the project.

What scenarios does the Government face after the veto of the pension reform?

The call for the special session, which will take place next Wednesday from 10 a.m., It was signed by the Radical Party, the Federal Encounter and the Civic Coalition. In addition, it has the assured support of the legislators from the Union for the Homeland and the Left Front.

The Government assures that pensions beat inflation during its administration. In this context, and with the objective of sustaining the “fiscal balance“, the libertarian administration will seek defend the veto alongside members of the “dialogue opposition.”

If all the deputies are present, Freedom Advances must reach 86 votes to sustain Milei’s veto. In a first count, the official bloc, made up of 37 deputies, would be joined by PRO in its entiretycontributing other 37 benches and the MIDled by Oscar Zagowhich would add up 3 more wills. In total they would be 77 votes securedso the government will have to continue trying to find more support.

However, the scenario will also be defined once it is known who will be present and will provide a quorum for the session. In this way, La Libertad Avanza also aims to reduce the number of deputies in the spaces that expressed their disagreement with the veto, especially radicals and the Federal Innovation bloc. gather a quorum of 129 legislators to open the session.

For its part, the opposition will require 171 votes to reverse the decision of the President. Similarly, the number of deputies present will play a key role since, for example, it should be noted that the call to the session was only signed by 17 members of the UCR, half of the total of the bloc.

In addition to the UCR, the eyes will be on Federal Meeting, which has 16 members and the block of Federal Innovationwhich has 8 deputies who have already made decisions close to the ruling party in the past.

The Government ruled out a new bonus for retirees after the veto

He presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni During a press conference last Wednesday, he ruled out the possibility that the government would consider granting a new bonus for retirees following the presidential veto of the pension mobility approved by Congress.

“No. Any increase for retirees, or in this case the bonus, will always be tied to the fiscal surplus and today the conditions are not given for that to happen,” said the official of the ruling party. On Wednesday, groups of retirees and protesters approached the vicinity of Congress, where were repressed by the security forces while expressing their rejection of Milei’s veto on the updating of retirement benefits.

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Police suppressed a protest by pensioners in Congress.

Photo: Mariano Fuchila

The refusal of a new bond It occurs in the midst of the public debate after Congress approved the new retirement formula that, in the words of the Government itself, would break with the “zero fiscal deficit” premisean objective that was implemented from the beginning of the libertarian administration. Despite the opposition’s rejection, the ruling party will seek to maintain its policy in the session next Wednesday.