Determined to destroy the historic motto “that breaks, but does not bend“, stated by Leandro N. Alem, the President Javier Milei received this Tuesday deputies of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) hours before the session in the Congress by the Executive’s veto of the pension reform and, in this context, the scenario is complicated for the opposition that will seek to regulate the rules that increase pension benefits.
As he was able to reconstruct ScopeMilei met with five legislators from the radical party with the aim of changing their vote: Luis Albino Picat, Michel Tournier, Pablo Cervi, Martin Arjol and Ricardo Campero. These five legislators could be joined by the cases of Lisandro Nieri, Pamela Fernanda Verasay and Soledad Carrizowho would be willing to vote in support of the presidential veto.
Since June -when the lower house gave partial approval to the pension reform- things have happened. Just to mention one, last Friday the President landed in Mendoza to speak at the 45th Convention of the Argentine Institute of Executives in Finance. There he was received by the local governor, Alfredo Cornejowho was friendly with the Head of State and his new girlfriend, “Yuyito” González. The brief meeting served for Milei to let the provincial leader know that he needed the votes of Nieri, Verasay and Carrizowho respond to his command. The silence of the legislators raises suspicions within the party itself and within the ruling party.
Meanwhile, Cornejo will meet again this Tuesday with Javier Milei in Buenos Aires, to attend the Education Forum that will take place this afternoon at the Libertad Palace (formerly CCK).
The meeting held on Tuesday in the Hall of Scientists was also attended by the inner circle of the national cabinet, which began to meet every Tuesday three weeks ago. In this framework, the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Mileithe President of the Chamber of Deputies, Martin Menemthe Deputy Chief of Staff of the Interior, Lisandro Catalanthe Ministers of Defense, Luis Petriand Security, Patricia Bullrich, and the Undersecretary of Federal Programming and Legislative Coordination, Martin Matzkin.
It is worth remembering that the proposal vetoed by Milei comes from within the Radical bloc in the House of Representatives, and was approved in Congress with broad consensus among the opposition. This week, the bloc lost one of its 34 legislators, Rodolfo Galimberti from Entre Ríos, and will be replaced by Nancy Ballejos, from the PRO, a sector much closer to the Government.
In this context, the senator and head of the party, Martin Lousteauwent out to point out to the dissident deputies: “The issue of retirees is very important; the mobility law was born from the hand of the UCR and, if the radical legislators are now going to change their vote, they will have to give explanations as to why they are doing so.”
The ruling party seeks to secure votes in a key week
On Monday, the block leaders of Deputies from La Libertad Avanza, the MID, and the PRO held a meeting at Casa Rosada with the Secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei. The meeting took place in the context of a key week, in which the ruling party will face the special session in Congress that will seek to stop the veto of the pension reform and university financing.
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The Government does not want to make mistakes again in the legislative framework, which is why it decided to bring together legislators who are in favor of dialogue. This happened days after the opposition expressed itself against the decree that restricts access to public information, a measure that even annoyed occasional allies, such as the PRO. According to what the Scopethis last point was discussed at the meeting held in the Hall of Shields. In return, The Government offered to the representatives of the lower house to evaluate the regulatory measure, for which a technical panel will be formed.
On behalf of the Executive, the Secretary of the Presidency attended the exchange, Karina Milei; the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation, Federico Sturzenegger; the deputy chief of staff of the Interior, Lisandro Catalan; the deputy chief of staff, Jose Rolandi; the Secretary for Parliamentary and Civil Society Relations, Omar De Marchi; and the Secretary of State Transformation and Public Service, Maximiliano FariñaAlso present on behalf of the Ministry of Justice were Flor Zicavo, and on behalf of the Secretariat of Education, advisor Eugenia Minolli.
Regarding the legislative sphere, the President of the Chamber of Deputies was present, Martin Menem; and the deputies Gabriel Bornoroni, Nadia Marquez, Carlos Zapata, Santiago Sanctuary, Christian Ritondo, Silvia Lospennato, Silvana Giudici, Oscar Zago and Eduardo Falcone.
Source: Ambito
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