University funding veto: what avenues are left for the opposition to reject it?

After weeks of turmoil in Congress, with laws, vetoes and repression, a new chapter of tension will open after the Announcement of veto of university funding law made by the president Javier Milei. When this promise is fulfilled, The opposition will try to insist on this projectWill the Government be able to avoid this as it did with retirement mobility?

Last week there were victories and defeats for the Government. He managed to gather the votes to reaffirm the veto on retirement mobility, but he could not prevent the rejection of the DNU of the funds reserved for the SIDE or the approval of the university financing law.

Now a new chapter is coming. Following the publication of the veto on university funding in the Official Gazette, The opposition will have to wait ten working days to be able to discuss it in the House of Representatives. It may be considered by the Education and Budget and Finance committees or directly by the floor without a ruling.

The opposition will most likely avoid going through the Commissions because they are presided over by legislative swords related to the ruling party. Education There is the PRO Alejandro Finocchiaro and in Budget by libertarian José Luis EspertIt is a given that both will push the veto treatment as far as they can.

The challenge of gathering 2/3 to reject the veto

Whatever path you choose, once in the enclosure the opposition must meet in Deputies vote 2/3 to reject the vetoan attempt that failed in the case of retirement mobility. If he succeeds, he will have to repeat the same percentage in the Senate.

If we take into account the background of the vote in the House of Representatives on August 15 on university financingthe Government would be close to celebrating again. On that occasion, the law It was approved with 144 votes in favor and 77 against. A good difference in favor, but somewhat far from 2/3.

The doubtagain, is set on what the UCROn August 15, almost all of the votes had been cast, apart from the abstention of Lisandro Nieri and the absences of Mariano Campero, Gerardo Cipolini, Luis Picat and Juan Carlos Polini. But the events of last week do not give much room for hope.

Although, on this occasion, Those who they would be turning their backs on are the universities in their territories which they claim to represent.And we know that higher education institutions have a very important weight in society, as was seen in the march last April, perhaps the most important since Javier Milei took office.

Javier Milei will entertain the “87 heroes” who protected the veto of the pension reform with a barbecue

President Javier Milei will entertain with a barbecue the “87 heroes” who prevented the sanction of the retirement law in the Chamber of Deputies. As was confirmed Scope According to parliamentary sources, the meeting will be on Tuesday night at the Quinta de Olivos.

The president is very happy with the support received from the PRO and a sector of radicalism to maintain the veto on the pension reform. This is what he made known after the vote on his social networks: “Today (Wednesday) 87 heroes put a stop to the degenerate prosecutors who tried to destroy the fiscal surplus that we Argentines managed to achieve with so much effort.”

Hours later, the Presidency of the Nation issued an official statement reinforcing Milei’s words and highlighting the work of the deputies who opposed the project.The President’s Office highlights the patriotic work of the 87 national deputies “They prevented a group of irresponsible individuals from adopting populist measures that would have bankrupted the public coffers,” the statement said. This support underlines the importance that the government attaches to the fiscal surplus as the cornerstone of its economic management.