After the vote in Deputies this Wednesday where the Government managed to shield the veto of the educational financing law, the different political sectors came out to state their position. He ruling party celebrated have “fiscal balance defended” and denied that the public university is in danger. The opposition accused of “turn your back on the people” and “complicity” who voted in favor of the veto.
“Today is a historic day”celebrated the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo. For him, shielding the veto of the university financing law meant “end the ostracism of the old politicsand the course of transparency and the economic order that will get us out of populist decadence was reinforced.”
Sandra Pettovellothe Minister of Human Capital in charge of the Education area, considered “fiscal balance as a central policy” over the university financing law. However, they assured that they were “committed to quality public education,” but emphasized “auditing universities and ensuring responsible use of public resources.”
Minutes before Caputo, the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni opted for a more moderate and sober message: “Fiscal balance is state policy and is absolutely non-negotiable. End“, published in X. For his part, with the bombastic style that characterizes him, the deputy of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), José Luis Espertchose to go for the denunciation of “curros” and deny accusations from the opposition: “The public university is NOT in danger, what is in danger are the jobs and the business that the old politics does in the universities”.
From the PROthe most unconditional ally that the ruling party has, They tried to strike a balance between celebrating “guaranteeing zero deficit” and maintaining that, at the same time, they defend the public university. The deputy of that space, Silvia Lospennatojustified the adjustment to higher education. “There is no money because the SAME people who marched in defense of the public university last week squandered it.“, he accused in reference to Unión por la Patria.
Although, some sectors of the PRO regretted the result of today’s vote. The former presidential candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta had expressed against the veto and the national senator close to him, Guadalupe Tagliaferri, regretted “the decision of Deputies to ratify the Government’s veto”. For her, “without a public university there is no human capital to develop nor opportunities to break circles of poverty and grow.”
The opposition warned the Government: “they think they win, but they LOSE”
The radical senator, Martin Lousteauaccused of “complicity” for those in the opposition who shielded the veto and of “turning our backs” on society. “It is not enough to fill your mouth talking about education during the electoral campaign. “People put us on the benches to defend their ideas with our votes,” he said.
One of the defenders of the law vetoed by President Javier Milei and president of the Encuentro Federal bloc, Miguel Ángel Pichettowarned the Government about what happened today: “They think they win, but they LOSE. “They could have built a majority space and they chose to consolidate the party of the blockade and the minority.”
Union for the Homeland (UP) It was the bloc that contributed the most votes to try to reject the presidential veto. He was one of the biggest promoters of the project and, as expected, they came out to condemn the attitude of a good part of the opposition that contributed the necessary votes to shield the rejection of Javier Milei.
“There IS money for Caputo’s spies. For universities and public education NO. That is the real dispute. We are debating the future of Argentina,” said the president of the UP Deputies bloc, German Martinez.
For her part, the representative of (UP), Cecilia Moreau He maintained that “today (those who voted in favor of the veto) They turned their backs on thousands of kids who are demanding to be able to study.
Deputies: the Government obtained support from the provinces and ratified the veto on university financing
With 159 in favor, 85 against and 5 abstentions, The ruling party was able to ratify Javier Milei’s veto in a key session for the Government prior to the treatment of the 2025 Budget.
The session lasted four hours but the opposition did not obtain two-thirds of legislators (required 166 and reached 159) present to block the president’s initiative Javier Mileiwhich the armor of its size was guaranteed with about 85 supports.
Was five abstentions (four Federal Innovation missions and the radical Pablo Cervi) and eight absent deputiesby trip or leave: Oscar Zago (MID), Héctor Stefani (PRO), María Fernanda Ávila (Unión por la Patria), Jorge Ávila, Alejandra Torres, Ricardo López Murphy (all from Encuentro Federal), Yolanda Vega (Federal Innovation) and Fernando Carabaja
Source: Ambito
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