José Luis Espert: “Since there will be no extraordinary ones, there will be no Budget”

José Luis Espert: “Since there will be no extraordinary ones, there will be no Budget”

December 12, 2024 – 16:43

The libertarian deputy denied that the Government does not want to deal with the Budget law and pointed out against the governors.

Mariano Fuchila

The libertarian deputy and president of the Budget Commission, José Luis Espert, spoke this Thursday about what may happen with the key law for next year. “Since there will be no extraordinary ones, there will be no Budget”he stated.

Due to lack of consensus with the dialogue opposition, Until now, the Government has not called Extraordinary Sessions of the National Congress, and, if not done so, the 2025 Budget law would not be discussed in the remainder of this year. In this way, the last vote would be extended again in 2023.

“It is false that we do not want a Budget to have the items available in an election year”he stated Espert and attributed the lack of consensus to discuss this law to the governors and the dialogue opposition. “We were closing negotiations and they asked us for additional dollars: screw them,” he accused the provincial leaders.

Guillermo Francos Senate

The Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, questioned whether the Government would call extraordinary sessions.

The Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, questioned whether the Government would call extraordinary sessions.

Senate

In any case, he raised doubts about what may happen when the regular sessions return on March 1, 2025. “It will be seen if the opposition is willing to respect society’s decision that there be no fiscal deficit so that there is no inflation,” said the libertarian deputy. in statements to CNN Radio.

The retirees

The libertarian deputy defended the cut in medications for retirees decided by the Government. “The subsidy for medicines is like cutting out intermediaries in social plans”justified Espert.

Then he pointed out against prepaid plans: “We are not going to allow retirees with a prepaid plan to go to PAMI to take money from others.” According to his forecast, at a time, when “if the order is finished, everything will return to normal”

In this sense, he maintained that the government’s position is not against retirees: “The last thing we want in the Government is for a retiree not to be able to buy medicine.”

Source: Ambito

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