The National Convention of the centenary party, with support of the National Committeespoke about the discussion that will take place this Wednesday in the lower house, where the deputies will define the support or backing for the Presidential veto against pension reforma project sanctioned by Congress and promoted by members of the UCR.
The party’s warning came hours after news broke of a meeting between the president Milei with five radical deputies with the aim of twisting their votes and avoiding the two-thirds necessary to stop the veto. The meeting at Casa Rosada was attended by Ricardo Campero, Luis Albino Picat, Michel Tournier, Pablo Cervi and Martín Arjol.
After the meeting, the UCR He pointed out that the President vetoed the law passed by the National Congress “that granted an increase in retirement benefits,” described as “a minimal compensation” in the face of “the sudden devaluation and inflationary jump at the beginning of his term.”
“The veto is already in force and some of the deputies who had voted in favor of the law, today, without blushing, announced that they will agree with the presidential veto,” so they warned that “The votes in Congress will not be enough to reach the two-thirds needed to reverse the measure.”
The UCR asked to preserve the “historical principles” of the party and reject the veto
The organic body of the party stated that Due to the “historical principles” of the UCR, the National Convention “rejects the presidential veto” and “calls on deputies to that are consistent with the initiative that our own party had presented and with her own votes that had supported her.”
In that sense, He “emphatically” asked to preserve “the values of the Radical Civic Union towards the dignity of our retirees.”
For that reason They strongly urged “national legislators of the Radical Civic Union to express themselves clearly, both in public opinion and in the vote in both chambers, against the presidential veto.” the Law on Pension Mobility and Social Security”. And, eventually, also on a possible veto of the Law on the Financing of Universities.
At the end, radicalism He issued a harsh warning to those who decide to “fail” to comply with what was decided by the party board. “Finally, and in accordance with the above, and in the event of a possible non-compliance with the resolution of this HCN Board of Directors, The events will be immediately reported to the National Ethics Tribunal. of the Radical Civic Union for the treatment of the conduct of its members and legislators who engage in such an attitude,” they stressed.
Hernán Rossi warned the deputies that if they vote in favor of the veto, the UCR “will not stop until they are kicked out of the party”
The Secretary General of the National Convention of the UCR and former Buenos Aires legislator, Hernan Rossi, signatory of the statement, He spoke harshly about the deputies of his partyLuis Picat, Mario Cervi, Martín Arjol, Mariano Campero and José Tournier, who could vote in favour of the veto.
In radio statements, Rossi He said that if legislators support the presidential measure, The entire UCR “will not stop until they are kicked out of the party” since “there is no going back from the photo in the Casa Rosada and the betrayal of the retirees.”
He also questioned the priorities of the spent of the government of Javier Milei. “It has a lot of unproductive expenses and unjustifiable in a crisis context. There is money for all that, but there is not enough to give 18 thousand pesos more to retirees“He criticized and concluded: “The $100 billion discretionary for the SIDE is fine, but an increase for retirees is not.”
Source: Ambito
