Radicalism tries to avoid leaks with a harsh statement that recalls the sanctions to the deputies who accompanied the Government to trigger the pension reform. Mauricio Macri gathered his own and sends a message to the President.
Pending the presidential veto of the education financing law, the UCR and PROwhich maintain an oscillating relationship with the Javier Milei’s governmentare fine-tuning their legislative strategies. And while the radicals issued a statement putting pressure on their own deputies to avoid a repeat of the leaks as occurred in the veto of the pension reform, the yellow seal maintains the lack of definition, which is, above all, a message to the President.
Both the pension reform and the financing of universities were projects drafted by the UCR. That is why, now, from the party that he presides over Martin Lousteau This time they are trying to maintain unity in the blocks of Deputies and eventually the Senate for the moment when the President’s veto arrives, who needs to maintain a third of the wills in each chamber. Meanwhile, The PRO Board met this Wednesday with Mauricio Macri at the head office and extends the silence, a way of differentiating itself from La Libertad Avanza, days before this force presents itself as a national party, with an event in Parque Lezama.
On the radical side, the statement points out: “The UCR Block presented an initiative for pension recomposition that was voted by two thirds of both chambers without any opposition from radical legislators. Some time later, four deputies from our party met and took photos with President Milei and automatically changed their position: they endorsed the presidential veto of the project that they had previously supported, voting against the increase for retirees,” says the text, which recalls the “suspension of the membership of these deputies” with the intervention of the National Ethics Tribunal of the UCR.
The text then states: “In recent weeks, a budget update for public universities was approved in Congress, the result of an initiative originating in the UCR Block. It was voted for by a majority of more than two thirds in the Senate and by 143 out of 222 in the House of Representatives, without any radical vote being registered against it. National Roundtable of the UCR i“urges the national parliamentary blocs to maintain this position, to be present in the chamber and to vote against the President’s announced veto.”
Radicalism also interferes in the appointment of Supreme Court judges, and mentions “the need to promote gender parity in its design.” The nominations sent by the Government are for Ariel Lijo and Manuel García-Mansilla.
Meanwhile, Mauricio Macri summoned the PRO leadership to talk about how the national assembly is preparing to compete in the 2025 elections, with the LLA event in sight. However, as they mentioned to Ámbito from the yellow seal “There were no definitions on the position that the bloc will take regarding the university veto”. Support for next year’s budget is also in question.
The PRO was key in sustaining the veto of the pension reform, with total support for the Government. Now, while the Casa Rosada is trying to merge LLA with the yellow seal despite Macri, the former president is sending a message via email to Balcarce 50. The PRO will be able to give endorsements on demand and show its teeth, if necessary to reinforce its identity, especially at a time when the President’s image in the polls is falling.
The vice president of PRO at the national level and mayor of Vicente López, Soledad Martínez; the head of government, Jorge Macri; the governors Rogelio Frigerio and Ignacio Torres; the deputies Cristian Ritondo and María Eugenia Vidal; the mayor of General Pueyrredón, Guillermo Montenegro; Fernando De Andreis, and Facundo Perez Carletti participated in the meeting.
Before closing, a review was made of how the meeting of mayors and representatives that the PRO of the Province of Buenos Aires is preparing for this Thursday in Pergamino will be.
Source: Ambito
