The expulsion of Edgardo Kueider of the Senate of the Nation by 61 votes in favorfive against and only one abstention added a new chapter in the escalation between Freedom Advances (LLA) and the PROsince the ruling bloc ended up raising its hands to eject the legislator and isolated its yellow counterparts.
Although from the beginning Union for the Homeland (UP), along with sectors of the Radical Civic Union (UCR), intended to expel the Entre Ríos native from Congressanother alternative project, which had the support of the PRO and LLA, proposed the suspension of the senator. Finally, the violets supported the majority initiative.
The turn of La Libertad Avanza that isolated the PRO
After a fourth intermission, in which the block leaders debated the last details before the vote, the head of the libertarian caucus, Ezequiel Atauchesaid: “We intended to suspend Senator Kueider; you need two-thirds for that and we couldn’t get them.”
“We cannot let this go without any sanction because it would not be good for us. “Not having numbers, we are going to vote for expulsion,” Atauche explained regarding the change in the ruling party’s position.
Of the seven PRO senators, the Buenos Aires vote favorably Guadalupe Tagliferriwho reports to Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the Cordoban Luis Juez and María Victoria Huala from Pampa. Meanwhile, they spoke out against Carmen Alvarez Rivero, Andrea Cristina, Alfredo De Angeli and Enrique Goerling Lara.
Near the end of the session, The Executive Board of the PRO expressed its decision to propose the suspension without pay and the removal of immunity from Senator Edgardo Kueider until the judicial process against him ends.
“We consider it essential to guarantee transparency and respect for institutions while the facts are clarified. We will continue to work firmly to defend the values of justice and public responsibility,” pointed out the yellow party.
The fight between the ruling party and the PRO
It should be remembered that, initially, LLA intended to keep Kueider on its benchsince, in the debate over the Bases law, he had become one of the main allies of the Casa Rosada in the Upper House, a space where Peronism predominates and initiatives are fought vote by vote.
In this framework, the PRO’s decision to provide a quorum, even knowing that this hit the ruling party, was read as a new chapter in the fight between Mauricio Macri and Javier Milei, a battle that takes place in various areas.
Source: Ambito
