After the regulatory time had passed, the head of the bench, Jose Mayansrequested a postponement of the regular deadline and the summons of the senators who were present in the room, but still the lack of quorum was already irreversible. This is a new isolation of Peronism in the legislative sphere, after what happened in the Chamber of Deputies also for the strengthening of the university budget, in a call made on April 24 of this year, after the University March.
Even so, the university financing law – which has the support of radicalism, federal senators and even some from the PRO – would be discussed next week on Thursday, September 12 at 2 p.m.along with the debate over the Single Paper Ballot (electoral reform that has already obtained partial approval in the House of Representatives) and the possible rejection of the Decree 656/2024 on reserved funds for the State Intelligence Secretariat (SIDE). The date and agenda were established at a meeting of Parliamentary Work carried out this Wednesday.
“The last meeting of Parliamentary Labor was a joke for us,” said Mayans inside the building, where he remained with the senators of Unión por la Patria. “They meet beforehand and then tell us what they want to do. That is not parliamentary work. The position and agenda of the blocks must be considered,” added the senator from Formosa. Union for the Fatherland initially called for a press conference to make its statement, but finally cancelled it: “There was also no quorum for the conference,” they explained to Ámbito.
Another statement made by the head of the Peronist bloc in the Senate chamber was aimed at the absent senators: “The way is being opened to speculation. Here there are governors speculating on a route, a fund, a guarantee or a loan.; there are senators speculating, some even for personal reasons, that they are increasing their value.”
Government announced that it will veto the University Financing Law
This Thursday, the Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos He anticipated that if the Senate approves the bill next week, University Financing Law “another veto is coming”: “We are not going to approve a law that implies a fiscal deficit,” he said in an interview on TN and added that the vetoes will continue “until they have enough votes, as Freedom Advancesto prevent these rules from being passed.”
The answer to the First veto of pension reform It is already expressed in the Chamber of Deputieswith a call scheduled for next Wednesday, September 11 at 10 a.m. The session has the support of radicals, federalists, lilitos, peronists and trotskyists. A number of deputies from the UCR and Innovación Federal, who are aligned with their governors, will support the negotiations between the provinces and the Nation.
The project of University Financing Act aims to strengthen -until December 31- the education budget for teaching and non-teaching salaries, operating and research expenses and maintenance of university infrastructure, in addition to establishing an annual update of the amount and student scholarships subject to the Consumer Price Index (CPI)Funding for next year will be discussed during the 2025 Budget debate.
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The Congressional Budget Office estimated the cost of the project’s fiscal impact at $800 million (0.14% of GDP).a figure that was discussed by the Ministry of Human Capitalwhich is involved in a dispute with the university authorities and claims that the approval of the project implies an extra expense greater than the US$ 1.1 billion.
Source: Ambito
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