Former Economy Minister Alfonso Prat Gay denounced the “plundering” that retirees will suffer in 2024 and questioned Javier Milei’s ability to lower inflation.
Former Minister of Economy, Alfonso Prat Gayreported this Wednesday “The looting that retirees will suffer during 2024” on behalf of the Government, He criticized the veto of President Javier Milei and downplayed the supposed drop in inflation after learning of another month with 4.2% of CPI increase. “The caste were the old men pissed“s”, he ironically stated on his X account.
In a series of tweets, the Former Minister of Mauricio Macri criticized the presidential veto and denied the recovery of pension income celebrated by the Government. “The law approved by Congress, which provoked so many insults from JM and even a “Cristinian” veto, returns only $200,000 to each retiree: that is, 2/3 of what JM took from them and only 1/5 of the total that retirees lost in 2024.“, he posted on X.
In a previous post, Prat-Gay He makes an ironic review of Milei’s promises to retirees, from “the caste will pay for the adjustment” to the veto of the law that slightly restored the income of pensioners. “What is the name of the work?: “The caste were the old pissers”, closes.
The social media activity of Prat-Gay They did not end there. After learning of another month with inflation hovering around 4%, it called into question the government’s supposed ability to end this problem.They keep repeating like parrots and celebrating ‘the drop in #inflation’ despite the fact that they have already spent 4 months (almost half of their administration) without being able to lower it below 4% per month“.
With last-minute allies, the Government achieved a victory and ratified the veto of the pension reform
While there was a Mobilization of retirees together with unions (whose demonstration was heard inside Congress)the Chamber of Deputies debated the Presidential veto of pension reform. The successive Javier Milei’s meetings with allied blocks of the PRO and the UCR ended up being a favorable day for the Government.
The opposition achieved a majority in the House, but To overturn Javier Milei’s veto, 166 votes were needed (two thirds of the 248 legislators present, given that 9 were absent) and the balance was 153 in favor, 87 against and 8 abstentions. In this context, The current pension system established by decree remains in force by the Government in the month of March.
At the beginning of the session, the following was carried out: The swearing in of Entre Ríos native Nancy Ballejos in place of the radical Pedro Galimbertiwho resigned from his seat to take charge of the Salto Grande Joint Technical Commission. Referenced with Together for Change, the brand new legislator – lawyer and official of the Ministry of the Interior during the administration of Alberto Fernández – could join the Federal Encounter bloc or the PRO: If this second path is taken, the yellow bench would be the second largest.
Source: Ambito
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