The Government questioned this Wednesday the possibility of calling extraordinary sessions in Congress during the month of December as a result of the lack of agreements with the opposition. This is how the Chief of Staff expressed it, Guillermo Francosin a press conference at Casa Rosada: “Until today, Wednesday at 12:08, There are no agreements that indicate an agenda to discuss in extraordinary sessions”.
Franco’s announcement completely changes the legislative panorama for the Government since, just a week ago, the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni had confirmed that the same They would take place between December 5 and 27 and, in addition, he had anticipated what topics would be discussed. The Libertarian administration is now considering postponing the call to February.
The Chief of Staff detailed the current situation of the libertarian administration in reference to legislative consensus and assured that for the moment There is no agreement on an agenda to be discussed in extraordinary sessions.
“The question of extraordinary It comes slowly. In the ruling party we have a very marked parliamentary minority, and we must reach consensus to address certain issues, otherwise it makes no sense to call for extraordinary measures,” Francos explained.
“Until now, in December, we would not call,” the official sentenced.
The Government’s announcement is surprising since, last week, Adorni had confirmed, through his official X account, that there would be extraordinary sessions “between December 5 and 27.” The spokesperson had even encouraged share the agenda that the Legislative Branch would deal with, including:
- Electoral reform
- Political reform
- Trial in absentia
- Anti mafia law
- President’s trips
- Reform of political jurisdictions
During his statements, Francos pointed out on different occasions that the agreements were not reached “until today.” Given this scenario, the ruling party is evaluating its options, among which is postponing the call to February.
Extraordinary: the opposition waits for signals from the ruling party although it doubts the call
Four days after the date that the Government set as the start of the extraordinary sessions, and after Francos’ statements, the call in the Official Gazette and among the legislators the unknown prevails about what will happen in the coming days.
How this medium advancedbeyond sitting down to discuss the syllabus – one of the central concerns of the ruling party – the Government did not do much for gathering the necessary consensus to hold a session. In dialogue with Ámbito, representatives of the opposition groups insist that There is no dialogue with the Executive on the extraordinary issue.
Furthermore, the opposition explains that, if convened now, only seven business days leftsince they are needed 48 hours to call commissions and they also add the Christmas holidays.
In line with this, several block meetings that were scheduled for today were suspended, such is the case of the UCR and Unión por la Patria. For its part, the PRO rescheduled it for this Wednesday, via Zoom. For opposition legislators, the scandal with Senator Edgardo Kueider, detained in Paraguay, could dominate the agenda in case of a reopening of Congresssomething that the Government seeks to avoid.
From Pink House They confirmed to Ámbito that at this time it is being discussed to include more axles to those already highlighted. Among those confirmed are: Electoral reform, Political reform, Trial in absentia, Anti-mafia law, Travel of the president and Reform of political jurisdictions.
At the moment, no details were revealed about what new initiatives planned to include the Executivesome of the topics that had been mentioned on the table were documents from the Supreme Court, privatization of Aerolíneas Argentinas, Reiteration and Trial by Juries.
Source: Ambito
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