With last-minute alliances, the Government managed to shield Javier Milei’s veto of the increase for retirees.
He Javier Milei vetoes the reform that allowed the increase for retirees It pushed the benches considered dialoguing into an uncomfortable situation: ratify their vote by confronting the Executive or to contradict themselves in the face of public opinion. Many deputies chose this second position, which prevented the opposition from reaching the necessary two-thirds (166 votesbecause 248 were present) to reverse the presidential measure. The final vote was 153 in favor, 87 against and 8 abstentions.
Radicalism was one of the most observed, given that it was the party that drafted the Integrated Retirement and Pension Systemgained support from the other benches and in the last week its own members announced that they would change their position stated three months earlier. In this regard, After having provided 32 votes in favor (2 absent) in the approval, this Wednesday its balance was 26 in favor, 5 abstentions and 2 absent (one member resigned from his seat).
Members of the bloc also changed their position. Federal Innovationcomposed of legislators who respond to provincial interests. Negotiations by the national government also advanced there, whose promises to the provinces may eventually be analyzed in future announcements made by the various beneficiaries. In this sense, The eight members (from Misiones, Salta and Río Negro) abstained, after having voted unanimously in favor in June.
The nuances also appeared in the PRO benchaligned with the ruling party since the beginning of the administration. In the last vote, to avoid the negative vote 9 of its 37 deputies were absent; on this occasion only three were not present to reject the pension system. The same strategy was decided at the time by the three representatives of the Independence bloc, of Peronists from Tucumán, who missed the last session and this time supported the veto.
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On the other hand, The Left Front went from abstention to supporting the retirement system and two other exceptions were seen: that of the Larretista Álvaro González (PRO) and that of the deputy Lourdes Arrietawho when he was a member of La Libertad Avanza rejected the pension reform and this Wednesday abstained. “I campaigned supporting our President and believing that the adjustment would be for the caste and those who keep the State’s business, but not for the retirees,” he said.
For its part, Union for the Homeland, Federal Meeting and for Santa Cruz did not change their support for the retirement system; La Libertad Avanza, the MID and other allies insisted on the opposite.
Veto on pensions: how the deputies voted
- In favor of Javier Milei’s veto (87): 37 from La Libertad Avanza, 34 from PRO (3 absent), 5 from the Radical Civic Union (Campero, Cervi, Arjol, Tournier and Picat), 3 from Independencia, 3 from MID, 2 from Buenos Aires Libre, 2 from Production and Labor and 1 from Creo.
- Abstentions (8): 7 from Federal Innovation (1 absent) and 1 from FE.
- Against Javier Milei’s veto (153): 98 from Union for the Homeland (1 absent), 26 from the Radical Civic Union (2 absent), 14 from Federal Encounter (2 absent), 6 from Civic Coalition, 5 from the Left Front, 2 from For Santa Cruz, 1 from PRO (Álvaro González) 1 from the Neuquén Popular Movement.
Source: Ambito
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