Javier Milei Victoria Villarruel will have only five working days to sign the veto of the law on financing for universities after her return from the United States. Last Wednesday, Victoria Villarruel informed the National Executive Power of the sanction of the law on financing for universities. universities and thus began the 10-day period for the President to sign his second presidential veto.
While waiting for Milei’s return to Argentina, scheduled for this Wednesday at 7, the deafening silence of the Casa Rosada resounds. Mauricio Macri on the possible presidential veto of the university financing law. “For now the total veto remains confirmed,” said official sources this morning in response to a question from ScopeWhat is missing now is an official position from the PRO as a party to define whether or not it will rejoin the club that vetoed the retirement mobility law.
The big difference with the previous veto -on retirement mobility- is that this time there is no definition from the highest party authority of the PRO in relation to the law that, according to the President, threatens fiscal balance.The fact is not minor and, in addition to defining the fate of Milei’s veto, it could mark a change in Macri’s position in relation to the government.
However, after the approval of the law on university financing, even when Milei had anticipated a new veto for the “degenerate prosecutors”, Macri did not issue any statement. This silence, which contrasts with the former president’s position in relation to the veto on retirees, not only bothers the Casa Rosada but also the block of PRO deputies led by Cristian Ritondo and who is waiting for a party signal to line up the troops.
“This veto is not the same as that of the retirees. There is a social conflict coming that will be sustained over time and that will directly affect the hard core of Milei’s electorate, the youth,” warns the Macri bloc in relation to the second veto that the President would sign upon his return from New York. This is another social subject. The mobilization of the university community is broader than the spectrum of retirees and with another vigor, in addition to encompassing the majority of the middle class sectors. Added to this is the fact that almost 50% of men under 25 years of age make up the hard core of the electorate of La Libertad Avanza.
To begin with, and with the veto still unsigned, the National Federation of University Teachers (CONADU) announced that from today until Friday there will be a week of visibility for the demands of public universities. Meanwhile, this Thursday and Friday there will be a 48-hour national strike. On October 2, there will be a federal university march and a general strike.
The urgency of Javier Milei
To replicate the success of the veto club against retirees in the House of Representatives, Milei urgently needs the support of the 39 PRO deputies. To shield any veto in the House of Representatives, the ruling party and its allies need to reach a third of the legislators present. That is why the President organized a barbecue in honor of the “87 heroes” of La Libertad Avanza, PRO and MID of Oscar Zago who supported his veto in the Lower House.
Milei is getting as close to Ritondo as he can in his quest to absorb Macriism without Macri. On his last visit to the House of Representatives for the presentation of the 2025 Budget, he gave him a manuscript of his speech. This afternoon at 5:00 p.m., the head of the PRO bloc will return to Casa Rosada with Silvia Lospennato, Silvana Giuci, Diego Santilli, Patricia Vázquez and Sergio Capozzi. They will not advance their position in relation to the veto on universities. First they want to see Javier Milei’s stamped signature. Why advance the political cost of a measure that the President must take? However, they will reiterate the claim for the decree that limits the law of access to public information after Santiago Caputo disavowed Guillermo Francos who had promised the PRO bloc to review the measure.
On Tuesday there will be a bloc meeting in the House of Representatives. Ritondo and his legislators will not define their position there either. They are still waiting for a definition from Macri that will order the troops, as Javier Milei explicitly asked the former president after the inconsistencies of the PRO in Congress regarding the retirement mobility law and the rebellion of the yellow senators against the order to support the presidential veto.
Source: Ambito
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