The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martin Menem, crossed to PRO due to criticism of the ruling party after the lack of quorum for the debate on the bill Clean Sheet and assured that “It’s a matter of time” for the regulations to be approved. Furthermore, he considered “an outrage” speculation about a negotiation with the Kirchnerism to stop the session.
“There was no will, but I know that a clean slate is going to come out, it is a matter of time, nothing more. The project will be improved, it is time. Just as with the Base Law, that she was ambitious and we got what we couldnot what we would have wanted; with the labor reform; with several issues floating around“he stated this Sunday.
In that line, Menem spoke about what happened on Thursday on the premises and minimized the weight of the absence of some legislators from Freedom Advances (LLA). “From my interpretation, the numbers didn’t add up. We made the greatest effort to make this happen, but it is not mature or needs to improve. Let’s be clear: it’s going to come out. It’s a matter of time“he continued.
In addition, he responded to criticism from the opposition for closing the session 30 minutes after it began, since they did not have a sufficient number of legislators to debate. “They always scolded me for complying with the regulations. It is unprecedented, it seems that it is wrong according to the yardstick or the measurement of who knows who. Throughout the year, several transfers were made at 30 minutes, which is what the regulations allow.“, he explained in dialogue with Radio Miter.
“If you have a session on the 5th at 12, the logical thing is that you be at the place three hours before. You’re not going to be late because you’re fired from work.. I am taking aim at those who attack me for complying with the regulations and say that I had no tolerance, I always did it the same. It happened in a session that was requested by the ruling party, but there was no quorum and it rose after 31 minutes,” he said and added: “This thing about bending the rules and stretching them, as was done before depending on who it was convenient for, is not fair. “.
Martín Menem denied an agreement with Kirchnerism to not deal with Clean File: “It’s outrageous”
The head of the lower house targeted sectors of the so-called dialogue opposition, led by the PRO and part of the UCRwhen questioning that “They demand that we do with 30 deputies, what others could not do with 100.” “The double standard to measure a project that has been going around since 2016 bothers me. When it had 116 deputies, in Together for Change they could not advance. When we joined with the PRO we were still missing 50 deputies. The task that was carried out was titanic, it is not that simple,” he defended himself.
Regarding the absence of libertarian legislators, He stressed that even with their presence it would not have been enough for the quorum and, even less, for the approval. And he recalled that his party “is a signatory of the opinion, all the deputies signed, the request for a session was also by LLA deputies; those spurious speculations that are made seem ridiculous to me. There is a fundamental difference with the rest of the political arc: we want things will go well for us because that will give us political power, we don’t want to govern for a thousand years by power.”
Besides, Menem referred to a possible future candidacy of former president Cristina Kirchnersentenced to six years in prison and perpetual disqualification from holding public office due to corruption, an issue that was present during the discussion of the project in different forums. “It’s not about whether I like it or not: if she has a conviction, for me, neither she nor any person who has a conviction should be a candidate,” she stressed.
In line with that, considered the speculation of an alliance between Milei “an outrage” and Christina to favor it with the fall of the project. “We have been in government for 12 months and things are going well, unfortunately for many. There are people who are not happy, because that means that in LLA we are going to do well next year and they try to put us in the same bag and equalize for below. We are not all the same, we are doing things differently, whoever does them pays. That is why we make our own electoral seal: let’s assume that LLA is 90 deputies away from having a quorum, it is unprecedented,” he insisted.
The PRO’s criticism of La Libertad Avanza for Clean Record
The fall of the session due to lack of quorum to discuss the Clean File project generated friction between the PRO and the Government. From the block of Deputies of the party led by former president Mauricio Macri, they accused the ruling party of “playing in favor of the corrupt.”
“This week, the National Congress let one pass historic opportunity to prevent corrupt people convicted by Justice from reaching Congress and guaranteeing impunity with the jurisdictions,” begins the publication of the group led by Cristian Ritondowhich adds: “While the PRO deputies They fulfilled the mandate that our voters gave us, The Government decided to be on the other side“.
In that sense, he points to the “enormous institutional responsibility that we will honor. We are not going to remain silent when it is played in favor of the corrupt. We believe and are convinced that a different country is made by making big decisions that entail serious changes that society has been demanding for many years. That is Clean Sheet and it is, together with millions of Argentines, a fight that we share.”
The president of PRO, Mauricio Macrialso expressed himself on social networks about the fall of the session. “Do we or do we not want a country without corruption? Are we really interested in the fact that convicted corrupt people cannot continue holding public office or do we want to simulate and use that weakness as an instrument of pressure in other negotiations? Does anyone care about corruption or “Are we already resigned?” he asked himself and said he was “convinced that with corrupt leaders there is no future“.
Source: Ambito
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