Senators and deputies from all the UCR benches expressed their disagreement with the Government’s legislative call, which excludes the opposition agenda.
The announcement that they will be finalized extraordinary sessions in it Congress Between December 5 and 27, it caused opposition unrest: Pink House It was decided that the agenda should not include Budget 2025the priority of the governors of the UCR. Democracy Foreverthe bloc of radicals most opposed to the ruling party, called not to debate the ruling party’s agenda.
In that framework, the bloc of UCR senators -second majority block of the Upper House- issued a statement in which it expressed: “We regret the decision of the national government to not include in the call for extraordinary sessions topics such as the 2025 Budget, Clean File and a series of initiatives promoted from this space“.
Then they insist: “The absence on the 2025 Budget agenda means the choice of going in a direction of discretion“The change that the majority of Argentines supported requires maturity, responsibility and, above all, constructive dialogue,” they interpret in the closing of the letter.
UCR Senate Radicals
Photo: Mariano Fuchila.
Deputies double down: call not to meet
The radical bench of Democracy Foreverwhich came off the UCR to express their marked dissidence with the libertarian government, they quickly spread their disagreement with the agenda of the extraordinary sessions. “As national deputies we do not resign ourselves to complying the sad role that President Milei reserves for Parliament. That’s why, we will not attend the show to debate the projects announced by the presidential spokesperson, which can be sanctioned in ordinary sessions,” they said in a statement.
At the same time, they pointed out that “this is the first time in Argentine history that the country will not have a Budget Law for the second consecutive year. This anomaly speaks clearly that “President Milei prefers to move on the margins of legality and institutions”. “We hope that the Executive will open the doors of Congress in these extraordinary sessions to debate the 2025 Budget that the provinces and every citizen of the country need to be able to plan their immediate future,” they concluded.
On the other hand, Martin Tetaz -economist and member of the majority bloc of the UCR– understood that there is a “Executive abuse that sets a bad precedent; for some reason they don’t want to be controlled“. “The budget is not only the main management tool and guide for the public to know where the country is going and what the government plans to do; It is the main mechanism that Congress has to control the Executive,” he recalled on his social networks.
Extraordinary sessions: what topics Congress would discuss
Although it would not have the support of aligned blocs, the ruling party would attempt an electoral reform that would aim at elimination of STEP and modification of the organic law of the parties. Other initiatives of a political nature are the intention to abolish the privileges of legislators.
Democracy Forever Deputies
Democracy Forever Block
As anticipated by this media, the security agenda in Deputies would also be included: trial in absentia and trial by jury, recidivism and repetition, tax penalties and self-defense. For their part, and after extensive lethargy, they could be treated reforms of the Penal Code (such as the Anti-Mafias law) in the Senate.
In turn, according to the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorniwe would seek to rule and discuss a proposal to reform the Law 25,320which establishes the jurisdiction scheme for senators and deputies. The treatment of the privatization of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
Source: Ambito
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