As Javier Milei had anticipated, in the next few hours he will reject the entire project approved by both Chambers of Congress.
One week after the approval of the Pension reform in it Senate, he President Javier Milei confirmed that he would reject the project that establishes an 8.1% increase in salaries, in addition to a New formula for calculating increases. The veto is expected to Executive power leave between Thursday and Friday and that it is about the the entire initiative, as the president himself had anticipated in Rosario.
Despite the President’s will, the Congress still has one last chance to move forward with pension reform. In case of gather two-thirds in both Chamberslegislators will be able to insist on the project and override the presidential veto.
However, the government has already anticipated that the dispute will not end there. “I would immediately take it to court”said a senior source from the Pink House in Ámbito.
Anyway, still There is no certainty that Congress will be able to gather the two-thirdsafter long internal disputes in the PRO during the last week. Although in the initial votes both Chambers approved the project with a large majority (61 votes in favor in the Senate and 160 in the House of Representatives), The ruling party would be starting negotiations with the different blocks so that the veto is finally approved.
From Casa Rosada they affirm that “They don’t need the results of Congress to govern.”
Mauricio Macri positions himself behind Javier Milei: he supported the veto of the pension reform and visited him again in Olivos
Despite reports of tension between Mauricio Macri and the Presidentin recent weeks, this link could be seen as the bond between the two was getting closer: in the last two weeks the head of the PRO visited the Olive Farm thrice.
In turn, after one of these meetings, the former president assured that he supported Milei’s decision to veto the pension reform, although hours before the block of senators of the PRO would have voted in favour of the initiative. “The need for fiscal balance can no longer be discussed,” he said.
Through his official account on the X platform (formerly Twitter), the leader of the yellow party pointed to the senators: “The majority of those who now express their concern about the income of retirees They are the same ones who vehemently opposed the closure and sale of loss-making state-owned companies. and full of corruption.”
This way, Macri again showed a gesture of rapprochement towards the President. In the session last Wednesday, all the members of the PRO voted in favor of the pension reform, except for Carmen Álvarez Rivero. The same happened in Deputieswhere a good part of the yellow bloc voted against the funds reserved for the SIDE.
Source: Ambito
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