President Javier Milei will entertain with a barbecue the “87 heroes” who prevented the sanction of the retirement law in the Chamber of Deputies. As he was able to confirm Scope According to parliamentary sources, the meeting will be on Tuesday night at the Quinta de Olivos.
The president is very happy with the support received from the PRO and a sector of radicalism to maintain the veto on the pension reform. This is what he made known after the vote on his social networks: “Today (Wednesday) 87 heroes put a stop to the degenerate prosecutors who tried to destroy the fiscal surplus that we Argentines managed to achieve with so much effort.”
Hours later, the Presidency of the Nation issued an official statement reinforcing Milei’s words and highlighting the work of the deputies who opposed the project.The President’s Office highlights the patriotic work of the 87 national deputies “They prevented a group of irresponsible individuals from adopting populist measures that would have bankrupted the public coffers,” the statement said. This support underlines the importance that the government attaches to the fiscal surplus as the cornerstone of its economic management.
Determined to avoid further defeats in the legislative arena, Javier Milei himself took charge of the political negotiations. In this regard, this week he led a meeting with the radicals Ricardo Campero, Luis Albino Picat, Michel Tournier, Pablo Cervi and Martín Arjol.
Along the same lines, on Monday of this week the heads of blocks of Deputies from La Libertad Avanza, the MID, and the PRO They held a meeting at Casa Rosada with the Secretary of the Presidency, Karina Milei.
The Government managed to endorse the presidential veto with 153 votes in favor, 87 against and 8 abstentions. To reach this number, the support of the PRO bench and a group of deputies from the UCR was vital. It should be remembered that, In relation to the vote of June 5, the radicalism’s opinion obtained 160 votes, 72 negative votes and 8 abstentions..
In summary, and with respect to the last session, 8 deputies radicals changed their vote (from 7 yeses and 1 absent to 5 noes, 2 absent and 1 yes). Since Union for the Homeland They first contributed 97 and now 98. The Pro changed his absentees to negative, while 1 voted in favor. Federal Innovation completely changed the vote of its 8 members. Since the Left changed their abstentions to affirmative votes. As regards the officialismlost the vote of Lourdes Arrieta, who abstained.
The Government condemned the withdrawal of reserved funds from the SIDE and said: “Those responsible for the underfunding must take responsibility”
In contrast to the “87 heroes”, The government on Friday targeted the senators who voted in favor of removing funds reserved for the SIDE and university financing.
“The Office of the President condemns the irresponsible vote of a group of legislators “which left the Argentine Intelligence System without resources at a historic moment for the country,” said the presidential account through the X platform (formerly Twitter).
and added: “The role of the intelligence agency for decades It was based on personal interests, and was used for spurious activities such as internal espionage, influence peddling and political persecution.”
“Once again, personal interests have threatened the possibility of having an intelligence agency that has the capacity and resources to protect Argentines. This has been seen with the recent threats from external agents against our citizens, but also with malicious actors within the national territory,” the document concludes.
The SIDE DNU was issued on July 23, after the executive leadership decided to dissolve the AFI and restore the old SIDE. The decree gave $100 billion in reserved funds to the brand new secretariat that was left in the hands of Sergio Neiffert, who is linked to Santiago Caputo, Milei’s main advisor.
The second blow came from the universities. The law not only increases the budget, but includes a recomposition for teachers and non-teaching staffThis will generate a fiscal impact of 735.598 billion pesos, which represents 0.14 percent of GDP, according to the Congressional Budget Office (OPC).
Source: Ambito
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