The topic was not on the agenda of the day but was requested at the beginning of the session based on an initiative of the senators representing the province of Córdoba (Vigo, Judge and Álvarez Rivero). With the support of the Chamber, it was agreed to include the treatment of the Environmental, Economic and Housing Emergency in areas affected by the fires in Córdoba territory.
The sanction, which was reached with 55 affirmative votes and 3 abstentions (the three libertarians, de Bedia, Atauche and Olivera), implies a redirection of aid funds for the victims and the provision of credit for the reconstruction of affected areas. The possibility of the emergency being discussed next Tuesday in the Chamber of Deputies is expected, although the session has not yet been convened.
The initiative is added to another coming from the Chamber of Deputieswho has not yet obtained treatment: increased penalties of up to 20 years in prison for those who start a fire that causes deathor up to 16 years in prison in the event that it causes serious injuries.
Annoyance of Córdoba senators due to libertarian abstention
Before the emergency declaration is put to a vote, the head of the block of Freedom Advances, Ezequiel Ataucheclarified that both he and two other party colleagues would vote to abstain because “There are no assigned items and there are some issues that are not clear to us.
After Atauche’s intervention, the woman from Córdoba Alejandra Vigo considered her position “extemporaneous” and raised his concern about “Argentina’s position regarding UN resolutions that have to do with climate change. It would seem very good to me if we could have time for that debate.”
“It is the first time that the three senators of Córdoba have managed to agree on a project,” he later noted. Luis Judge at the beginning of his speech, and then he became exalted: “What the hell else has to happen to us in Córdoba for the Government to realize that we are having a hell of a time there? “What more has to happen in my province for political leaders to realize that there are people who have lost everything?”
Senate: projects approved in Thursday’s session
This September 26, the expansion of the National Registry of Genetic Data that enables Justice to take genetic samples from people accused, prosecuted or convicted of any crime, something that until now is only possible in people with a firm conviction for sexual assault.
In addition, two judicial appointments were approved: the jurist Jorge Eduardo Morán will be a member of Chamber IV of the National Court of Appeals in Administrative Litigation Federal Capital Federal; while the same will happen with Roberto Enrique Hornosappointed in Chamber B of the National Court of Appeals in Economic Criminal Matters of Capital Federal (in this last case, two senators who are also lawyers, Romero and Pagotto, abstained).
Later, the National Senate established November 15 as National Day in Memory of the 44 heroes and heroines of the ARA San Juan Submarinein commemoration of the tragedy that occurred in the 2017when the submarine was moving from Ushuaia towards Mar del Plata, at the height of the San Jorge Gulf.
On a draw, and with 40 affirmative votes and 12 abstentions, one obtained half a sanction financial compensation for family members of the Defense of the 29th Monte Regimentin the city of Formosa. The event occurred on October 5, 1975, when members of the Montoneros organization attacked an Army barracks, which ended with 13 soldiers dead and weapons stolen. Victoria Villarruel He made a comment after the approval: “These people were never recognized at the national level, so their relatives should be in these stands, but after 49 years the widows have died. Only the children remain who will be recognized by the Senate today.” .
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