Emiliano Yacobitti: “Today was a regrettable day for public education”

Emiliano Yacobitti: “Today was a regrettable day for public education”

October 9, 2024 – 21:58

The vice-rector of the UBA regretted that Congress has protected the veto of the University Financing law.

The vice-rector of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Emiliano Yacobittiregretted that Deputies had protected Javier Milei’s veto and that finally The University Financing Law has not advanced. “Today was a regrettable day for public education”expressed the radical leader.

In that sense, he remarked: “It is a recoil, is condemn many teachers to continue impoverishing, workers, researchersknowledge in general in universities. What we now have to see is how to continue doing everything in our power to resolve the situation that universities are experiencing“, he warned in dialogue with C5N.

Despite the adverse result in Congress, the former deputy noted that it may also be “an opportunity to build a majority when sanctioning the next budget.” In this regard, he considered that the project should take into account “the claims of the public education, public health, and all the sectors that are most neglected, that seem not to matter to the ruling party“.

In that sense, the vice-rector of the UBA He stressed the importance of dialogue with all sectors of politics to make it clear for whom education is really a priority.

On the other hand, Yacobitti questioned the powers of the Executive power and considered that “It cannot be easier to get a DNU than a law”. On this point, he highlighted that this afternoon the Lower House approved the summons to a committee to discuss the modification of the Law that regulates decrees. “A DNU You validate it with the approval of one chamber and to pass a law you need both chambers. “This is something that clearly needs to be quickly discussed by Congress.”

The Government managed to shield the veto of the University Financing Law

The Chamber of Deputies ratified the veto of the law FUniversity financing. The session lasted four hours but the opposition did not achieve two-thirds of legislators (it required 166 and reached 159) present to block the initiative of President Javier Milei, who guaranteed the protection of his measure with 84 supports.

Was five abstentions (four Federal Innovation missions and the radical Pablo Cervi) and eight absent deputiesby trip or leave: Oscar Zago (MID), Héctor Stefani (PRO), María Fernanda Ávila (Unión por la Patria), Jorge Ávila, Alejandra Torres, Ricardo López Murphy (all from Encuentro Federal), Yolanda Vega (Federal Innovation) and Fernando Carabajal (UCR).

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