“I have no problem governing without a Budget,” was the declaration of Javier Milei prior to resuming the debate on the draft Budget 2025 in the Chamber of Deputies. For their second week of discussion in committee, they were present Mariano of the Heroesholder of the ANSES, and Patricia Bullrichwhich specified a read management defense and anticipated a law to pre. Accordingly, the opposition’s questions emphasized security and not the items for the area.
At the beginning of the meeting, Peronism reiterated its insistence on the presence of the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputoto explain the project to the debate of the Budget and Finance Commission. “Let him explain to us Where is the economic plan going and how do they plan to govern during 2025?if they are going to do it with the Budget law or with a pure veto”, expressed in the first intervention of the day the deputy Sergio Palazzo (Union for the Homeland). “It is not an option that he has, but it is his obligation,” he later stated. Christian Castillo (Left Front)), whose block joined other requests to issue a majority opinion with the request.
Last week the finance secretaries were present at the debate, Pablo Quirnoand from the Treasury, Carlos Gubermanwho participated in the first defense of the editorial that reaches 3828 pages. Furthermore, since Federal Meeting The presence of authorities of the National Interuniversity Council (CIN) and the governors Martín Llaryora (Córdoba), Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza) and Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos).
According to Ámbito, this same federal bloc will seek approaches to the UCR and the Civic Coalition to present its own 2025 Budget opinion. There they would seek budgetary compensation for provincial districts, universities and retirees, proposing two sources of financing: modifying tax regimes and reviewing the exponential growth – widely above inflation – of funds for organizations headed by officials close to Javier Milei, such as the Chief of Staff, the General Secretariat and the SIDE.
In that sense, the unification of tax demands is also being negotiated with the governors, among which will be the tax reform. fuel taxwho ask that it be shared – a demand led by the mayors for the return of the Interior Transportation Compensation Fund.
Patricia Bullrich highlighted the priority in investing in security
In its first minutes, Patricia Bullrich He stressed that the priorities of national management are “the economic transformation and the security of Argentines“. “This is the mandate we have to restore law and trust,” he noted and listed that the increase in financing for his portfolio corresponds to “an unwavering fight against drug trafficking and organized crime,” “the strong commitment to strengthen and modernize the capacity of the security and prison system“, “the promotion of regulatory reforms to leave impunity behind” and “international cooperation and the standardization of police procedures with other countries.”
Likewise, he highlighted the renewal of “trucks, patrol cars, motorcycles, bulletproof vests, pistols and weapons.” “We purchased 10,800 pistols and 3,000 shotguns: we renewed 95% of the weapons of the Federal Penitentiary Service“, he detailed and stated that “the appropriate technology to combat crime” was acquired and said that “we made a purchase this year of 302 trucks. Imagine that we have approximately 100,000 troops; “It’s a lot for the situation we were in” and noted that patrol cars arrived in the province of Tucumán and Salta in recent weeks.
In another sense, he admitted that “the most complex issue in which we have to delve deeper, for which we will begin to incorporate professionals from economics and statistics, is going to be the task of the money laundering. It is our great concern“. “We have three objectives: public order, economic order and legal order,” he defined and referred to the joint organizations that “we want to dignify the police role and for that, month by month, We are valuing the sacrifice of the Police, the Gendarmerie, the Prefecture, the PSA and the Federal Penitentiary Service“.
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Mariano Fuchila
“This is the successful direction: resources necessary to invest in equipment, weapons, technology, training and well-being of personnel is to invest in the security of Argentines. That is why We have proposed a budget that increases by 19%. Is it a lot? No, but it is what the country can give us: $594,411 million for the Prefecture (an update of 24.9%); $154,288 million for the PSA (20.5% update); for Gendarmerie $1.63 billion (19.5% increase); for the SPF $401,765 million (18.1% update); for the Federal Police, $765,110 million (an update of 15.2%)”, he specified.
Patricia Bullrich’s response to the deputies
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichwas consulted by Nicolás Del Caño about the Loan Peña case (he explained that the federal intervention arrived 24 hours late and that “I wish all the cases were resolved, we would be a perfect world”) and referred to police action in the demonstrations: “They call repression what we call public order“. He also understood that the incident involving a minor who was harmed with pepper spray It was because “an irresponsible mother with a little girl got in front of the police.”
That definition provoked loud repudiation from deputies of Peronism and the left, including Lorena Pokoik. However, upon observing that a man was filming her, the legislator requested that he be expelled from the session and blamed the minister: “This is a state of siege.” The man left alone immediately. That crossing and another with Leopoldo Moreauwhom he held responsible for receiving money from Alfredo Yabran In the ’90s, they were the most controversial moments of the day.
“We are looking for new technology to block prison signals,” he responded to a question about cell phone use in prison units, and also referred to the components of the pepper spray used in the mobilizations: “I can swear to you that it has absolutely nothing different from what is internationally approved.” However, he avoided specifying the economic expenditures involved in the implementation of laws that the Ministry of Security is driving, like the Anti-mafia law and the Juvenile Penal Regime.
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Mariano Fuchila
Mariano de los Heros defended his management at ANSES
Secondly, he presented to the Budget and Finance Commission the holder of the ANSES, Mariano de los Heroswho made a presentation about his months at the head of the organization: “This management aims to restore dignity to the beneficiaries of ANSES, so that they are empowered as true holders of the rights that correspond to them. In no case are they gifts or handouts for the that they should thank a government.”
“The ANSES budget has an increase of 1%, reaching 45% of national public spending. In 2023 the budget represented only 38%, it is demonstrative of the social sensitivity and concern of the national government for public assistance policies,” added the official and emphasized “the budgetary effort that the government makes for the AUH and in the Alimentar Card, 104% and 6% respectively. For 2025, an increase of 4% is also expected in both benefits.”
Source: Ambito
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