Government strains ties with allies and questions the call for extraordinary measures

Government strains ties with allies and questions the call for extraordinary measures

December 3, 2024 – 15:55

In the Executive, work was done on the agenda, but the important issues for libertarians are not shared by the political partners in Congress.

Beyond defining the topic you would like to discuss, The Government has not done much in recent days to obtain the consensus needed to call extraordinary sessions.

Executive sources consulted by Scope They stated that the extension of the legislative agenda is possible only if the necessary consensus is reached to address the issues, something that seems difficult today. one of the greats drawbacks that the Government has at the moment is that initiatives that are of its interest do not They have support from the opposition, and vice versa.

In line with this, this Tuesday A meeting between the PRO senatorial bloc – an occasional political partner of the Libertarians – and President Javier Milei was cancelled. that was scheduled for noon at Casa Rosada. The cancellation was confirmed by the president of the yellow bloc, Luis Judge.

There were also no contacts with the lower house block. In the environment of the head of the PRO block, Cristian Ritondo, They assure that he was not called to discuss the possible projects to be discussed. In fact, the last meeting between the Executive and the deputies who had been staying in the government house was in the month of October.

As if this were not enough, the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni He was consulted this Tuesday in his usual press conference regarding the call for extraordinary sessions by the National Executive Branch and responded that “there is nothing absolutely defined.” Likewise, he clarified: “We understand that in January there will not be”but he stressed that “there will be news soon.”

In the party chaired by Mauricio Macri, the lack of quorum facilitated by La Libertad Avanza to discuss the bill did not go down well. Clean Sheet, whose debate failed last week in the lower house. In a gesture, the Government announced the creation of an initiative with similar characteristics led by lawyer Alejandro Fargosi. However, in the Executive they admitted Scope that There are no intentions to add it to the agenda.. “It is a PRO issue and they dealt with it very badly” they argued, while ensuring that they also do not agree with the proscription that the initiative implies.

Meanwhile, the initiative that interests the Government over the others, which is the Electoral Reformdoes not have the support of the PRO. In fact, from around the former president Mauricio Macri They slipped that they see an intention to remove him from the electoral race if the primaries are eliminated.

Source: Ambito

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