The pearls of the debate over the Bases Law | From the “pasta base law” to the reappearance of Pagano

He debate of the Bases Law in the Chamber of Deputies – which finally ended with a half sanction, with 142 votes in favor, 106 against and 5 abstentions – was not only marathon, lasting almost 30 hours, but it was also full of chicanes.

One of them was starring Rodolfo Tailhadedeputy of Unión por la Patria for the province of Buenos Aires, who in a play on words defined Javier Milei’s project as “Base paste law”.

The session was also marked by shouts between the Left Front deputy for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Myriam Bregmanand the camera holder, Martin Menem.

“Representative, you did not sign up to comment on this article,” said the libertarian, interrupting the legislator’s speech. “You can’t interrupt me. There is no civil dictatorship here, you have to let me finish”the deputy shouted back.

“Yes, I can interrupt you because you are breaking the regulations,” Menem retorted, also shouting. And he continued, after mute the microphone to Bregman: “Did you say which chapter you were going to talk about? You didn’t say anything here, you are a victim of what you decided based on what we have all done. You are not on the list.”

Another moment that generated laughter and tensions among the deputies was the ironic greeting that German Martinezhead of the Unión por la Patria block, dedicated it to the director of YPF and deputy chief of staff, José Rolandi. “Rolandi, director of YPF. For five you increased…”said the legislator from Santa Fe with a mocking smile, looking at the boxes, where the official was sitting next to the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos.

“Deputy, you are leaving number 159. Let’s get to the point. Seriously, Germán,” Menem stopped him. “You can’t be polite…” Martínez responded. And Menem insisted: “Please deputy, do not chicane, we are going to play a fair game, let’s comply with the regulations, other people’s issues don’t matter.” Martínez did not miss the opportunity: “No problem, we are not going to say that the salary was increased by five. Administrative reorganization: 70 sticks”he finished.

Hours before, Martínez had also crossed paths with the PRO deputy by the Province of Buenos Aires Gerardo Milmanwho dedicated minutes of his speech at the venue to quoting different philosophers and thinkers from history, emphasizing the concept “freedom”, and even declared himself a “Kantian”, in reference to the ideas of the German Immanuel Kant.

At the end, Roxana Monzón, deputy of Unión por la Patria for the Province of Buenos Aires, was supposed to speak, but Martínez asked for an interruption. “I expected many things from the deputy but not for him to appear Kantian”noted the head of the block, recalling that in his “Categorical Imperative” Kant said that “it was necessary to act in such a way that one’s own action can be transformed into a universal maxim.”

“What you did with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner cannot be transformed into any universal maxim”stated Martínez, in reference to the clues that indicate a possible connection between Milman and the assassination attempt that the former president suffered on September 1, 2022.

Later, when he had access to the microphone again, Milman raised his glove. “Although I was not named, I have obviously been alluded to by the representative for Santa Fe, attributing to me a fact that does not exist in Justice. One of the issues of freedom is the division of powers, he has the power to make laws,” said the PRO deputy.

In that sense, he recalled that “Justice is what determines the innocence or guilt of people” and that “our law upholds the principle of innocence as a fundamental principle of our coexistence,” although he did not clarify why he raised so many objections for justice to have access to his cell phone.

“If the Santa Fe deputy has any evidence, let him go and report it in the file. “I don’t have any complaints, because I’m much less accused, much less prosecuted, not to mention being convicted.”, He launched. And he concluded: “all the tests carried out in the file, even without any of these categories, were negative and were favorable to me.”

The Law Bases on social networks

Chicanas also had their chapter on social networks. Marcela Paganothe LLA deputy who had just suffered a hospitalization due to the pressures she suffered to resign from the presidency of the Impeachment Commission, published on Twitter, after the criticism received for being absent in Congress (she only recently approached the vote): ““There is no room for the gilada (and the turkeys)”.

“The only reason I interrupted my license is to support my president Javier Milei, who needs this law as a starting point to carry out the modernization of our Nation. Thank you for the nice messages and thank you for your respect (I do it in the name of my family) to the privacy of my health. I am better, it is a slow process and requires patience. Thank you,” he added.

The opinion of Pablo Avelluto, former Minister of Culture of Macrismo. “My respect to the deputies who said no means no. They are from Unión por la Patria and Fit plus Natalia de la Sota and the socialists Mónica Fein and Esteban Paulon. Beyond the differences we had and may have, I support your rejection. Democratic convictions, first“, published the former official, who for months has been expressing that Milei represents “a limit for democracy.”