UP is opened to endorse the Bases Law

He president of Catamarca Raúl Jalil announced that from his province they will support the Base Law and thus they will not accompany the position of the Union for the Homeland (UP) bloc. The Peronist space in the Upper House could thus lose two key votes to try to stop the bill. Javier Milei. And there could be more, if the seduction plan of the Minister of the Interior Guillermo Francos about governors of U.P. (and also provincialists)

“It is very important” that the Bases Law “be approved in the Senate” because “it is time to help” at this “very delicate moment that the country is going through,” he said. Jalil in dialogue with Radio Rivadavia. And he expressed that “politics should not be dramatized so much” and that “We must give the President the tools” he needs to govern.

Unlike governor of Tucumán Osvaldo Jaldo who broke up with UP in Deputies and created the Independence bloc with three wills, Jalil pointed out that he will not open the pan-Peronist space. Thus, the Senators Guillermo Andrada and Lucía Corpacci (former president) could endorse the La Libertad Avanza project. A clue: today Jalil opened ordinary sessions in the provincial Legislature, and in addition to calling for “dialogue” with the Casa Rosada, his predecessor was also there Corpacci, whom Jalil retweeted in his considerations. Gestures of virtual politics that are common in the President.

Whereas in Tucumanthe two Peronist senators do not respond to Jaldo, but to Juan Manzur, precisely one of the legislators for the province in the Upper House. However, beyond the internal situation in the PJ of Tucumán, in the province they point out that there are dialogue between Jaldo and Manzur. At least more than you think. Thus, one hypothesis is the Solomonic solution: Manzur will vote against but Sandra Mendoza could go for the negative.

Jaldo quickly, perhaps to feel less alone, went out to support Jalil. “These are times to leave personal and political differences to help move the country forward,” he expressed on his social network X.

Operation Seduction from La Rosada

“In our political space we have to make a self-criticism after the national administration. Alberto helped us a lot, but we have lost an election. Society expects us to accompany the Government in some things and we believe that if it does well, it will also do well. well to Catamarca,” he stated Jalil.

The governor is interested in the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) incorporated into the Base Law for projects linked to lithium to advance. According to Jalil’s speech at the opening of sessions, mining “generates almost 7,000 direct and indirect jobs at the local level, which contribute to the growth of a wage bill of almost $9,000 million per month in activities such as construction, gastronomy, security, logistics, transportation and mining services”.

Francos, meanwhile, needs UP’s votes in the Senate not to be 33, so that this block is further away from the 37 that Peronism requires to block any initiative. In addition to Catamarcathe Minister of the Interior points to Santiago del Estero. Gerardo Zamora, from the Santiago Civic Front, despite the low profile that he cultivated during this time, seems less permeable, judging by the vote in Deputies. “Zamora is a governor who manages his province with the same arguments that Javier Milei raises for the country. He has it organized, he has zero deficit, he is very careful with his numbers,” Francos said in statements to the press.

The others pointed out by the Government are the provincialisms of Misiones, Santa Cruz, Río Negro and Neuquén. In each case, there are specific demands. Sitting them at their own table will now depend on Francos’ political waist, Luis Caputo’s wallet and Milei’s humor.