The half sanction to the Base Law in the Chamber of Deputies was held with restraint in the government of Javier Milei. However, in the Casa Rosada they are optimistic about what could happen in the Senate. Although the scenario is announced to be even, they believe that they have chance to change the vote of six senatorsa figure sufficient to achieve approval of the text.
In the Upper House, Union for the Homeland adds 33 senators, which leaves them only 4 votes away from having numbers to reject the project. Therefore, the Government approaches the smaller blockswho respond to the governors, and negotiate economic agreements with the provinces.
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The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, plays a key role in the negotiations with the provincial leaders and expressed confidence that the Bases Law “will be approved as is” in the Senate. “We have faith in each other,” he said in dialogue with Miter radio and added that there was “a lot of interest” from the governors, “except for those who are very ideologized.”
“We are talking with all the governors and we hope that there are no changes to the law in the Senate,” said Francos, although from the Casa Rosada They foresee strong resistance to the restitution of the fourth category of the Income tax. “The law is important for the provinces, not only because of the fiscal issue, but because there are a series of regulations that promote investments,” he said.
At Balcarce 50 They offered governors to reactivate some national public works projects that were left without financing after Milei took over. This is the case of some northern leaders such as Gerardo Zamora (Santiago del Estero), Raúl Jalil (Catamarca), Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán) and Hugo Passalacqua (Misiones).
The Government will seek to replicate the success of the Bases Law in the Senate. (Photo: Télam)
The Executive also builds bridges with the Patagonian governors. Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz), Alberto Weretilneck (Río Negro), Rolando Figueroa (Neuquén) and Ignacio Torres (Chubut). This Friday the Secretary of Energy, Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo, signed an agreement with Torres and Figueroa for the completion of Patagonian Cordilleran Gas Pipeline, which includes the incorporation of three compression plants in the towns of Gobernador Costa and Río Senguer. The fact: the work will be financed and the plants will be installed with own funds of each of the provinces involved.
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The Executive prepares for a possible fall in the fiscal package and so will seek to address the Bases Law firstso that its sanction is not conditioned by the obstacles in tobacco and Profits.
In the event that any of the projects – they are two different opinions – receive modifications, will return to Deputies for the House to analyze and vote on the Senate proposal.
