This Tuesday, the Senate will begin to debate in committees the omnibus law, approved last week in Deputies with the support of all sides of the non-Peronist opposition. Despite the heterogeneous framework of agreements closed by the minister Guillermo Francosaccording to the survey carried out by Letter p, there are ten undecided, whose votes will be key. Who are they, what is their political DNA, to whom do these figures in Congress respond?
As explained Letter p, the chance that the initiatives will be corrected opened the game among the undecided and the outlook is uncertain. The Government, meanwhile, needs to guarantee at least six undecided voters for the general vote and for each of the chapters. Before, he needs to add allies this week to rule. Otherwise, the sanction of the laws that calls for Javier Milei to sign the May pact is at risk.
Maximiliano Abad. The president of the Buenos Aires committee of the UCR already distanced himself from his block in the DNU 70/23 vote, when he decided to abstain. In charge of containing the province’s mayors, last week he asked the party’s five governors to explain their agreement with Milei to approve the text as it came from Deputies. In the meantime, he will keep his vote a secret.
Martin Lousteau. In the Casa Rosada they count it as the only negative vote for radicalism, although in Deputies the Evolution group collaborated more than expected. This predisposition would be due to the negotiation between the vice-rector of the UBA, Emiliano Yacobitti, and the secretary of University policies, Alejandro Alvarez. The economist tries to keep his distance from that thread.
Pablo Blanco. He is one of the most critical radicals of libertarian management. He was close to the former governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Moraleslike his co-religionist from Pampa, Daniel Kroneberger. It will wait for treatment in committees to take a position.
Larretistas and outsiders
Guadalupe Tagliaferri. The PRO senator is the figure closest to Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and is not willing to be an ally of the Government like her party. She requested a special session with Lousteau for the university budget and did not define whether the omnibus law. First, he wants to listen to the officials.
Carlos Espinola. The one from Corrientes is part of the Unidad Federal block, with the one from Entre Ríos Edgardo Kueider and the Cordoban Alejandra Vigowife of former governor Juan Schiaretti. The Government did not add him to the negotiations, despite the fact that his vote is key. His term expires in 2027 and he has no boss.
Eduardo Kueider. The man from Entre Ríos took office in 2019 at the hands of the then governor Gustavo Bordet and, without Peronism in his province, he remained as outsideralthough the governor Rogelio Frigerio (PRO) usually talks to him often. He chairs the Constitutional Affairs commission, one of which will coordinate the plenary session that will discuss the omnibus law. He anticipated that he wants to review core issues, such as the delegation of powers and labor reform. He is interested in delaying treatment for several weeks.
Provincial parties
Lucila Crexell. Senator since 2013, the woman from Neuquén achieved re-election in 2019 representing Together for Change and this year she closed an agreement with the governor Rolando Figueroa, who agreed with the Government on part of the energy and gas reform of the omnibus law. The legislator did not anticipate whether that will force her to vote in favor.
Sergio Uñac. In Unión por la Patria they do not doubt his vote against the omnibus law in general, but the former governor suffers pressure from the mining companies in his province, benefiting from the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI). In Deputies, the San Juan residents of UP voted in favor of that chapter. Maybe he’ll abstain.
José María Carambia. The Santacruceño is a partner of the governor of his province, Claudio Vidal, who agreed in Deputies on the text of the sale of shares of Yacimiento Carbonófilos Fiscales de Río Turbio (YCRT). It was a request from mayors and unions in the area. The senator, who voted against all the ruling party’s projects, did not anticipate his position, but was conditioned.
Natalia Gadano. The Santa Cruz senator took office in December, along with Carambia, as part of the agreement with Vidal. She comes from a local PRO sector and, like her bench colleague, she was conditioned by the YCRT agreement.
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