The Senate held a discussed Parliamentary Labor meeting this afternoon to shape the debate in the Chamber of the Bases law and the fiscal package, which will begin on Wednesday, from 10: Each initiative will be discussed separately, so an extensive session is expected that would almost certainly continue the next day..
As reported to Infobae a couple of legislators who participated in the meeting, held in the office of the vice president and head of the upper house, Victoria Villarruel, there will be 10 speakers per interblock for the Bases law, who will have 10 minutes each. To this must be added the reporting members, with 20 minutes, along with the closings for the heads of groups, with the same amount of time.
Meanwhile, for the fiscal package, five speakers were proposed per interblock, with 10 minutes for each speaker, in addition to the reporting members and holders of the benches, with 20 minutes. For the particular votes on each initiative, the agreement is that voting is done by chapters – titles were discarded, which was more general – and in some articles, it will be done separately.
In the case of the reporting members, the Bases law will have as defender of the majority opinion the provisional president of the Senate and head of the General Legislation commission of the upper house, the libertarian Bartolome Abdala (San Luis), who at night would be in charge of the session due to the trip to Europe Javier Milei, which will lead Villarruel to command the Executive. Meanwhile, for the minority office he will do it Martin Lousteausince it was the only one to present an alternative text.
Regarding the fiscal package, the leader of La Libertad Avanza, Ezequiel Atauche, will defend the majority opinion as the president of the Budget and Finance commission. Although it is expected that the times will be respected, both reporting members and block leaders would have an incentive if they needed a few extra minutes. Lousteau will be in the minority office.
What has not yet been defined, facing the special session the day after tomorrow, is the possibility of activating an intermediate room between law and law, something that was not ruled out tonight at the end of the Parliamentary Labor meeting. For the ruling party, not debating both initiatives together means a step backwards, because every hour that the meeting extends will result in a magnifying glass on legislators to maintain the quorum before the votes, a situation that is always delicate when it comes to the mischief.
For the Bases law, it is estimated, if the supposed interest of legislators to speak is considered, between five and seven hours before the general definition of the project. Then will come the particular treatment, where senators could propose modifications to the majority opinion pushed by the ruling party and a dialogueist opposition that, at times, seems to be tied with wires. The text in question has 10 titles and 31 chapters. If the eventual separations of articles are added, there will be around 40 votes on this topic..
The fiscal package represents a different level of complexity, with eight titles and 16 chapters, which will increase the hours of treatment. Hence the importance of the extension of the session and the quorum, with negotiations that will continue even in the venue.
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