He Senate made this afternoon meeting of the Parliamentary Labor committee to shape the debate on the premises of the Base Law and the tax package. The session, which will begin on Wednesday at 10, will be a “marathon” meeting. Here we tell you the details of what was agreed.
Each initiative will be discussed separately, so an extensive session is expected that would almost certainly continue the next day..
According to a couple of legislators who participated in the meeting, held in the office of the vice president and head of the Upper House, Victoria Villarruelthere will be 10 speakers per interblock for the Bases Law, which will have 10 minutes each.
To this must be added the reporting members, with 20 minutesalong with the closures for block leaders.
Meanwhile, for the fiscal package it was proposed five speakerswith 10 minutes for each speaker, in addition to the reporting members and holders of the benches.
For the particular votes on each initiative, the agreement is that vote by chapter —titles were discarded, which was more general—and In some items, it will be done separately.
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.
Bases Law and fiscal package: who will be the reporting members
In the case of the reporting members, the Base 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 (Saint Louis). Meanwhile, for the minority office it will Martin Lousteausince it was the only one to present an alternative text.
As stipulated, Abdala would stay the night in charge of the session due to his trip to Europe. Javier Milei. By regulation, and being in charge of the Executive at that time, Villarruel will not be able to conclude the match.
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.
Bases Law and fiscal package: will there be an intermediate room?
What has not yet been defined, in view of the special session the day after tomorrow, is the possibility of activating an intermediate room between projectssomething that they did not rule 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 lead to a magnifying glass on legislators to maintain the quorum before the votesan always delicate situation when it comes to mischief.
With information from Infobae
