In the hours before the start of the debate of the Bases law and the fiscal package in the Senatethe vice president Victoria Villarruel headed the parliamentary work meeting with block heads to plan the special session that will take place on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to discuss official initiatives.
In that sense, a long day is expected, since it was agreed that there would be ten speakers per interblock for Bases and five for the tax section, with ten minutes per speaker. To this will be added reporting members and closures for block heads. Thus, the session is expected to last until Thursday.
After 6 p.m., the leaders of each block meet met in Villarruel’s office with the aim of defining the voting modality of both the Bases law as well as the fiscal package, which has already achieved half-sanction in Deputies. In parallel, negotiations continue, since although the Government is confident of having the votes secured for approval in general, doubts persist in other sectors. “He has nothing left over”, they said in the dialogue opposition. This fact led the governors of Together for Change to issue a document supporting the Government project, although some of them signed it “with discomfort”, as stated from one province to another. Ambit.
After long negotiations in committee, finally both initiatives They will be treated at the facility this Wednesday starting at 10 in the morningin a session that is expected to last until Thursday, perhaps with an intermediate room between Bases and the fiscal package.
“The climate was combative,” they expressed from the Senateregarding the way in which the meeting was developed in Villarruel’s office, which began just after 6 p.m. and ended around 8 p.m. Although they highlighted that Peronism agreed with the proposed modality.
Likewise, to shorten the day, There will be a particular vote per chapter, except in some specific cases where there will be a vote by article.
The session will be chaired by the Senator Bartolomé Abdala, since Villarruel will be assuming the duties of head of the Executive due to Milei’s trip to Europe to participate in the G7 meeting in Italy. Abdala will be the informant of the ruling party’s opinion and may also have a double vote if a tie scenario occurs. While, Martin Lousteau He presented his own opinion that puts pressure on the ruling party’s project, and will also be an informant for that minority opinion.
“Times: twenty (20) minutes per interblock, ten (10) minutes per speaker and twenty (20) minutes per closing (with the exception of Senator Mayans). As far as possible, the number of speakers will be 20 Senators for each OD, ten (10) corresponding to the interblock of the Frente de Todos and ten (10) to the rest of the political blocks,” states the minutes of the meeting.
“In particular: five (5) minutes for the person making the proposal and ten (10) for the informants. OD 37/24 will be voted on by Chapter just like OD 38/24. It is agreed not to ask privileged questions or tributes.”add the text.
The Government is confident that it has the necessary votes to approve both projects in general, although there is less expectation in the vote by articles. Privatizations, delegated powers and the Large Investment Incentive Regime (RIGI) These are some of the points that have the most objections from different blocks.
It is worth noting that the project must return to Deputies with the changes proposed by the Senate. There, another movie will be made, since the opposition distrusts the Governmentwhich could insist on the original project, but at the same time the ruling party distrusts the deputies, who last week achieved an overwhelming opposition majority on the verge of two-thirds to promote an update in retirements.
What are the most resisted articles of the Bases law?
One of the most controversial points of the official initiative is that of Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI). In the Senate they point out that there is a contradiction between what the Casa Rosada proposes and what the text of the law says.
In another lane complex march Profits. The 22% exemption for Patagonians does not yet guarantee the en bloc vote of southern senators. Provincial representatives of the region warned NA that they would not vote Profits under any alternative that the Government could present. As for the delegated powersthere are still certain questions about its wording.
Privatizations are another of the complicated points and it is a flag that the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francosdid not want to give in: exclusion of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
Being within a package of companies subject to privatization, The negative will for its eventual sale could bring down the entire chapter. A group of provincial representatives proposed removing it and voting on it separately. However, the Government did not accept. This decision could be reversed.
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