On Tuesday, the Senate of the Nation sent the final texts of the Bases law and the fiscal package to the Chamber of Deputies., both projects that were approved in general and in particular – with changes – last week in the Upper House. He could go down to the premises to be treated Thursday of next week.
In this way, the president of the lower house, Martín Menem, is now in a position to send the texts to the committees of Constitutional Affairs, Budget and Finance, and General Legislation.
Both bills underwent substantial modifications as they passed through the Senate. For example, the Bases law had significant cuts in the chapter referring to the Incentive Regime for Large Investments (Rigi).
At the same time, in privatizations the Government gave in with the exclusion of Aerolíneas Argentinas, Correo Argentina and RTA. He also had to cancel the entire pension chapter.
On the fiscal package side, the ruling party had important defeats as in the restitution of the fourth category of Income Tax and in the reduction of the Personal Property rate.
On Tuesday, representatives of the Casa Rosada met in Deputies with leaders of the different blocks aligned with the Government to insist on the privatization of Aerolíneas Argentinas, Correo and the public media of Radio Televisión Argentina (RTA). While they would accept the changes applied in the Senate to the chapter on the Rigi, according to Infobae.
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