To the doubt generated by the position of Lousteau and White Added to this is the position of the senators of Santa Cruz, José María Carambia and Natalia Gadano. Both respond directly to Governor Claudio Vidal, who already showed his teeth to the Executive in March, during the vote on the Decree of Necessity and Urgency 70/2023.
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For their part, the missionaries Carlos Arce and Sonia Rojas Decut, than belonging to Renewal Front of Social Concord, will also have a predominant role. The governor of Misiones, Hugo Passalacqua, He gave a nod to the Casa Rosada and called to “not get in the way of the Government”.
Meanwhile, those of Federal Unit (non-Kirchnerist Peronism) have not yet expressed or hinted at their positions for general voting. Is about Edgardo Kueider (Currents) and Carlos Espinola (Between rivers). The block also includes Alejandra Vigo (Córdoba) who would lean towards the affirmative.
On the other hand, the block Federal Exchange, which is made up of the senators Andrea Cristina and Edith Terenzi (both from Chubut) and the senator Juan Carlos Romero (Jumps). Of these three beans (in the general vote), two would accompany the ruling party: Cristina and Romero. Terenzi, in doubt. She was one of those who bowed to the rejection of the DNU.
In this context, there are Neuquén Community uniblocksIn representation of Lucila Crexell (Neuquén); Together Río Negro with Monica Silva (Black River) and For Social Justice with Beatriz Avila (Tucumán). Of the three votes, The Executive would find general support from Silva and Ávila.
So poreoting, for The general vote in favor of the Government would leave 29 seats almost assured: Federal Exchange (2); PRO (6); Together We Are Río Negro (1); Freedom Advances (7); For Social Justice (1); Federal Unit (1); UCR (11). There are 10 votes that are still up in the air and for which the Executive must negotiate to counteract the 33 of Kirchnerism.
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Bases Law and fiscal package: optimism in the ruling party, despite the massive rejection of UP
Francisco Paoltroni, one of the leaders of La Libertad Avanza in the Senate, raised the possibility of reaching the May Pact with the approval of the Bases law and the fiscal package. Although the ruling bloc has only 7 senators in its caucus, the addition of allies opens prospects for a close vote.
“I am very optimistic, common sense should approve it. On Thursday, May 17, the Base Law and the fiscal package could become law. I believe in the support of the governors,” Paoltroni said in an interview on Radio Metro this Friday, and noted that they can receive support from Justicialism legislators: “The Kirchnerist has nothing to do with the classic Peronist.”
On the other side of the ruling party, the head of the Union for the Homeland, José Mayans, He assured that all the senators who make up the space will vote against the president’s project Javier Milei: “The 33 UP senators are going to vote against.”
The legislator assured in statements with Radio 10 that the 33 senators of Unión por la Patria will vote against the Bases Law, because “We vote in accordance with the National Constitution on article 29, where we cannot cede prorogatives to the Executive Branch”.
Furthermore, in contrast to what happened in Deputies last week, Mayans assured that UP will offer treatment of the law article by article. “Here You have to work topic by topic, you don’t have to wash your hands. All this comes from a law, well what do they want to do with each of the state companies? Here they wash their hands and give broad powers to do whatever they want, that’s not the case,” he said.
