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After more than 12 hours of debate on a tense day marked by uncertainty, the Government obtained approval of the Base Law after the vote of Victoria Villarruelwho had to cast his vote after a 36-36 tie occurred. Although the vote had to be repeated twice, as established by the regulations, there were no changes in the result and the head of the Senate had to express herself and define.
“As the vote was once again tied, “I proceed to break the tie,” said Javier Milei’s second before voting and beginning her argument on the matter.
In his message, Villarruel referred to the clashes that occurred in the vicinity of Congress during the debate on the initiative and said that this Wednesday there were “two Argentines, one violent, that sets a car on fire, that throws stones and that debates the exercise of democracy, and another Argentina, that of the workers who are waiting with deep pain and sacrifice for the vote that in November of last year elected a change, that elected that in Argentina a situation that was perpetuated in pain for many years would really be shuffled, given again and changed.
“For those Argentines who suffer, who wait, who do not want to see their children, I will leave the country, for those Argentines who deserve to recover the pride of being Argentine and thinking of everything for Argentina, my vote is positive,” he expressed.
In the vicinity of a Congress surrounded by police fences and in which artificial smog prevailed for several hours due to the dispersion of tear gas, the security forces had played a leading role during the afternoon serious confrontations with protesters from Kirchnerist unions and left-wing parties, who mobilized in rejection of the initiatives promoted by the Executive Branch.
The legislative marathon will last well into the early hours of this Thursday, since The debate on “palliative and relevant fiscal measures” is also planned. once the project of the Bases Law is approved in particular and thus manages to return for a second review to the Chamber of Deputies.
The vice president’s vote was once again decisive in the first vote in particular so that the Government could sustain the delegated powers, contemplated in the first article of the project. After tying at 35 votes, Villarruel broke the tie again. He smiled broadly when the board, for the second time that night, indicated that his intervention would be vital to tip the balance in favor of the Executive Branch.
THE NATION
