After one of the semesters of greatest parliamentary activity of the decade, the legislators of La Libertad Avanza in the National Congress They can find themselves in June with a triumph that guarantees their duty fulfilled: the Law Basesthe regulatory support of the Javier Milei’s economic plan, which presses with the veto resource. Backed by the agreements of the Executive, libertarian deputies and senators begin to empower their direction and are encouraged to take their own initiatives.
Financial management already has owners and they are the ones who offer the cards that Guillermo Francos puts on the table to negotiate, which in the last month included the food distribution and the reopening of public works in allied provinces. Villarruel and Menem, presidents of both chambers, contribute with their own styles and voracity of influence. The fluidity of this gear was reflected in both votes on the Basis law: comfortable majority in Deputies and surgical strategy in the Senatewhere the Santacruceños were convinced to leave the premises and a group of Peronists agreed to vote in favor in exchange for management positions.
“It is valid to sit down and agree. I don’t like to label someone that they bought it,” he analyzed. Oscar Zago for radio Splendid and explained the learning that the Government had after withdrawing the omnibus law in January: more than valid, it was necessary to “sit down and agree.” Internal discipline is also a consensus within the libertarian parliament, which reaches Zago himself and other deputies with a certain weight of their own (Píparo, Pagan) so that they do not shake off the tensions despite having suffered them. The low profile of the very large percentage of legislators is a registered trademark of the ruling party, contrasting with the presidential eccentricity and his closest environment.
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Senators from La Libertad Avanza celebrate the sanction of the Bases law.
Photo: Mariano Fuchila.
Precisely, that moderation and vertical ordering establishes the libertarian management model in Congress: instead of persuading the committees to hold the majority opinion, consensus is reached in parallel offices that are then replicated with organic votes without fissures in the chamber. However, the gradual maturity that the members of the bloc are acquiring together with the knowledge of legislative technique opens a door for construction of own initiatives.
The second semester of the Libertarian Congress
“With this law we already have the bases and we have to let things flow. “Let the economy itself and the productive apparatus begin to drive the growth of the country so that the results of the articles can be seen,” the senator points out to this medium. Francisco Paoltroni. The Law Bases It would already have a date for treatment in committees (June 26) and voting in Deputies (June 27th), but its approval requires agreements that Guillermo Francos is promoting after calling the House block heads goes down this week.
There is no certainty of the changes that the project could continue to undergo (Income tax, RIGI and Personal Assets) and even the possible judicial effects that each reform would imply, but in La Libertad Avanza they already long for a new horizon: “We will give progress to the new projects that are being proposed in space,” said the legislator. Beltran Benedict for Ámbito, who expressed enthusiasm for enabling laws that are projected for production. Since the economic helm is in the Executive, the priority is social changes. “We seek to do the complete opposite of what the previous government did“Benedict himself pointed out in commissions, but in addition to opposition there is a proposal from a conviction that has relevance in public discourse.
Senator Paoltroni pointed to his project South American railway integrationDeputy Marquez listed penal reforms (Anti-Mafias law, regularization of weapons possession, expansion of the Genetic Data Bank). Furthermore, personalities begin to distinguish themselves: for example, the Buenos Aires native Sanctuary personifies libertarian values and stridency while the Puntano D’Alessandro reached agreements on the Restored Asset project. The majority -and in a way indexed to the official narrative- he feels more comfortable in provocation than in caution.
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Deputies of La Libertad Avanza with Javier Milei.
In the short term, two legislative warnings appear for the ruling party. The first is the reformulation of the role of Omar de Marchi, important negotiator from the Secretariat of Parliamentary Relations that would be dissolved if the Bases law is approved. The other is the potential change of position of the PRO, which offered it greater scope in both chambers: from 7 to 14 members in the Senate and from 38 to 75 in Deputies. “Even the Bases law has our support, then we will have our own positions,” they point out from the leadership of the party created by Mauricio Macri, whose objective is the same as that of La Libertad Avanza: a victory in 2025.
“For other profound reforms that the country needs, we will surely have to wait for another composition of Congress., which will arrive with the renewal starting December 10 of next year. If you have economic recovery, the people will reward,” considers Paoltroni. The ruling party is already on the move, with Karina Milei promoting the party Freedom Advances in Buenos Aires territory and Patricia Bullrich building organic alliances between a sector of the PRO and the libertarianism with higher caste pedigree. The plan exists. The economy and popular support will end up shaping it.
