The Chamber of Deputies debated yesterday afternoon, article by article, the omnibus law. After the marathon day of more than 30 hours that had led to the approval of the opinion in its general terms, a tense debate followed on the specific points. But, a series of rejections of various key sections for the ruling party caused the deputies of Freedom Advances They will request to return the project to committees.
During the recess, the head of the Chamber of Deputies, Martin Menemhe summoned to his office Oscar Zagotogether with the block presidents of the PRO, Cristian Ritondoof the UCR, Rodrigo de Loredo, and of We make Federal Change, Miguel Pichetto, leaving the representative of Union for the Homeland, Germán Martínez. At that moment, the ruling party and the “dialogue” opposition blocs decided to end the debate and send the project back to the commissions.
According to parliamentary specialists, it is the first time in the history of the Lower House that a text approved in general returns to a clean slate. The head of the LLA Deputies block, Oscar Zago, considered that “it is neither a defeat nor a step back” but rather “it is a return to committee to continue dealing with it.” However, the head of the Executive branch exploded on his X account and targeted “the caste.”
“Last night the caste celebrated… Today the good Argentines suffer the negative effects of their excesses and passion for living off of others… they are very similar to the beasts who celebrated the default in 2001/2… The Bases Law got the better of them “mask the criminals who ruin the Country,” posted the President of the Nation, Javier Milei, on his X account.
Accompanying his post, the libertarian leader pointed out the new national bond market indicators, which had a notable drop. Reposting a picture shared by the journalist Julian Yusovitchwhich describes how bond prices and a series of premises fell, the president highlighted the consequences of the failed parliamentary exercise.
“The debt falls to 1.7% at the opening. The Government must move quickly to give a new sign of confidence to revive expectations. The Government should not enter into battles that it will lose by not having the numbers in Congress. The Government must limit the impact, if not, the risks of a run and nominal acceleration are just around the corner,” explained the Cronista journalist.
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