Once again without Kirchnerism, Vice President
Victoria Villarruel
signed the formation of
18 commissions in the Senate
and is committed to establishing them expressly next week. The
Unión por la Patria (UP) bloc did not provide the names
of its members because it insists that proportionality is not correct and they threaten to obtain a majority to change the composition.
The resolution presents the names of the members of all the blocks, except UP, who have not yet sent the list of who will be their representatives in each one.
It is a form of protest against the conformation scheme
. Although
UP is the interblock with the most members (33)
, Villarruel agreed, as soon as he assumed it, with the UCR, the PRO and the federal blocks to form a
circumstantial majority of 39 members
precisely to distribute the places on the commissions and presidencies. .
In the commissions that have 19 members, they reserved 8 places for Kirchnerism and in those that have 17 senators they left them 7, so that in both cases they remain in the minority.
"
They still do not recognize proportionality so we will present it when we believe necessary
," said a senator from the Kirchnerist bench.
Threat to the facility
The interbloc led by José Mayans even threatens to build a sufficient majority in the chamber to vote again on the criteria for forming commissions and turn that reality around. For that they must wait for the first session, which still has no date nor is there an agenda on the door.
The majority (of 42) that was achieved to reject the DNU excites them. Although they do not count the PRO or the UCR, they are betting that the federal benches will turn in their favor.
UP needs four extra wills to get a majority of 37
.
However, all the benches participate in the official list of commissions and
are unlikely to break the pact with the ruling party sealed at the beginning of the year
that allowed it to have more places of representation and visibility.
In December Villarruel established
Constitutional Affairs, General Legislation, Budget, Agreements, Foreign Relations, Justice, and Administrative and Municipal Affairs
.
Now it made up
18 more
. That is,
all except Energy and Mining
, on which there is still no agreement on names, and the bicameral ones, which also generate debate and delays.
Next week there will be a marathon of express meetings to formally launch them
and appoint the authorities.
The PRO and the UCR prevail in the majority of the
commission presidencies. Although they have to be ratified,
Luis Juez
is emerging to command National Defense,
Alfredo De Angeli
that of Agriculture; and
Carolina Losada
in Homeland Security and Drug Trafficking.
La
Libertad Avanza
- which has only 7 senators - reserved the presidency of two commissions:
Industry and Commerce and Population and Human Development.
The activity is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday of next week, after the Easter long weekend and April 2. Starting Monday, the balconies of Congress will be illuminated in blue for Veteran's Day and those who fell in the Malvinas War.
Beyond the fact that she is going to participate in the official events with Javier Milei,
the vice president is also organizing her own activity in the Senate
for Wednesday.