The article on retirements of the Omnibus Law is one step away from falling.
Although there were changes to Javier Milei's original idea - which directly eliminated the mobility formula and proposed increases by decree -
there is no agreement
.
The dialogue opposition explored the possibility of
modifying the text on the premises, but new complications arose and the Government announced that it would also veto it.
In the original project, Javier Milei eliminated the current mobility formula and proposed increases by decree.
The opposition rejected it outright and proposed a
monthly update for inflation
.
The government accepted it but established that this calculation will begin to apply for updates starting in April.
The opposition claims that in this way retirees are harmed because
they leave out the months of highest inflation
and anticipates that if the government does not give in they will vote against the article.
"We do not support the article as it stands. It does not contemplate the month of January, which can represent 30% of retirees' salaries," they stated from the radicalism, which has 34 deputies.
With how tight the numbers are for the ruling party, with the fact that a single entire bench of the dialogueists does not support it, they are already left without numbers.
But the UCR is not the only block against it.
"
We are not going to accompany those measures that we consider harm retirees,
who now need a monthly recomposition to avoid losing to inflation," reported from the bench of We Make the Federal Coalition, led by Miguel Ángel Pichetto and bringing together 23 other legislators. .
Specialists on the subject agree that the current formula is bad for retirees in a high inflation context and is more beneficial in the case of low inflation.
But the Government, which is betting that from April prices will begin to fall, or at least not rise as much,
refuses to advance the CPI adjustment.
Among these groups, the idea then arose of retouching that point, with a simple change in the wording of the article, at the time of the vote in the room.
But without an agreement with La Libertad Avanza, they need the endorsement of the deputies of the Frente de Todos.
There were delegates who were in charge of building bridges and exploring the possibility.
In the bench led by
Germán Martínez
they assure that they will vote against everything and that they will not advance any strategy.
"If we do it, they use us to later negotiate with the Government," they complain.
Although they recognize that retirement is a sensitive issue that is not foreign to them.
However, in blocs like the UCR, the mere idea of joining Kirchnerism for a vote is
impossible for them to raise officially.
Furthermore, it would be an inappropriate political cost because the Government has
already told them that if they modify that article, Milei is willing to veto it.
The other items "in red"
Retirements are not the only point that is hanging by a thread.
At the moment, as the negotiations are going,
the article on withholdings would not pass in the chamber either.
Although the Government reversed course and left them at 0% for regional economies, there were still increases in industrialized economies and increased soy by-products, such as flour and oil, from 31% to 33%.
"The ball is with the Executive. We hope that there is reflection. We are not willing for the adjustment to go through retirees or for withholdings to increase, putting our paw on the necks of those who produce. We have brought multiple alternatives so that they can compensate it in another way,"
Soledad Carrizo, deputy and parliamentary secretary of the radical bloc, assured
Clarín .
The article on the Sustainability Guarantee Fund
also does not have an auspicious future in the venue ,
where the agreement that seemed to have been reached was not reflected in the opinion signed this week and there is no commitment from the Executive to comply with it.
"(Guillermo) Francos made a commitment and then there was a retreat," said a parliamentary source familiar with the negotiations.
The articles on biofuels and fishing also remain complicated according to the agreement.
Although there seemed to be progress, it was not reflected in the final ruling.