Within hours of the Parliamentary Labor meeting called with all the block heads and in the midst of the escalation of tension with the governors, the UCR came out to clarify that
its 34 legislators will provide a quorum and vote in favor of the omnibus law in general
in the session called by the ruling party for this Wednesday.
However, they demand a reasonable session:
"Roman circuses, no."
It was announced by its block chief,
Rodrigo De Loredo
, through the networks, after a block meeting that lasted
more than three hours.
"From all radicalism we will provide a quorum to enable the parliamentary debate on the omnibus law tomorrow and we will generally support the Law.
We understand the responsibility of the time and the emergencies of the country
," he stated.
In an extensive meeting of our bloc, we announced that from all radicalism we will provide a quorum to enable the parliamentary debate on the omnibus law tomorrow and we will generally support the Law. We understand the responsibility of the time and the emergencies of the country.
We have…
— Rodrigo de Loredo (@rodrigodeloredo) January 30, 2024
However, the support in general does not remove
criticism of the ruling party's actions
and does not close the debate on
particular articles, such as privatization, where the discussion is still open.
"We have worked from the beginning, we did it cooperatively, with sensible and balanced positions. We demand a reasonable session in its procedures.
Roman circuses, no
," declared De Loredo.
Accompaniment with criticism
To clarify his position, in the midst of the strong disagreements with Javier Milei, who among other things treated them as "coimeros" and "useful idiots", De Loredo concluded: "We will give the tools so that a government that has just started can carry forward its management plan.
Despite the disorganization with which the Executive faced the treatment, the grievances expressed,
we are not guided by personal issues, nor by support for people. We defend ideas and the interest of the country."
In this way,
radicalism is unified after the new changes accepted by the ruling party and the divisions that existed at the time of signing the ruling.
At that time there were 8 radicals who signed the ruling party's text, although in dissent, while another 8 - associated with
Facundo Manes
, but also within the Evolution sector led by
Martín Lousteau
- did not support any ruling.
"Neither in form nor in substance," Manes had tweeted and there were doubts about how that position would translate into the vote and how many it would attract.
There was speculation of at least a dozen.
The advanced and public positioning of the UCR also responds to the threats of La Libertad Avanza.
As a result of the latest talks with delegates of the Executive, the dialogue groups
do not rule out that the Government itself will bring down the session
if they do not agree on particular articles
and want to blame them for that
.
In this way, radicalism says in advance that they are willing to vote in favor.
In particular, there remain specific dissidences.
In the case of privatizations, for example, an agreement has not yet been reached on the role of Congress in endorsing privatizations.
Although YPF and other companies were removed from the original list of 41 companies, legislators are not willing to make the decision available to a single signature of the president or the endorsement of only a bicameral Parliament.
There are also dissidences on issues of Security, Environment, Cold Zones and Fishing.