Mauricio Macri
gave strong support to the Omnibus Law promoted by Javier Milei and sent
a message to the deputies
who will vote this afternoon to define whether the norm is approved in general.
The former
president
stated
on
his
"It is difficult to see the images of Congress and not think about the 14 tons of stones with which they attacked us in 2017. Please, we cannot fall into the same trap again, where the violent prevail and prevent force from vote. Today is the day. More than ever it will be clear to Argentines who are the false “pro-change” ones who seek to maintain their privileges and who seriously want to change," he posted.
The president's words come after days of intense negotiations between the ruling party and the dialogue-oriented sectors of the opposition, to iron out the acrimony that arose over some articles of the mega project.
A month and a half after the proposal was presented, the President not only saw the fiscal chapter, key to his program, fall, but also yesterday he saw the extraordinary powers cut as emergencies were reduced and he could even see his attempt to advance in a deep privatization process, another of the points of its policy to advance the deregulation of the economy.
On Wednesday afternoon, Mauricio Macri had already spoken in favor of the half-sanction of the omnibus law that Javier Milei sent to Congress and did not show any fissures with the libertarian's rhetorical line.
They don't fool us anymore.
It is difficult to see the images of Congress and not think about the 14 tons of stones with which they attacked us in 2017. Please, we cannot fall into the same trap again, where the violent prevail and forcibly prevent voting .
Today is the day.
Further…
— Mauricio Macri (@mauriciomacri) February 2, 2024
“Today is a very important day because a fundamental law is going to be voted on to begin a change in Argentina.
That is why I support the law presented by the government.
At the same time, today we will be able to see two groups in action: those who insist on maintaining their privileges by seeking to hinder the government and those determined to move towards change," the former president wrote two days ago on X (ex Twitter). .
Meanwhile, the reference to the 14 tons of stones has to do with the incidents that occurred in December 2017, during his presidency, when Congress discussed the reform to the retirement calculation system proposed by the Macri government.
On December 14, 2017, the incidents left more than 160 injured - most of the City police - due to stone throwing.
The Chamber of Deputies suspended the debate that resumed on the 18th but this time the security operation was led by the national Gendarmerie that reported to Patricia Bullrich and there were incidents again.