After three days of debate, the Chamber of Deputies
finally approved
the revised Omnibus Law in general –
363 of the 644 articles remained in place
– but the most cumbersome thing is still missing: the debate on the articles in particular, which will only begin next Tuesday. .
During the weekend the Government needs
to polish the negotiations
, especially with governors, to avoid suffering key defeats on the premises.
The Casa Rosada celebrated through a statement in which - after the repeated grievances against the legislators, whom Javier Milei himself treated as "coimeros" and "useful idiots" - it praised the block heads.
"Despite our differences, they have contributed to the law moving forward
," the message states and adds for Tuesday: "We hope to have the same greatness on the day of the vote on the law in particular."
The President only tweeted an image of the voting board with his slogan:
"Long live fucking freedom."
The text was approved by
144 votes in favor
of the La Libertad Avanza blocs and allies;
pro;
We make the Federal Coalition –by Miguel Ángel Pichetto-;
Federal Innovation – which responds to the governors of Salta, Río Negro, Misiones, Neuquén-, a man from Santa Cruz and the three Tucumans of the Peronist president
Osvaldo Jaldo
, who broke with Unión por la Patria at the time of the signing of the ruling.
Against it there were 109 rejections of Kircherism and the Left.
But also the radical declared in rebellion,
Facundo Manes
and his side
Pablo Juliano
;
of the two socialists from Santa Fe;
of
Margarita Stolbizer,
the wayward Córdoba
Natalia de la Sota
, and another Santa Cruz native.
Martín Menem, in the treatment of the project.
Photo: Federico López Claro.
The start of the third day of debate was not free of controversies unrelated to the project.
Legislator
Victoria Tolosa Paz
(UP) denounced her peers from La Libertad Avanza,
María Celeste Ponce
and
Lilia Lemoine
, for retweeting a video where she is seen running under the title
“they are going to run left-handed.”
"I didn't say that you were going to run, I said that you were in good physical condition. Likewise, you should have been here, debating," replied Lemoine, who also accused the legislators of the Left and Kirchnerism of "organizing" the incidents in the street. .
“You Kirchnerists are not Peronists either... because Perón was not with the terrorists...And you are not from the right either, you are from the left,” he shot.
As in the previous days, the formal and public debate
was the screen for the private negotiations
that took place in the office of the president of the Chamber,
Martín Menem
, where the Minister of the Interior
Guillermo Francos
also arrived in a hurry .
The discussion remains open regarding the chapter on privatizations and delegated powers.
But the threat that, driven by the Cordobans of the We Make Federal Coalition, puts the ruling party in trouble has to do with the demand for the co-participation of the Country Tax.
It was the issue that opened the crack last Monday after Francos' meeting with the governors at the CFI and the legislators condition their support for articles on the Executive's commitment to unblocking that issue.
"It is an important step to vote in general due to the magnitude of it and logically that Emergency and Delegated Powers is one of the central points of the law that we are going to ratify," said Miguel Angel Pichetto, who commands the bloc of 23 legislators We Make Coalition Federal, where the most differences exist.
And he added in a chicane to Kirchnerism: "Let's not tear our clothes for voting for emergencies and delegations when you voted for it before leaving for the Christmas party. They did the same with the governor of the province of Buenos Aires (Axel Kicillof) and no one said nothing with the 200% increase in the ARBA.”
The radical Karina Banfi expressed herself along a similar line: "Where were they when in 2019, Alberto Fernández, with the votes of Kirchnerism, obtained nine emergencies and renewed them automatically? I didn't see
a tantrum.
With quarantine and locking us all up."
Máximo Kirchner, for his part, took aim at the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo and stated: “They want to do anything, if we are going to talk about fiscal responsibility, I am going to read you something that the newspaper La Nación published that says 'historical problem: the Argentina had only six years of fiscal surplus.'
When did they happen?
When Peronism ruled, not the liberals.
That's the truth." CFK's son also described the omnibus law as a "momentum."
Máximo Kirchner speaks at the session of Deputies for the Omnibus Law.
Photo Capture.
As soon as he finished, the libertarian from Salta, Emilia Orozco, answered the word: "It is my first speech in this room. I never imagined that the first words I was going to say were 'I feel ashamed of others'. I have worked hard to get to this bench, because I understand that from here the true transformation is made."
"And I'm not anyone's daughter, I come from very low
," she said to deepen her criticism.
"And you know what? On behalf of this entire facility... Come back, please. No, he's allergic to working."
And he continued:
"They had to endure a very poor speech from the heir to the maximum corruption in this country."
The head of the libertarian bloc staunchly defended Javier Milei and shot Alberto Fernández.
"It has been 50 days since the President took office and he has found himself with 1000% inflation and they worry if gasoline increases 30%, with 1000% they left us in four years while their president is sailing around Spain with the money that was he worked hard," he said.
Treatment continues on Tuesday
The discussion will continue on Tuesday.
The truth is that the first debate of a law by the Milei government is on its way to breaking records.
Although there were long sessions, there is no record of so many intermediate quarters and with so many days in between.
By Tuesday, when the session resumes,
it will be six days
since the law began to be debated.
UxP deputies.
Photo Federico López Claro.
The parliamentary specialist
José Angel Di Mauro
points out as the most similar precedent a session from 2001, during the government of Antonio De La Rúa, when the session began on November 27 and ended on November 29, although with shorter days and the discussion of different laws, not just one, as in this case.