In his first speech before Congress, Javier Milei announced at the opening of the regular session that he will send to Congress
a package of "anti-caste" laws, which will include everything from the elimination of privileged retirements to limitations for union members
and prohibitions on officials accused of corruption can run in national elections.
He also raised the intention of seeking an agreement with the governors and called on them to sign
an agreement on May 25 in Córdoba with a package of 10 measures
.
But, previously, the Chief of Staff,
Nicolás Posse
, together with the Ministers of Economy,
Luis Caputo
;
and of the Interior,
Guillermo Francos
, will convene the provincial leaders to celebrate "a mega agreement to sanction the Base Law and
a fiscal relief package for the provinces."
Milei made no reference to its dollarization plan and did not even mention "free currency competition", with a first stage where a basket of currencies from other countries coexist freely with the peso in the daily economy.
He also did not give details about the possibility of a project to modify the pension update formula, despite the fact that he considered that retirees are "victims of political misdeeds."
The moment of greatest attention was generated when the President announced the presentation of "a package of anti-caste laws."
And to boot, he announced the elimination of privilege retirements for the president and vice president, something that had already been raised during the debate on the Omnibus Law, the mega project that the libertarian sent to Congress, passed the general vote, but fell on February 6 when it was in particular.
But in his message to the deputies and senators he also announced that he will send a law to force unions to elect their authorities "in free elections supervised by the Electoral Justice."
At the same time,
he will propose limiting the term of union leaders to four years
and establishing a limit of only one possible re-election.
At the same time, the Government will seek to advance
a labor reform
that will aim to establish a system of collective agreements by sector.
"We are going to end the madness of imposing on people the working conditions defined by a man who has not worked for 30 years," the President argued in his message.
In a scenario that was
favorable and uneventful
, Milei moved forward with his anti-caste plan and also announced that he will send to Congress a project so that "people
convicted of corruption in the second instance
cannot present themselves as candidates in national elections."
And any former public official with a final conviction for the crime of corruption will lose any benefits he has for having been an official.
He will also propose a reduction in the number of advisors for deputies and senators and promised to deduct the salary of employees who are not going to work due to unemployment.
As part of his project, the head of state also expressed his intention to move forward with political reform by promoting
the elimination of public financing for political parties
.
"They will have to be financed with voluntary contributions," the libertarian completed.
Milei also anticipated that he will send to Congress a project to
penalize the president
, the Minister of Economy, the head of the Central Bank, deputies and senators who approve a budget that contemplates
financing the fiscal deficit with monetary emission
, which, according to him, has an impact on the escalation. inflationary.
She will even ask that it be considered "a crime against humanity so that it cannot be prescribed."
One by one, the anti-caste laws that Milei announced
-Elimination of privilege retirements for the President and Vice President of the Nation.
-Force unions to elect their authorities through periodic, free elections, supervised by the Electoral Justice.
That they limit terms of office to a maximum of 4 years and a single re-election.
-Specific collective agreements freely entered into by the workers of a company will take precedence over collective agreements in the sector.
"We are going to end this madness of imposing working conditions on people for a man who has not worked for 30 years," Milei launched on the stand.
-People convicted of corruption in the second instance will not be able to run for national electoral positions.
This is one of the measures that received the most applause.
-Any former official with a final conviction in the second instance for corruption will lose any benefits from having been an official.
As a colorful fact, after this announcement a war cry was heard from the boxes: "the caste does not applaud."
-Drastic reduction of contracts for advisors for deputies and senators of the Nation.
"It has been a common practice in politics for the people's representatives to set up SMEs with 30 or 40 advisors each, squandering the resources of Argentines," Milei shot.
-Deduct a day's salary from State employees who are not going to work due to unemployment.
-Eliminate public financing of political parties.
From now on, they must seek private financing from donors or their own affiliates.
-Penalize by law the President, Minister of Economy, officials of the Central Bank, deputies and senators who vote to "approve a budget that contemplates financing fiscal deficit with monetary emission."
And he added in this regard: "That said crime is against humanity, imprescriptible. Financing the treasury with issuance is simply wrong. Technically and morally wrong."
He maintained that the issue is to "put money in the hands of politics."
And he threatened: "It's over with us."
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