The authorized increase for deputies and senators took the Casa Rosada by surprise and now the Government seeks to promote a bill so that
the salary increase is not applied to national legislators
.
With the increase, the deputies received a net amount of $2,174,887 for the month of February, to which must be added what is received for uprooting, which reached $464,090.29.
While in January, the allowances were at $1,699,000 and $323,789.25, due to uprooting.
When the decision was known, Martín Menem tried to try an explanation.
"Every year the Legislative Branch is updated, it is not the first time that it updates such as teachers and health, although it was always above, it was updated the same. I am having breakfast now that there is a resolution from 2011, that all employees are hooked, and it includes to deputies, this works automatically," revealed the president of Deputies.
"If all people make an effort, the Legislative Branch should not be oblivious
to this, because deputies and senators have the possibility of earning more," said the president of the Chamber of Deputies in dialogue with
Urbana Play
.
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"If all the people make an effort, the Legislative Branch should not be alien," said the president of the Chamber of Deputies.
According to reports, the Casa Rosada had learned about the increase from the national legislators through the media and now the answers would arrive.
Before the unrest in the Government, the deputy of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Carlos D'Alessandro, proposed that the legislators of the National Congress return the 30% increase. "Enough of the increase to the politicians. The ideal would be that Let's return that money, I have no problems, let Menem tell me how I have to return it and I will return it to him tomorrow and I ask my colleagues, the 38 deputies of La Libertad. Make more progress (José Luis) Espert that It is in the group that we do the same," he stressed.
In dialogue with
Neura Media
, the libertarian clarified: "We deputies did not raise our hands to increase ourselves, the increase came by itself. Let my block and everyone return it. There are 257 deputies at an average of 700 thousand pesos, we have 200 million."
We spoke this morning with the president of the Honorable Chamber of Deputies @MenemMartin, we both agree that the increase that Deputies and Senators receive must be rolled back.
We agreed to present a project to reverse this increase.
We hope that… pic.twitter.com/jjCgk7QEva
— Carlos Gonzalez D'Alessandro (@_cdalessandro) March 7, 2024
This update in the allowances is based on the so-called "Enganche Law" that since 2011 allows deputies and senators to receive the same increase granted to Congressional staff, and which was set at a cumulative increase of almost 30%, granted in two installments of 16% in January and 12% in February.
The resolution confirming the increase for Congressional employees was signed by the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, and the head of the Senate, Vice President Victoria Villarruel.
However, it was never reported that the legislators were going to be "hooked" to the legislative salary update.
The resolution confirming the increase for Congressional employees was signed by the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, and the head of the Senate, Vice President Victoria Villarruel.
However, it was never reported that the legislators were going to be "hooked" to the legislative salary update.
The national deputies of the Left Front were the only ones who rejected the increase of Menem and Villarruel.