The 30% increase in the diet of deputies and senators caused discomfort in the Casa Rosada, which is now evaluating sending a project to eliminate that increase.
But the initiative had defenders such as deputy
Miguel Angel Pichetto,
who on Wednesday asked himself if "they want Argentina to be Uganda" and this Thursday he had a strong confrontation with a
TN
journalist .
In addition, the former vice presidential candidate announced a project to "equalize salaries in the State."
As head of the We Make Federal Coalition bloc in the Lower House, Pichetto had already defended the salary increase for deputies and senators.
But faced with a new journalistic call, he came out with his caps on.
"You are constantly outraged, logically you transmit that indignation to society and it requires a deeper debate," Pichetto shot.
Journalist Carolina Amoroso took the floor and launched a statement that exalted Pichetto: "You well know that there have been mismanagement of expenses in the Legislative Branch."
"Listen to me, listen to me," Pichetto tried to interrupt her.
"I am not going to take responsibility for any comments you make regarding mismanagement. Make the appropriate complaint.
We are talking about salaries, miss
. You know the mismanagement,
make the complaint, quickly, do it
," the deputy snapped.
And he continued: "You are part of the core of communicators who believe that Congress is the worst. Yesterday I gave my opinion to
Jony Viale, who is permanently outraged by Argentine politics
, in his media,
TN
, I always attend to them."
Asked about the Government's project to reverse the 30% increase for deputies and senators, Pichetto presented his initiative.
"A newly joined congressional staff, in category 8, earns $600,000.
We are working on a salary unification project for all branches of the State, let's see if they like it
. Let everyone earn the same, a Supreme Court judge , a legislator, the president of the Nation, a manager of the AFIP, the director of Banco Nación, what do you think?" Pichetto asked with annoyance.
"We are going to present this project to citizen debate and we are going to put the savings in the ANSeS to improve the purchasing power of retirees," added the former senator and now deputy.
When Carolina Amoroso asked him a question again, he crossed it again: "This is a totally irrelevant debate, but hey, you guys love it. Hitting Congress is what you like the most. You want Argentina to be like Venezuela, to have a Maduro and the Congress does not exist. Afterwards, the rights and freedoms of you, the independent journalists, are going to be strongly affected. Or you want Argentina to look like Uganda, an African country, those countries that do not have a Congress. So , the criticism is permanent, always of Congress, the caste, well, well."
"There are journalists whose satisfaction is to question the National Congress. In the morning they get indignant, they tear their clothes. You don't ask them how much they earn, if they earn outside salaries, no one asks that. You are prudent, you are always prudent. Disqualification "It is always centralized in the National Congress. Salaries of $1.6 million, a deputy who lives abroad, who has to come to Buenos Aires, pay for a hotel, cannot afford to eat," Pichetto launched.
Visibly upset, he added: "So, let's enable professional practice. I can open my studio, work as a lawyer. If you want the salaries to be totally poor, and well, that's fine."
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