In the midst of a scandal and a strong political dispute, the Chamber of Deputies advanced
in the formation of the Welfare and Social Security commission, whose presidency was in charge of radicalism
, after the bloc chaired by Rodrigo de Loredo decided not to accompany in the formation of the quorum for the session requested by We Make the Federal Coalition with the objective of discussing a new retirement mobility formula.
The meeting began with a strong crossover between Kirchnerism and La Libertad Avanza after radicalism proposed to preside over the body a legislator who was not officially named as part of
the agreement that the radical bloc closed with the libertarians
.
At the beginning, deputy Karina Banfi (UCR) nominated Gabriela Brouwer de Koening to preside over the Welfare Commission.
There it emerged that the representative for Córdoba had not been appointed to the commission, since she was going to replace Lisandro Nieri from Mendoza, who resigned from joining that body.
But since Nieri's resignation did not come before 4 p.m., the time the commission was convened, and Brouwer de Koening's appointment did not have the signature of Martín Menem, president of the Chamber, his nomination was objected by the head of the Union for the Homeland bloc,
Germán Martínez
.
The meeting was already tense from the moment the session called for this noon fell at the request of the Federal Coalition to discuss the project to update the pension update formula proposed by the Civic Coalition, which was not attended by the bloc. radical, nor the libertarians and their partners of the Pro.
And everything became more complicated when it was decided that the rest of the authorities would not be elected.
At that time, Martínez confirmed his group's intention to occupy the vice presidency.
"You have to do things well and as they should. If you have to organize the papers among yourselves there is no problem, but making a change with the commission already started is extremely messy," said the deputy for Santa Fe.
Martínez did not stop there and stressed that "with the formation of the commission they managed to ensure that other blocks did not provide a quorum" in the session called to discuss retirement mobility and "now to those blocks that did not provide a quorum, the presidency of the Chamber gives the presidency of this commission and the commission has been started, the name of the proposed (legislator) is not on the grid and there is a change that they say is coming with the commission open and the agenda having been started."
In his message, Deputy K reproached the ruling party for giving the presidency to "a political bloc that did not have a quorum because they set up the scam of this commission" and to top it off, he accused them of "raffled off for the presidency of the commission to adjourn a special session".
Oscar Zago, head of the La Libertad Avanza bloc, tried to calm the waters by proposing to go to a 15-minute intermission and allow Menem to sign Nieri's resignation papers and thus enable the entry of Brouwer de Koening.
There were gestures of disapproval in Peronism and Silvana Giudici further tense the meeting saying that it was appropriate to vote on Zago's motion for a fourth intermission.
"There is no type of irregularity here, there is an administrative change here," concluded the Pro representative, who emphasized that the presidency of the commission corresponded to the UCR.
The fourth intermission requested by Zago was not accepted and the proposal to appoint Brouwer de Koening was put to a vote. And if there was something missing to complete the paper, it was losing the vote.
At that time there was a reaction from radicalism and Soledad Carrizo said that "to avoid a messy precedent" they decided to propose Banfi for the presidency on a "provisional" basis until the entry of the deputy for Córdoba is formalized.
In this way, Banfi became president of the Social Security and Social Security commission and opened the debate on updating retirement mobility.
Maximiliano Ferraro, of the Civic Coalition, proposed that "all the projects" linked to the pension update formula that were submitted to the commission be put into treatment, but also demanded that it establish a "clear, precise and predictable roadmap for retirees." who are waiting for an answer.
Thus, the deputy who answers to Elisa Carrió called on the commission to begin processing the files next Wednesday in a plenary session with the Budget commission,
"not being able to issue an opinion beyond April 9.
"
From radicalism they anticipated that they will accept the proposal of the Civic Coalition.
Finally, after a meeting of the block presidents, the commission decided to go into an interim room until tomorrow at 11 a.m. to complete the designation of authorities.
But beyond what was resolved in the commission, it must be clarified that the presidency of the Welfare and Social Security commission was going to be for Libertad Avanza.
He had even proposed Carlos D'Alessandro, but the libertarian was left with nothing.
It was learned that Rodrigo de Loredo's bloc had received the offer to preside over the commission after the minority session ended and there were races in the radicalism to determine who occupied the position.
Martín Tetaz was initially considered, but - according to legislative sources - there are differences in the Evolution sector that stopped his nomination and the nomination of the deputy for Córdoba ended up being imposed.