This Thursday, the Senate discussed Javier Milei's DNU, with which the President seeks to deregulate the economy.
After five hours of discussion, the decree
was rejected by 42 votes against and 25 in favor
(in addition, there were four abstentions).
The bloc positions of La Libertad Avanza, the PRO and Kirchnerism were already known, but this afternoon the divided votes of the UCR and the inclinations of small blocs were key.
The session in the Senate began after 11 a.m., although the debate on Milei's DNU did not begin until 2:30 p.m.
At the beginning of the discussion, La Libertad Avanza tried to postpone the debate on the decree and there was a vote.
It was the first defeat, with 41 negative votes and 30 affirmative votes.
Then the presentations began, from the informant Juan Carlos Pagotto (LLA) to the head of the libertarian bloc Ezequiel Atauche, on a hot afternoon full of intersections between Kirchnerism and the ruling party, as well as sparks with radicalism, which voted dividedly on the project.
At the time of the final vote, all the senators of
Unión por la Patria
- between the National and Popular Front and Unidad Ciudadana blocs - rejected the DNU.
Mendoza's Anabel Fernández Sagasti, the first UP senator to speak in the debate, had already anticipated her joint position.
Meanwhile, the six present from
La Libertad Avanza
(Bartolomé Abdala was absent) approved the decree of their direct political boss, Javier Milei.
He also received the support of his main allies, the
PRO
, and a sector of
radicalism
, although it was not enough to endorse the decree of necessity and urgency.
Key to the rejection
were
the votes of Carlos Espínola and Edgardo Darío Kueider, from the Unidad Federal bloc;
that of Lucila Crexell, from the Comunidad Neuquén monobloc;
and those of José María Carambia and Natalia Gadano, from Por Santa Cruz.
The most resonant was
Martín Lousteau
, a common target of libertarians.
Hours before the final vote, the national head of radicalism had voted against the postponement of the DNU treatment, a position that earned him new criticism from figures and militants of La Libertad Avanza, including Javier Milei.
And then he anticipated that he would not accompany the presidential decree, with criticism within the UCR and Milei.
The ruling party could not count on the support of Senator Bartolomé Abdala, who suffered the death of his wife on Wednesday.
One by one, this is how the senators voted for Milei's DNU
Freedom Advances
, all in favor (6): Ivanna Arrascaeta, Ezequiel Atauche, Vilma Bedia, Bruno Lucero, Juan Carlos Pagotto and Francisco Paoltroni.
National and Popular Front
, all against (17): Guillermo Andrada, Daniel Bensusán, Lucía Corpacci, María Teresa González, Claudia Ledesma de Abdala, Marcelo Lewandowski, María Florencia López, Juan Luis Manzur, José Mayans, Sandra Mendoza, Gerardo Montenegro, José Neder, María Inés Pilatti Vergara, Mariano Recalde, Jesús Rejal, Antonio Rodas and Sergio Uñac.
Citizen Unity
, all against (16): Eduardo "Wado" De Pedro, Juliana Di Tullio, Claudio Doñate, María Eugenia Duré, Anabel Fernández Sagasti, Silvina García Larraburu, Nora del Valle Giménez, María Celeste Giménez Navarro, Alicia Kirchner, Sergio Leavy, Carlos Linares, Cándida López, María Moises, Oscar Parrilli, Fernando Salino and Silvia Sapag.
PRO
, all in favor (6): Carmen Rivero, Alfredo De Angeli, Enrique Goerling Lara, María Victoria Huala, Luis Juez and Guadalupe Tagliaferri.
Radical Civic Union
: Maximiliano Abad (abstention), Pablo Daniel Blanco (against), Flavio Fama, Eduardo Galaretto, Mariana Juri, Daniel Kronenberg, Carolina Losada, Martín Lousteau (against), Stella Maris Olalla, Rodolfo Suárez (for) , Mereces Valenzuela, Eduardo Vischi (for) and Víctor Zimmerman.
Federal Unit
(2 against and 1 abstention): Carlos Espínola and Edgardo Darío Kueider, against;
and Alejandra Vigo, abstention.
Federal Change
: Andrea Cristina, Juan Carlos Romero (in favor) and Edith Terenzi.
Renewal Front of Social Concord
, abstentions (2): Carlos Arce and Sonia Rojas Decut.
Together We Are Río Negro
, against (1): Mónica Silva.
For Social Justice,
in favor (1): Beatriz Ávila.