In addition to promising (and not fulfilling) that he would leave his position if Javier Milei won, the Riojan governor
Ricardo Quintela
is remembered in political and judicial spheres for other somersaults.
He was the first provincial leader to go to the Supreme Court of the Nation to try to overturn the super DNU with which the libertarian president started his administration.
Beyond the
timming,
what caught attention was the
argument of his presentation
: words more words less, he argued that the entire decree was unconstitutional and that it affected the interests of his district.
What surprised you?
That
Quintela himself
, a year earlier, had gone
to the same court
to defend another presidential decree that took away millionaire funds from the City of Buenos Aires.
What did he argue then?
That the members of the Court
did not have to get involved in a "sovereign decision
. "
If you don't like my principles, here I have others.
The anecdote?
It comes to mind the fierce fight that could cause severe damage to Milei's management.
With the Omnibus Law fallen and a Pact newly scheduled for the end of May, the
main Government program is DNU 70/2023, which deregulated the economy, and which the Senate has just rejected
.
Despite this setback in the upper house, the rule is in force, except in the labor issue, stopped by the Judicial Chamber of that jurisdiction and also intended for resolution by the Court. There was also a proposal from the Yerba Institute. In addition, of course, to Quintela's general presentation.
Hence
Milei's concern to support him
.
In the statement on Wednesday night, the Government says, among other things: "The potential rejection of the DNU, which is currently close to a definition by the Supreme Court of Justice,
would entail a serious setback in the rights and needs of the Argentine people.
".
He immediately gives as an example the
repeal of the Rental Law
, perhaps the main achievement that La Rosada is trying to sell: with deregulation and this fallen norm, they claim that the supply increased and real estate prices decreased.
Political and judicial times
Beyond the evaluations on the effectiveness of the DNU, it does not seem so clear that the decree
"is close to a definition of the Court"
, as Milei presses.
Some data and dates.
Quintela's presentation
was
made at the
end of December
and the court did not believe it was necessary to discuss the case during the judicial fair.
At the
end of January
, in a
non-binding ruling
,
Attorney Eduardo Casal
gave the predictable opinion: that since this is a dispute between a province and the Nation, it is appropriate for the Court to intervene in the case.
This Tuesday
, in his speech before the United States Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (Amcham), the president of the Court,
Horacio Rosatti
, insisted on the need to avoid (or not abuse) the judicialization of politics.
This Wednesday
, the Senate voted to reject the DNU, a situation provided for in the law.
Why would the Court rush to rule if, ultimately, lawmakers are fulfilling their mandate?
The complexity for the President is that the party, sooner or later,
will end up defining itself in the scenario that makes it most uncomfortable
: politics.
The super decree,
written by Federico Sturzenegger and in particular by three of the most important law firms in the country
, is already being taken advantage of by many economic actors.
But without the support of Congress and central regulations as provided for in the Omnibus Law, it does not seem sufficient to generate the change that Milei himself proposes.