Unlike the streets, hospitals, bus terminals, libraries or other centers that were named after the former president throughout the country,
in the case of the Kirchner Cultural Center that nomination was established through a national law.
in 2012. To change it, Congress would have to endorse it, although President Javier Milei has already repealed and modified hundreds of laws through the mega DNU that is now judicialized.
In Kirchnerism they do not believe that it will really happen and consider it a new
"smoke bomb"
from the ruling party to distract from economic reality.
"It is the typical revenge policy that ignores the roots that Néstor Kirchner has in the hearts of our people. It pains me that this happens, we must all advocate for the reunion of Argentines," launched Andres "Cuervo" Larroque, Minister of Development of the Community of the province of Buenos Aires after the announcement by the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni.
"The
name of the CCK is a law by (Miguel Angel) Pichetto
. Are they seriously going to send another law to change it? And
if they do it through DNU, it's worse, because what is necessary and urgent about this
? It's not going to happen," he confided. to
Clarín
a legislator from Unión por la Patria.
I want to congratulate the government for this intelligent and urgent measure, economically speaking, of changing the name of a cultural center.
Without a doubt, now our country is going to move forward heading out of the recession towards economic growth.🙄
— Juliana di Tullio (@ditulliojuli) March 26, 2024
Indeed, the law was passed in November 2012, during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
The project, headed by Miguel Ángel
Pichetto, then head of the PJ bench in the Senate,
had only one article: "Let the Bicentennial Cultural Center, located on the block, be called 'President Dr. Néstor Carlos Kirchner'. delimited by Sarmiento and Bouchard streets and Leandro N. Alem and Corrientes Avenues in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires".
In the foundations, the text proposed the name change as a "recognition" to "remember that it was Dr. Néstor Carlos Kirchner who designed, implemented and executed these inclusive public policies that benefited the entire community."
"For this man from Santa Cruz who, as a result of his tireless work of militancy and who, with the constant desire to transmit and spread his unwavering convictions, managed to slip through a crack in history and lay the foundations of a country with opportunities for all," he concluded. The initiative.
In the Senate it was approved by 56 affirmative votes and 2 negative votes: Laura Montero (UCR) and María Eugenia Estenssoro (Civic Coalition).
Deputies sanctioned it with 132 affirmatives, 12 negatives
- among them the vote of Patricia Bullrich
- and there were 39 abstentions.
This Tuesday, the presidential spokesperson confirmed that they will change his name and even launched a consultation on networks about what he should be called.
Faced with such a transcendent announcement that comes to resolve the lives of Argentines.
I want to inform you that I voted against the law that imposed it (does this man know that the name was put by law????, how will he plan to remove it???) ahhh I know!!
They are going to send it to Congress to vote 🫣
— Graciela Camaño (@GracielaCamano) March 26, 2024
"It could only be changed by law but this president changes 300 laws by DNU. So anything can be. Nor could they eliminate INADI, TELAM or change the retirement formula by decree,"
GEN deputy Margarita Stolbizer assured
Clarín .
In the ranks of the PRO the announcement was echoed
, although they also consider that the path is through a law.
PRO deputy Hernán Lombardi assured
Clarín
: "We think it is a pertinent project and in tune with the expressed change.
If it is a law we will support it."
I celebrate what was announced by presidential spokesperson @madorni regarding the name of the CCK.
Establishing the name of the CCK by law (Law 26794/2012) was a Kirchnerist attempt to perpetuate for the times a factious and partial vision of Argentina.
Numerous name change projects…
— Hernán Lombardi (@herlombardi) March 26, 2024
"With the name change by law, Kirchnerism tried to perpetuate a factious and partial vision," added Mauricio Macri's former Media Secretary, who proposes that the building be called "Centro Cultural Argentina", so that it includes everyone.
Her benchmate Silvia Lospennato stated that she found the decision "excellent" and proposed that a "transparent and participatory mechanism" be implemented and made available to the Executive a project of hers that proposes a vote through an official Government website.