The Buenos Aires legislature turned its back on Axel Kiselov’s project by allowing debts to be taken There is little hope of exceptional progress with it, but stilla disappointing legislative step Its explanations range from the inability to seduce the opposition To Peronist “sabotage”.
For weeks, Buenos Aires province’s policy has been to “lay the string”, that is, negotiations and comings and goings about the treatment of people The laws put in place by the governor to achieve financial stability are in an ominous context: Added the strangulation of funds of national origin and the decrease in collection The need to confront debt payments acquired during the administration of María Eugenia Vidal.
Kiselov received the legislature’s approval for two of the three laws on Thursday morning: the budget and the “tax law.” He had to agree to postpone the processing of “financing”, a criterion as basic as the others. Without this mandate to take on debt, everything will be much more difficult in 2026. They warn that December bonuses cannot be paid and this will be just the beginning.
On Friday morning, after a 36-hour break, the remaining initiative discussion session came to a miserable halt. The only possibility is to vote for him in extraordinary elections. But those around Kiselov believe that this will be “difficult.”
Incidents of the shipwreck
At the beginning of November, Axel Kiselov presented a legislative package containing three laws. He wanted to break the legislative curse that had left him without a budget and a tax code in recent years. But he also needed the Legislature, which has a two-thirds majority in both chambers, to allow him to take the nearly $3 billion.
To achieve this, he needed the support of all sectors of Peronism and a large part of the opposition. “It seems unbelievable,” said one Peronist from Buenos Aires, “the governor needs a strict majority to request the loan, and Caputo does what he wants and does not even go to Congress.”
Kiselov appointed Gabriel Katopoudis and Mariano Cascalaris as negotiators. They will be in touch with the benches to try to impress locals and strangers. It is true that the executive intended to hold one negotiation and one session before the December change.
last wednesday, The governor was forced to yield to pressure and enable the agenda to be divided on the basis of extending the negotiation until Friday to obtain the support of the opposition.
However, when the debate resumed, only Peronist legislators were sitting in the Chamber of Deputies.
Head of the Arab bloc Facundo Tignanelli, Who came out hours ago to reject the Al-Biruni trainee, and took the floor He pointed to the complete unity of its seats and the absence of opposition.
“Once again, from our bloc, we will appeal to the opposition to come to its senses and we can sit down and talk as much as is necessary so that we can reach the law we need,” he said.
From the renewal front they also targeted the opposition: Alexis Guerrera published a photo in which he appears with Tignanelli having a telephone conversation with Sergio Massa. He announced that another session would be called to obtain the law.
This interpretation, which is that of the opposition unwilling to negotiate, is not shared by Kissilovism That, in their versions More extreme She knew how to talk about A “sabotage” At the hands of the Peronist partners. They believe that behind the opposition’s refusal is friendly fire.
Background controversy
From the beginning, the debt project was linked to the establishment of a fund allocated to the mayors of Buenos Aires.
Of the total debt, sect leaders will receive 8 percent. The liquidation of these funds and the method of distributing them were the central points of discussion with the opposition.
The government insists that distribution should be made through calculations that take into account variables such as population, while the counter-proposal is to establish a committee that determines the places where businesses will be developed.
actually, Last week, the opposition project that created this committee entered the legislature, but it was one of the sectors of Peronism not allied with the governor who announced it.
It appears that the distribution of money is the reason for the fighting. The background is left to the free interpretation of the actors who accuse each other during these hours.
Because of “internal sabotage,” stubborn opposition, or a lack of ability to seduce political rivals, the regional economy may be left frankly weak to respond to external obligations and social demands that everyone expects will increase.