The Buenos Aires Chamber of Deputies met this afternoon to grant parliamentary status to draft budget, financial and tax law and request permission to accept a debt equivalent to $1,990 million sent by the regional executive to the legislature.
Discussion of the initiatives will begin next week in the Budget and Taxation Committee of the provincial House of Representatives, headed by Christian MP Juan Pablo de Jesus, accompanied by radical María Silvina Vaccareza as vice-chair.
From the committee, they told El Día that they hope to discuss Governor Axel Kicillof’s economic initiatives during the last week of November.
As of 10 December, there were 37 deputies from the Union for the Fatherland (UxP), and 13 from the PRO; 12 of the progress of freedom; 9 of UCR + Federal Stock Exchange; 6 About us Buenos Aires; 6 others from Union and Liberty; 3 of Nuevos Aires; 3 from the Civil Coalition; Two from the left and one from the popular right. To approve the initiative, the ruling party needs a vote of 62 representatives present in the Council.
But apart from negotiations with the opposition blocs – which have already asked Kiselov’s government to “share” positions with them in constitutional bodies and the Supreme Court – a separate discussion is taking place within the UxP bloc. Here, among the thirty-seven deputies, La Campora and Massismo have as many as 20 legislators, a greater number of deputies belonging to Kiselovismo.
To overcome doubts, mainly among Christianity and the governor’s allies, Facundo Tignanelli, head of the UxP bloc at the time, expressed this week that “we will work on this budget until it comes out, and we have expectations that it can be achieved.” He also said, “What we have gathered from the opposition is the willingness to start improving standards until this (budget) comes out.”
Deputies belonging to the Future Movement, led by Axel Kiselov, expect proof of the good faith of the Qurtaniya by helping to push for approval of the provincial government’s economic initiatives. While there are only a few days left before Maximo Kirchner’s term as head of the regional parliamentary party ends on December 10th.
Budget, taxes and debt
The county’s 2026 budget projects total spending of $43 billion compared to $36 billion implemented this year. The report details capital expenditures at $3.2 trillion, social assistance at $1.7 trillion, health at $1.7 trillion, education at $1.3 trillion, and security and prison services at $1.4 trillion.
In the taxation chapter, the economists who prepared it stated that the IIBB tax rates would not be revised; There will be a “nominal reduction” in fees for 75% of vehicles located in the PBA area and the mechanisms for setting prices for urban properties (houses and vacant land) or rural properties will not be modified either.
But without a doubt, the initiative that the governor focused on most was requesting permission to assume a debt equivalent to $1.99 billion. “We especially need the financing law so that we can maintain normal operations next year,” the provincial leader said during the official presentation of the economic initiatives at Government House.
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