- The budget and tax reform in MPs
Amid the celebrations, the Libertarian government began making arrangements in the country senate to approve them Labor reform the last week of December. Meanwhile, the opposition, together with the General Confederation of Trade Unions (CGT) Prepare resources Switch the decision of the executive branch.
Almost on time it is the turn of the extraordinary ones December 30ththe vice president Victoria Villarruel called for it Tuesday at 11 to the bloc presidents to agree on convening the labor and social security and budget commissions, with which the debate could begin on Wednesday.
Advances in freedom must achieve a majority among itself and its alliesin the two commissions to give an opinion. To do this, he must convince the dialogue blocks of the UCR, PRO and governors to shorten the guest list.
As Noticias Argentinas reports, the Peronism aims to expose a high number of guests and lengthen the legislative period.
The libertarian idea is to extend the plenary session of the commissions until the next one Wednesday, Thursday and Fridayto make a statement and discuss it between the parties Friday the 26th And Tuesday, December 30thand the 2026 budget.
To do this, you must have the dialog modules approved. Bullrich It must have three votes from the PRO, ten from the UCR and at least three MPs from the provincial blocs.
Although the governors are fighting with the Kirchner leadership, they are of Peronist origins and have strong ties to the CGT. Hence the situation of Claudio Vidal from Santa Cruz, Gustavo Saenz from Salta and Osvaldo Jaldo It is difficult to help the government of Tucumán.
The recommendations Milei might get come from Ignacio Torres from Chubut and Rolando Figueroa from Neuquéneveryone has a legislator.
Another questionable endorsement comes from the former governor of Santiago Gerardo Zamora And Raul Jalil.
In the upper house, Peronism has 28 representatives plus its allied blocs. He needs seven senators to repeal the law, and to do so he must make agreements with the Peronist governors, the same ones the ruling party needs.
Parallel to the discussion in Congress, the CGT and the CTA from the Argentines and the Autonomous CTA They called for mobilization this Thursday at 3 p.m. to Plaza de Mayo.
In addition to the reform of collective agreements, vacation, compensation, The Executive Project is considering changing the system for collecting union dues.
“Employers may act as withholding agents for the amounts to be paid as membership fees by employees belonging to trade union associations with trade union status, subject to the express consent of the employee and the agreement between the parties,” the project says.
There must again be a decision by the Minister of Laboras set out in Article 137 of the Project.
In this sense, the project stipulates that “initiating and/or forcing and/or organizing a blockade or takeover of a facility; preventing or impeding, in whole or in part, the entry or exit of people and/or things into the facility will be considered very serious violations.”
With regard to meetings, it is provided that “in order to hold a meeting, the trade union association must have prior authorization from the employer, both for the place and for the duration of the meeting and, if it takes place within the premises, must obtain authorization for the place.”
“It is also made clear that the employee will not receive any wages during the period of employment.”
Through this initiative, “the credit for the performance of the functions of staff delegates will also be limited to ten (10) hours.”
These are some of the issues that concern the unions and are committed to them They will march in rejection of the executive initiative.
The budget and tax reform in MPs
The constituent meetings will take place this Monday Criminal law and from Budget and Ministry of Finance in the Chamber of Deputies, according to the schedule published this evening as part of the call for extraordinary sessions in Congress.
From 4 p.m., in Room 2 of Annex “A”, the Criminal Justice Commission will be formed, headed by Laura Rodríguez Machado (LLA), while an hour later – in Room 1 of Annex “A” – the same will happen with the Budget and Finance Commission. under the direction of the also official Alberto “Bertie” Benegas Lynch.
It’s about two important orders for the governmentsince they would make it possible to reach half of the 2026 budget, which would then be sent to the Senate for final approval.
In the meantime, the Senate has also set the activity dates for this extraordinary session, which will begin on Tuesday 16th at 11 a.m. The presidents of each bloc meet in a plenary session of parliamentary work to determine the distribution of representatives in each commission.
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