As if it were an endless tape, During the day, meetings and negotiations between the ruling and opposition parties multiplied to achieve or bury the financing project that the government sent this year to the Legislative Council in Buenos Aires.
The plural is by no means exaggerated: the dialogue has been on multiple sides, between sectors of Peronism, radicalism, factions of the PLP, and libertarian leaders who are not in the structure that responds to Javier Maile.
Although what Axel Kiselov is asking for is permission to assume approximately $3 billion in debt, What was discussed goes beyond how to spend this new money.
The governor explained that the money It will be used to pay off debts acquired during the administration of María Eugenia Vidal and keep vital areas of the province functioning.
But on the negotiating table was also the way in which the special fund allocated to mayors would be distributed, but also positions in different entities, such as, for example, the expansion of the BaPRO Board of Directors.
In this sense, The pressures were multiple and intersecting. Many lawmakers want space for themselves or their parties, given that their representation will be less as of December 10.
The agreed upon time to start the session was 3:00 p.m. They walked through the halls of the legislature Mayors of Buenos AiresSome of them had traveled hundreds of kilometers to exert pressure in search of approval.
“If it is not approved, everything should be burned.” One municipal leader was heard saying that, like many of his peers, he believes what comes from the Municipal Fund will be a great lifeline for a 2026 that he imagines is difficult and full of social demands.
While the Revolutionary Union Party was discussing whether to support or not for economic reasons, this situation was repeated in the Republic Party, but for political reasons: in the Yellow Bloc, statements were made sebastian Pareja, The owner of the LLA in the province, who warned that it would be negative for them to accompany Kiselov’s request.
As the afternoon progressed, another surprise occurred in this tragic comedy of entanglements: San Nicolas Mayor Santiago Passalia, who had been on leave as a legislator for two years, went to the legislature and asked to be reinstated.
“If it were up to me to reverse the expansion of positions, I would assume I would vote against it,” he said.
If the Council Presidency accepts Nicolino’s participation, Peronism will have another negative vote to overcome.
But at 3pm, a break was called without restart time, an unmistakable sign of lack of consensus. The ruling party needs 64 votes to obtain two-thirds if all representatives are present.
At some point, they toyed with the option to negotiate the absence of several representatives, which lowers this magic number.
Even after mid-afternoon, those around the governor had few expectations, while the caucus members maintained relative calm and waited for everything to fall apart.
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