Martin Menem He didn’t just get Advances in freedom won the first minority of MPs, but also wants to give in Javier Milei the first budget approved by Congress. That’s why the Riojan Control of the Budget Commission has been secured, which will be constituted this Monday with a majority of its own lawmakers and allies.
According to the authorities of the House of Commons, the official start of the extraordinary session marked the Criminal Law Commissionwhich the ruling party has decided to continue under the leadership of the Bullrichista Laura Rodríguez Machado, while being formalized in a second shift the budget constitution which continues under the presidency of libertarian Alberto “Bertie” Benegas Lynch.
It is clear that attention will be focused on the debate on the 2026 budget held by the ruling party last November managed to achieve a majority opinion with just enough votes, although the office lost parliamentary status at the end of the regular period. With the new composition of the chamber from the inauguration of the elected representatives in October, it is speculated that the ruling party will not have any difficulties in governing and thus Bring the project up this week so the Senate can begin discussing it during Christmas week and put it into law before the end of the year.
To advance the plan, Menem took the planned steps. In the swearing-in session of the MPs, he managed to obtain the authority to form the commissions It has not been formalized on which system the distribution will take place have issued the regulation that stipulates this The distribution must be proportional between the “political sectors”.. This blocked Peronism’s attempt to achieve distribution via the D’Hondt system, which would ultimately benefit the majority forces and leave the smaller groups without participation.
Apparently, the Rioja native arranged everything in this game to ensure control of the commissions between him and his allies. In principle, it is already clear that the chair of the most important commissions that will be opened for extraordinary meetings will be chaired by representatives of the ruling party.
To implement its strategy, the ruling party announced the opening of not only the Budget and Criminal Code, but also of Constitutional matters; which continues to be led by Nicolás Mayoraz; from Legislation on labor and natural resources and protection of the human environment. The distribution based on the balance of power took into account the presence of libertarians and allies on the commissions, who will be crucial to the government’s proposals. For example, he left the Left outside the household when he previously held a chairmanship.
But the strangest fact was this recognized the UCR-PRO interbloc as a third force with 22 deputies While the United Provinces, the place for the governors of the center, appears with 21 seats because Juan Schiaretti of Córdoba could not be sworn in, he should do so in the next session.
With this data La Libertad Avanza will provide 20 of the 49 Chairmen of the Budget Commission18 are for Peronism, 4 for UCR-PRO and 3 for PU. Finally, Menem gave a place to Elijo Catamarca, the bloc that answers to the governor Raul Jalilanother for the people of Tucuman Osvaldo Jaldo and one for the people of San Juan Marcelo Orrego. The rest would be decided between the representatives of Salta and Misiones.
This distribution would guarantee the ruling party control and the opportunity to deliver a majority opinion that would include cosmetic changes to the project presented by the government last September. Peronism, on the other hand, insists in its statement that it is not a rejection, but calls for a reformulation, since it questions some forecasts of the Ministry of Economy and at the same time calls on the Budget Office to carry out an analysis of these data.
As already reported ClarionThe United Provinces will follow the proposal presented by Nicolás Massot, which envisages a reduction in the surplus from 1.5% to 0.89% to cover the items necessary for emergencies in the areas of disability, pediatrics and the increase in the university budget, decided without items by the Government after ratification by Congress.
The truth is that the Casa Rosada The disability emergency and the university increase were removed from the budgetalthough these were proposals approved by Congress and this is expected to cause some tension between the ruling party and the opposition. At least this is what emerged after a meeting that the Ministry of Economic Affairs held with the new composition of the LLA’s parliamentary and senatorial blocs.
According to legislative sources, Finance Minister Carlos Guberman strictly defended the budget balance and did not respond to pro-government lawmakers’ demands to moderate the size of the adjustment.
The ruling party’s intention is to approve the budget between Wednesday and Thursday The Senate can vacate a committee office between December 22nd and 23rd and move it there in an express procedure on the 29th or 30th, just before the start of the new year.
There are doubts that the ruling party can move forward in the same week Tax innocenceAct to Promote the Injection of “Dollars Under the Mattress” and the Tax Obligations Act.
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