One moment unexpectedly interrupted debate in the Nation’s Senate this Thursday during the special session called for discussion Budget 2026. While the radical legislator Corrientes Eduardo Vischithe chairman of this bench in the House of Lords, spoke, at the end his back was soaked, after another senator accidentally threw a glass of water at him.
The wet episode was introduced Carolina SchneiderSenator from Chaco, also for the Radical Civic Union (UCR), who sat next to Vischi. As noted in the Senate’s official transmission, he attempted to accommodate his work umbrella. The MP accidentally moved the glass of water, which ended up spilling onto her neighbor..
The event occurred just as Vischi was defending the need to maintain budget balance as the central axis of the budget project promoted by the ruling party. “It is a great political responsibility to understand that a balanced budget brings stability and lower inflation,” the senator said before interrupting his speech due to the incident.
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Although he tried to continue his talk, Vischi paused for a few seconds and, far from the microphone, he was heard commenting in a relaxed tone: “Well, some water.”. The phrase sparked smiles in the room and helped to momentarily relax the atmosphere of tension that permeated the session.
The episode was quickly interpreted as an accident did not lead to accusations or sanctions. Schneider did not comment publicly, but the gesture was recorded on video and went viral on social media a few minutes later.
The special session began after 12:20 p.m. as part of the extraordinary session called by the President Javier Mileiand its central axes are the consent of the Budget 2026 and the Tax Innocence Act. The debate is crucial for the government to close the legislative year and demonstrate management capacity and political support for its economic program.
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However, the budget is being dealt with in an environment of high tension. One of the most questioned points of the project is that Article 30The Eliminates minimum funding floors for sensitive areas such as education, science and defense, which drew criticism from various opposition blocs and provincial legislatures.
The glass of water incident thus added to a day marked by verbal altercations, administrative complaints and moments of high political tension, which previously included a heated confrontation between senators Cristina Lopez And Victoria Hualawith insults in the middle of the venue.
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