- Budget 2026: What is in the article that can keep the government in check in the Senate?
The next Friday the 26th the ruling party will strive for this turn into law the projects “Fiscal Innocence” and “Budget 2026”, which were approved by MPs in the early hours of last Thursday.
The ruling party has decided Promote the committee’s opinion on the budget with the changes introduced by the Chamber of Deputies, where Chapter XI, which provided in its Article 75 for the repeal of the Disabled Persons and Universities Law, was rejected.
Although the government declared last Friday that it wanted to reopen this chapter, the Rejection of radicals and provincials were crucial so that the LLA promotes office without reforming the text adopted by the MPs
So from Casa Rosada They trust that they have the support of radicalism that a dozen voices can contribute, the PRO, the two missionaries of the Frente de la Concordia and the senators from Tucumán, Salta and Neuquén.
However, there is still hope on the opposition side of thwarting Milei and Co.’s plans. To do this, they strategically target an article that, in the event of rejection could jeopardize approval of the spending bill.
Budget 2026: What is in the article that can keep the government in check in the Senate?
Article 30 of the project provides: Repealstarting in fiscal year 2026, Articles related to education funds, science and technologyand to the National Defense Fund.
In the field of education, it is proposed to repeal Article 9 of Law No. 26.206 of the National Education System obliges the state to invest 6% of GDP in educationas well as Article 52 of Law No. 26,058 on Technical and Vocational Education, which provides additional appropriations to the amount managed by the Ministry of Education to finance measures such as: Purchase of equipment for workshops and laboratoriesInputs for training practices, equipment maintenance and the development of institutional projects.
In addition, Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Law No. 27,614 should be abolished Funding the National System for Science, Technology and Innovationthat set specific investment goals.
Article 5 specifies that the budget is intended for the scientific and technical function must reach at least 1% of GDP, with gradual annual increases until this goal is achieved. Article 6 specifies this How should this budget be distributed? between different organizations of the national scientific and technical system, including CONICET, national universities and other research institutions.
Article 7 completes the regulation by stipulating that the resources allocated to this function may not be lower in real terms than those of the previous financial year. This ensures a minimum financing floor This protects the system from abrupt cuts.
Finally, the ruling party seeks the abolition of Article 4, paragraph 1 of Law No. 27,565 of the National Defense Fund, which provides for a progressive financing system for the National Defense Fund Re-equipping the armed forces.
In particular, should Article 30, which contains all of these exceptions, fail in the vote, The entire project could fail, which would mean a third consecutive extension of the current budget.
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