After a week marked by the legislative setback suffered by the ruling party in the Senate, the chief of cabinet Guillermo Francos The waters already softened the conflict with the governors, in an attempt to recompose the political bridges that were tensed after the approval of several laws promoted by the provinces.
In public statements and during his participation in the Rural Exhibition of Palermo, Guillermo Francos He made it clear that “we are not at war with the governors” and that “the possibility of talking is always open.”
The Senate recently approved a package of initiatives that the Government considers harmful to fiscal balance. Among them are: the automatic update of retirement. The restitution of the pension moratorium. The emergency in disability
Two projects promoted by the governors: the redistribution of the contributions of the National Treasury (ATN) and the modification of the Liquid Fuel Tax. These laws were sanctioned with more than two thirds of the votes, which puts at risk the ability of the Executive to sustain the presidential veto.
President Javier Milei already anticipated that he will veto the initiatives, but if the Congress insists, the Government will prosecute the laws for considering that they have no budget support. Designated by Milei As in charge of negotiating with the governors, Francos acknowledged that he does not have “many elements to negotiate”, but insisted that his role is to seek understandings.
“We always try to approach, they move away a little sometimes, political circumstances prevail,” he said during the rural tape cut. In that same event, Franks showed together with eight governors – among them Gustavo Sáenz (Salta), Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos), Marcelo Orrego (San Juan), and Jorge Macri (CABA) – in a gesture of relaxation.
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Although the meeting was protocol and there were no background issues, The Cabinet Chief He described him as an opportunity to “show that we get along” and joked: “Tomorrow we continue to fight.”
From the provinces, the message was clear: there is no intention to resign funds. The leaders who attended the cocktail in La Rural said that the projects promoted from their jurisdictions “do not affect the fiscal balance of the government” and that they will continue with their demands.
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