In a session loaded with tension, negotiations and speeches lit, the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation ratified the presidential veto of Javier Milei to the bill that proposed a 7.2% increase in all Retirements and pensions, in addition to raising the extraordinary bonus from $ 70,000 to $ 110,000.
The opposition, which had managed to approve the initiative weeks ago, did not achieve the two thirds necessary to insist with the original law, and the veto was firm. The result was a political victory for Javier Mileiwhich had the support of governors and the key role of abstentions.
The law vetoed by the President Milei It had been driven by opposition blocks with the aim of improving the purchasing power of retirees, in a context of high inflation and loss of real income. The text contemplated an automatic 7.2% increase in assets and a monthly bonus of $ 110,000 for those who receive minimum retirement.
The measure was approved by both cameras, but the executive vetoed it arguing that it put at risk the fiscal balance and the primary surplus. The session in deputies began with favorable expectations for the opposition. With 159 affirmative votes, the debate on the presidential vetowhich represented an aggravated majority thanks to the large number of absent.
However, the subsequent development showed a change of scenario. At the time of voting the insistence on the original law, the opposition gathered 160 affirmative votes, while the ruling managed 83 rejections.
In addition, there were six abstentions, which played a determining role: being present, they raised the threshold necessary to reach two thirds, which prevented the opposition from achieving its mission. One of the most controversial elements of the day was the influence of the governors in the vote.
Abstentions
As transcended, from the Casa Rosada they would have made calls to provincial leaders so that their deputies abstained or vote against the project. Among those who abstained were the four Misiones deputies, aligned with the renovating leader Carlos Rovira, in addition to María Eugenia Vidal (Pro) and Marcela Antola, close to the Entrerriano governor Rogelio Frigerio.
These abstentions were interpreted by the opposition as a political maneuver to shield the presidential veto. Deputy Fernando Carbajal, a dissident radical, denounced in the enclosure: “They are not crap. It is a form of corruption to change ATN by Retirees”, In reference to possible negotiations between governors and the Executive to obtain funds in exchange for votes.
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