2024-08-25 16:16:47
Miguel Ángel Pichetto, President of the House of Representatives of the We Create a Federation (HCF), He issued a warning to President Javier Milley after the Senate approved retirement reforms. he Liberals said he would veto any project that “endangers” the fiscal balance. What did Pichetto answer?
“We Make the Federation” parliamentary leader Pichetto saidA presidential veto of the law could have significant consequences for the political sphere and the balance of power in Congress.
The lawmaker expressed his concerns in an interview with Futurock Radio, stressing that while the president has the power to veto laws, ““That also has implications and consequences.”
Pichetto emphasized, Senate close to a two-thirds “special majority”the law is likely to be approved despite Milley’s veto.
In his speech, Pichetto defended the approved retirement reforms, stressing that they were “responsible and necessary” adjustments against a backdrop of rising inflation and currency depreciation affecting retirees. “We are discussing reasonable and necessary adjustments to a very sensitive industry of seven million Argentines,” said the adjutant.
HCF leaders called on the administration not to dramatize or attack Congress, and to remember that the executive branch needs legislative support to advance other important initiatives, such as the state budget that must be submitted in September. “Congress is willing to cooperate and work on this, just as we did with the two fundamental laws.”Pichetto emphasized.
Regarding Milley’s veto, the deputy compared it to the 82% maneuver veto carried out by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the time, suggesting that the current situation is different. “This is different from the 82% of vitality and mobility that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner rejected, when wages were rising and meant real chaos in the pension system.“, Argument.
Pichetto warned that certain decisions could have a negative impact on the balance of power within parliament. “The government has not taken seriously the majority of what was achieved in the Basic Law and the Fiscal Agreement. There is a style that defines it by attacking Parliament, but that doesn’t help”he said.
The senator also made it clear that the possibility of overriding Milley’s veto was not remote. Pichetto said the House of Representatives could insist on approving the law if the two chambers reach the necessary consensus. «Congress can insist. “The Senate has shown it has the two-thirds vote and we’ve shown we’re very close on this issue,” he pointed out.
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