Provincial governors hold back approval
The provincial governors have stopped the approval of Milei’s macro-law, causing a surprise in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies. The article-by-article voting has highlighted the lack of support necessary to approve key points of the law, such as the privatization of public companies and the aggravation of penalties in the face of social protest.
Reactions of the president and the possibility of popular consultation
The president, on an official trip to Israel, has expressed his regret for the situation, accusing the caste of opposing the change that the Argentines voted for at the polls. He has warned that he will continue with his program with or without the support of the political leadership that has destroyed the country. The possibility of taking the law to popular consultation has been mentioned, although according to the Constitution, this would not be binding.
Return to the output box
The law returns to committee, where it will be debated and drafted again, a step in the legislative process that had already been passed on January 3. The favorable session for the La Llibertat Avança bloc has ended with Peronism and other right-wing and center-right blocs blocking the dissolution of part of the public sector.
Reactions outside Congress
The social movements focused on rejecting the law have celebrated the news as a popular triumph, highlighting the mobilization of the last few days and the rejection of the repressive acts of the government that have put the precarious agreement with the pactist opposition in crisis.
Declarations of the deputy of the Socialist Left
The deputy of the Socialist Left, Juan Carlos Giordano, has affirmed that the law has fallen thanks to the mobilization of the last days and the rejection of the government’s repressive acts, putting the precarious agreement with the Pactist opposition in crisis.
