Argentina
Bullrich Denied Santilli Over the 2027 Budget Debate and Questioned Changes to Disability
The senator said she was present when the budget was discussed and denied that the Disability-related changes were addressed at the political table. The dispute once again exposed differences within the ruling coalition.
Patricia Bullrich again questioned the cuts and changes linked to the Disability area included in the 2027 Budget bill and rejected Diego Santilli’s version of what happened at a meeting of the ruling coalition’s political table.
According to Clarín and iProfesional, the senator denied having left before the moment when the Budget was discussed, as the Cabinet chief had stated. “That is a lie. When the Budget was discussed, I was there,” Bullrich said in an interview with LN+.
The lawmaker insisted that the specific changes on Disability were not discussed at that meeting and said she found out later, as did Martín Menem. She also said she will discuss the issue with Santilli because, she said, “it is not worth saying something that is not true.”
According to Clarín, Bullrich had already complained about not being alerted before the bill was sent to Congress and said she learned of it through complaints from lawmakers during the early hours of September 16, when the text was submitted at 3 a.m.
The senator also sought to lower the tone of the clash and clarified that she does not want to fight with Santilli, although she maintained her version that “nobody knew anything” about those changes. In that context, she again pointed out that the Disability issue is a sensitive one and warned that the state must be closer to the people.
According to iProfesional, Bullrich also stressed that the government’s fiscal targets should not be put into question, but said the ruling coalition needs balance between its economic decisions and its ability to gather support in Congress to turn them into law. In that context, the outlet noted that the government was analyzing changes in the disputed chapter while parliamentary negotiations continued.
In the same interview, Bullrich joked about the next political table meeting by saying she will arrive early and leave at the end.
Clarín added that the senator also addressed the opposition political scenario. There she said a possible candidacy by Cristina Kirchner is a “distraction” and a “nonsense,” recalling that the former president has a 6-year house arrest sentence and a lifetime ban from holding public office, both upheld by the Supreme Court of Justice. She also said that Axel Kicillof is seeking to show independence from Alberto Fernández as a way to build his own candidacy and again demanded answers from him over insecurity in the Conurbano.
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