Argentina
Casa Rosada convenes its political table amid dispute over disability changes in the 2027 Budget
Karina Milei will lead a meeting on Tuesday marked by the internal unease exposed by Patricia Bullrich. Also joining are the resignation of the head of the Disability area and the search for support for the government’s bill.
The Government will once again convene its political table on Tuesday at Casa Rosada, on a day marked by the tensions that emerged after changes on disability were added to the 2027 Budget bill. According to Infobae and Ámbito, the meeting will be at 1 p.m. and will be led by Karina Milei, who remained in Buenos Aires while Javier Milei traveled to New York to take part in the UN General Assembly.
The internal dispute was triggered after Patricia Bullrich questioned the lack of coordination around the text sent to Congress. Both she and Martín Menem acknowledged, according to Infobae, that they had not been informed about modifications included in the bill. Bullrich also denied Diego Santilli, who had attributed that lack of coordination to an early departure by the senator from a prior political table meeting.
“When the Budget was discussed, I was there,” Bullrich replied, according to Infobae and Ámbito. The lawmaker said that the disability-related changes were not specifically addressed in that forum and warned, according to Ámbito, that insisting on that point would be a “self-inflicted error.”
The focus of the conflict is on the disability changes included in the bill. Infobae noted that one of the most sensitive points is the elimination of the single reference fees in the basic benefits schedule, which would leave families negotiating individually with health insurers and prepaid plans. Ámbito added that the text also sets the non-contributory disability pension at 70% of the minimum retirement benefit, makes it incompatible with formal employment or registration in tax regimes, and repeals articles of the Disability Emergency Law.
At the same time, the crisis added another chapter with the departure of Alejandro Vilches from the National Disability Secretariat. According to Infobae, he submitted his resignation for personal reasons and, until a replacement is defined, the area was left under the charge of Esteban Giler, undersecretary of Access and Support Policies at the Ministry of Health headed by Mario Lugones.
According to Infobae, within Karina Milei’s inner circle they sought to downplay the conflict and spoke of a “difference of opinions,” although several members of the ruling party took it for granted that the issue would be central to the discussion. The meeting will also serve to organize the ruling party’s parliamentary strategy and advance negotiations for the treatment of the 2027 Budget.
Before that meeting, Santilli will receive in his office the governor of Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio, as part of the search for political backing for the government initiative. Ámbito added that on Thursday he also plans to meet with the governor of Chaco, Leandro Zdero.
In addition to Karina Milei, Bullrich, Santilli and Martín Menem, Ignacio Devitt, Santiago Caputo, Eduardo “Lule” Menem and Fabián Fernández will take part in the political table, according to both Infobae and Ámbito. Luis Caputo will not be present because he is part of the presidential delegation in the United States, Infobae reported.
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