Argentina
Milei meets with LLA lawmakers ahead of the budget submission and a bill on the Malvinas
The President summoned pro-government deputies and senators to align the parliamentary strategy in a week marked by key initiatives. The agenda includes the budget and a proposal linked to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands.
President Javier Milei called deputies and senators from La Libertad Avanza for Monday with the aim of aligning the government’s legislative strategy ahead of a week of key decisions in Congress, according to Crónica.
The meeting is scheduled for the afternoon in the Héroes de Malvinas Hall at the Casa Rosada. According to Crónica, the meeting will coincide with the sending to the Chamber of Deputies of the National Sovereignty Defense Bill and will take place on the eve of the presentation of the budget.
According to that outlet, the budget initiative will seek to sustain fiscal balance, consolidate macroeconomic stability and deepen the decline in inflation. A lawmaker quoted by Crónica said that Milei will give a conceptual presentation on the economy, in line with previous meetings.
Crónica also indicated that neither Milei nor Economy Minister Luis Caputo will go to Congress this year to present the budget, and that the presence of Deputy Minister José Luis Daza is expected.
The bill’s consideration will take place in a context shaped by the election campaign, a scenario that, according to the reports, may complicate the government’s negotiations with governors and dialogue-oriented blocs. Debate will begin in the Budget and Finance Committee, chaired by Bertie Benegas Lynch, while the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, will play a central role in the search for support.
For the Government, the first objective will be to gather the 129 votes needed to reach quorum in the Chamber of Deputies. Crónica noted that the opposition has shown it can move forward in other debates and that this makes negotiations more demanding.
In parallel, the Senate will open debate on electoral reform. ElDiarioAR said that the government seeks to advance changes whose most sensitive point is the elimination of the PASO, although within the space an alternative of suspension or modification of their mandatory nature is also being considered.
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