Argentina
Milei met with La Libertad Avanza lawmakers ahead of the submission of the 2027 Budget
The President received ruling-party deputies and senators at Casa Rosada on the eve of a key week in Congress. The agenda also includes a bill on the Malvinas and the start of debate on electoral reform.
Javier Milei led a meeting this Monday at Casa Rosada with deputies and senators from La Libertad Avanza, ahead of the submission to Congress of the 2027 Budget and a series of initiatives the government seeks to advance in the coming days.
According to TN and Radio Mitre, the meeting began shortly after 3 p.m. in the Heroes of Malvinas Hall. Ninety-five deputies and 21 senators from the bloc were summoned to the meeting, organized by the Presidency’s secretary general, Karina Milei.
According to TN, lawmakers arrived expecting to hear an economic presentation, in line with previous meetings between the President and his caucus. Some entered carrying copies of The Economy in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt, the book Milei had given them at a previous gathering.
Before the president entered, Karina Milei spoke. TN reported that attendees left their cellphones outside the room and waited over coffee and medialunas before the President arrived, carrying a folder in his hand and greeted with applause.
Ahead of the meeting, Deputy Lisandro Almirón told TN and other media outlets that the week will be important on the parliamentary front because of the debate over the Budget and the Malvinas issue. He also said that a thorough debate on these issues represents backing from the President for the bloc.
The government plans to present the 2027 Budget in the Chamber of Deputies this Tuesday, an initiative that, according to TN and Radio Mitre, will open negotiations with governors and allied blocs over the distribution of resources and next year’s allocations. The advance sent in July projects a slowdown in inflation, a real increase in tax revenue and continued cuts in the tax burden for the 2027-2029 period, as well as estimated improvements in employment, poverty, extreme poverty and inequality.
In addition, the executive branch will promote the so-called National Sovereignty Defense Law. According to TN and Radio Mitre, the bill seeks to amend Law 26,659 to toughen sanctions against companies carrying out unauthorized activities in the Malvinas, extend them to suppliers and broaden the conduct covered by the regime. TN added that the initiative also contemplates, where appropriate, allowing trial in absentia and creating a National Security Council to coordinate policies among the Foreign Ministry, Defense, Intelligence and Economy.
At the same time, the Senate will begin debating electoral reform in committee. Both TN and Radio Mitre noted that one of the main points of tension with allied sectors remains the possibility of eliminating the PASO.
According to TN, Karina Milei, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, and Senator Patricia Bullrich, leader of the libertarian bloc in the upper house, also took part in the meeting.
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