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Doubts in the Government about how to move forward with the May Pact, which could even change its name - Infobae
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Dudas en el Gobierno sobre cómo avanzar con el Pacto de Mayo, que incluso podría cambiar de nombre
Los planes de llegar con la Ley Bases para el 25 de mayo están en peligro por la dilación del debate en el Congreso. Francos lo dejó entrever esta mañana, Adorni lo negó, y luego el propio Milei dejó la puerta abierta a una postergación
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May 14, 2024
The plans to arrive with the Base Law by May 25 are in danger due to the delay of the debate in Congress. Francos hinted at it this morning, Adorni denied it, and then Milei himself left the door open to a postponement
By Brenda Struminger
Javier Milei slipped today in the Hall of Busts that he was not sure that they will arrive on May 25
The temporary deadline that Javier Milei set for himself to celebrate the May Pact, which was intended to speed up the legislators, ended up turning against him. To the point that the president is seriously thinking about postponing the date, initially scheduled for May 25. With the risk, even, that the name he thought for the agreement might have to change.
The decision has not yet been firmly made, and even until this afternoon, very important representatives of the libertarian world, both in the Casa Rosada and in Congress, continued to maintain, tooth and nail, that the appointment in Córdoba remains immovable. “It is done yes or yes, beyond everything, the 25th,” said one side of the President, under his breath, just after the celebration of the unveiling of Menem's bust in the Hall of Busts.
Spokesman Manuel Adorni went beyond the off-the-record statements , and published on his public WhatsApp channel that, beyond the "journalistic versions", the moment of signing the pact remained stable, without a doubt, on the date stipulated. Half an hour later he was forced to delete the message. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that, minutes before, Milei himself had said in statements to the C5N channel, meters away from him, and with nonchalance, that he did not rule out that it be postponed "until June or July."
The reason for the postponement, essentially, is the Base Law, whose approval in the Senate is dragging on despite the efforts of the ruling party to speed up its own and allies. On March 1, in the Legislative Assembly, the head of state had said, with all pomp, that the May Pact would be subject to the approval of that package, which he had been forced to withdraw weeks ago, in February. It was a way to pressure the opposition to support them, but at the same time, to rush them. However, almost two months later, in Congress no one can ensure that the law can be passed on time.
The President could even change the name of the agreement
Last week, in the presidential circle they had made the conditions of the Pact more flexible, but not the date. “It is done the same, with or without law,” they said. But now, once again, they changed their position. Today, the slogan is that the priority is that there be law, and the Pact comes later, when appropriate, without a fixed date.
Milei spoke of June or July, but those around him hope that it can be advanced enough so that it can continue to be called the same way. That is, it should not go beyond the 31st. “In any case, a new national date will be created,” said, proudly, a first-line collaborator of the president.
The first to report that this idea was taking over Milei's strategy had been Guillermo Francos, one of the officials closest to the head of state, who had admitted this morning the possibility that they would not arrive on time with the Bases law. “It doesn't seem that important to me either. If it ends well. And if it is not finished, we will see what we do with the May Pact, if we do it in May, or if we postpone it and have it dealt with by law,” he had said. And although Adorni later tried to deny it, it remains a possibility.
The vice president, Victoria Villarruel, who has almost never visited the Casa Rosada practically since the beginning of the administration, was not present at the convulsive act of vindication of Carlos Menem. Neither did the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse, who was preparing his presentation before Congress in his office on the first floor but, they say, he is on a tightrope. Yes, he was sitting in the first row, almost in front of the head of state, the current president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem , who was in a very good mood surrounded by his relatives who had gone to witness the praise of his uncle, including to Karina Milei's first advisor, who is also her relative, Eduardo “Lule” Menem. Those around him said that he was confident that the law would be approved on time.
Whatever the date, the Government assures that the pact will be made without fail. In the city of Córdoba they were organizing everything as if it would be signed next week. Nobody had yet warned them that it could be delayed for an indefinite period of time.
However, in the Casa Rosada they tried to downplay the importance of the adverse situation. In the unusually effervescent Hall of Busts, different officials were very confident in the economic direction, asked to talk about the drop in the inflation rate, and tried to hide the setback represented by the delay of the act that Milei proposed as the first great milestone of his administration due to pressure from the opposition.
