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Milei highlighted the position of the senators of La Libertad Avanza and criticized those who increased the allowances: “This is how the caste moves” - Infobae
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Milei destacó la postura de los senadores de La Libertad Avanza y criticó a los que se aumentaron las dietas: “Así se mueve la casta”
Los legisladores votaron un incremento salarial de $1,7 millones a más de $4 millones. El Presidente aseguró que los únicos siete legisladores que votaron en contra fueron los del oficialismo
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April 18, 2024
Lawmakers voted to increase pay from $1.7 million to more than $4 million. The President assured that the only seven legislators who voted against were those of the ruling party
142 Opening of Ordinary Sessions in the National Congress, Buenos Aires; Argentina, March 1, 2024. (Photos: Senate Communication)
President Javier Milei used his social networks to target the senators who voted this Thursday for an increase in his diet that, as it turned out, would go - starting next May - from $1.7 million to more than $4 million . Weeks ago, an increase based on a joint resolution with his pair of Deputies, Martín Menem , had to be retracted. Now, the senators acted on their own, in a measure that was not accompanied by the ruling party, according to what the libertarian leader, Ezequiel Atauche , told accredited journalists at the end of the session.
“This is how caste moves. The only 7 who voted against are the senators from La Libertad Avanza. 2025 will be a historic beating,” the President said.
Javier Milei's tweet against the salary increase for senators
As Infobae announced , the move made this Thursday was born yesterday, at the Parliamentary Labor meeting that was held to organize the session. There, from various blocks there were complaints about some statements and movements of the Executive. “ We want to earn the same as -the presidential spokesperson, Manuel- Adorni. They also raised him recently ,” an experienced opposition senator told Infobae .
Last night, the text in question was known to the various forces. It establishes that the per diems would be made up of 2,500 modules - today, close to $1,700 -, plus an additional 1,000 modules for representation expenses, and 500 additional modules for uprooting .
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In the room, the one who took the lead was the dissident Peronist senator Juan Carlos Romero , who requested the incorporation of draft resolution 615/24 - it is not yet uploaded to the Upper House website - and asked to enable it on tables. Two thirds were needed. Villarruel put the definition by show of hands and, although some legislators did not do so, it was validated .
Following this, the initiative was voted on without debate and with the same mechanics. According to what this medium reconstructed, the ruling party did not accompany. Nor a handful of the Pro and others of radicalism, such as the head of the centenary party, Martín Lousteau .
Los senadores se aumentaron las dietas en plena sesión, a mano alzada y sin debate
Los senadores se aumentaron las dietas en plena sesión, a mano alzada y sin debate
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The senators increased their allowances in the middle of the session, by show of hands and without debate
What happened in March
In the past, Menem and Villarruel deactivated the increase granted at the end of last February, when they agreed and validated a 16% increase as of January 1, 2024, and a more cumulative 12% from February 1. The accumulated variation compared to last December was 29.92%.In the resolution it was made clear that the joint resolution 13/11 "signed by Amado Boudou and Julián Domínguez " was annulled "as of January 1" last year - retroactively - with regard to the equalization and automatic mobility of the Diet. , Representation and Uprooting Expenses received by national deputies and senators. That did not apply to the rest of the legislative employees.
Although the diet of senators and deputies was tied to the parity of Congress workers, that was interrupted in 2021, in the midst of the pandemic and a context of general discontent with the leadership of all parties, with strong questions to the “politics” expenses. At that time, the authorities had decided to “decouple” the legislators' allowances from the employees' salary agreements.
In that sense, a resolution was signed that stipulated that any increase in legislators' salaries must be “discussed and approved by the plenary session of both Chambers.” The strategy sought to contain the demand for increases, since legislators would avoid voting on it in the chamber to avoid public criticism.
