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Only two senators asked not to receive the increase in the diet, but they assure that it is impracticable - Inofobae
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Sólo dos senadores pidieron no percibir el aumento de la dieta, pero aseguran que es impracticable
Hasta ahora únicamente dos legisladores radicales presentaron una nota formal para rechazar el incremento. Nadie de La Libertad Avanza ni del PRO imitó el gesto. “Si no lo quieren, que lo donen”, señalaron desde la Cámara alta porque advierten que no se puede aplicar el cambio
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April 19, 2024
So far only two radical legislators have presented a formal note to reject the increase. Nobody from La Libertad Avanza or the PRO imitated the gesture. “If they don't want it, let them donate it,” they said from the Upper House because they warn that the change cannot be applied.
By David Cayon
The Senate of the Nation approved, by show of hands and without debate, a proposal to increase the allowances of legislators starting in May (Photos: NA / DAMIAN DOPACIO)
It took senators 50 seconds to vote (and approve) a draft resolution on tables that implies an increase in per diems . It was decided to define by show of hands, so there was no record (beyond the images) of who voted in favor; In any case, no legislator requested that the vote be nominal: according to the regulations, if no one notifies the Presidency of the Chamber that they vote against, it means that they support.
Just a few minutes after the act that raised the legislators' allowances from $1.7 million to $4 million out of pocket , and that imposed a new updating mechanism, the news was known and the impact of a parity of more than 100% in the salaries of the legislators.
Quickly, some sectors tried to distance themselves, but the reality is that, after 24 hours of the vote, only two senators , Rodolfo Suárez and Mariana Juri from Mendoza , refused to receive the increase and even presented a formal note that entered the system today. of the Upper House. However, Palace sources point out that the application of this reversal " is impracticable ."
“A modification of the value of the modules was voted, the accounting is the same for all senators . If they do not want the increase, they should donate it , but in practice they will receive it,” explained sources from the Upper House.
Asked if they had received any other note from the La Libertad Avanza or PRO blocks - the two who came out to say that they were not accompanying - they assured that they had not .
Senator Guadalupe Tagliaferri speaks during the session that took place on Thursday, April 18
This perhaps has to do with what the rest of the senators claim: that the increase was agreed upon with all the blocks. The president of the UCR, Senator Martín Lousteau , said: “ We all vote. When you do not vote with first and last name it is because there was an agreement at the Parliamentary Labor meeting. It is something that the presidents of the blocks agree on on behalf of others. It was agreed, one of the LLA signed the project and to sign it you have to know what it is about.”
Off the record , the senators point out that the project to increase the allowances was written by Senator Juan Carlos Romero, “an ally of LLA . ” And this is exposed in the speed with which the voting process was carried out. "We all had the project, we knew it from the day before, you cannot claim ignorance because it would be worse... it would mean that you go to the venue without knowing what is going to be discussed and without reading the projects," added the consulted sources.
Now everyone looks at the Deputies, where, aware of the vote in the Senate, they complained to Martín Menem for their allowances. According to some opposition legislators consulted by this means, the head of the LLA party responded that it was something that was going to be discussed after the Omnibus Law was processed. “The allowances are behind and now, compared to the senators, we are very far away,” complained a parliamentary representative from a northern province who has to rent in the City of Buenos Aires.
What the senators voted is that they will receive 13 salaries a year ; the thirteenth as a bonus, something that deputies do not receive. The diet is made up of 2,500 modules, with a value of $1,802 each ; To this are added 1000 modules for representation expenses and 500 for uprooting.
In summary, the gross diet of a Senator of the Nation who is not from the City of Buenos Aires would be established at $7,200,000 gross, which means a little more than $4,000,000 out of pocket.
