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Senate: a majority sector of the PRO now asks to roll back the controversial increase in diets - Infobae
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Senado: un sector mayoritario del PRO ahora pide retrotraer la polémica suba de dietas
Lo firmaron seis de siete legisladores. Del aumento de febrero pasado sólo el jefe de bloque, Luis Juez, se había opuesto al mismo. Internas en el macrismo por los intentos de congraciarse con Javier Milei
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April 23, 2024
Six of seven legislators signed it. Of last February's increase, only the block head, Luis Juez, had opposed it. Interns in the Macrismo for attempts to ingratiate themselves with Javier Milei
By Mariano Casal
The head of the Pro in the upper house, Luis Juez (Senate Press)
After the controversial increase in allowances approved days ago in the Senate and the request for a special session made yesterday by Kirchnerism to discuss salaries throughout the State, a majority sector of the Pro in the upper house, led by Luis Juez , asked Victoria Villarruel to set a date to go to the premises in order to deactivate the discussed vote last Thursday, which will take the legislators' credit from next month - to be paid in June - to more than four million pesos in hand.
The PRO's claim is for the Vice President and head of the Senate “to call a special session on the date she considers appropriate” to discuss a draft resolution that would eliminate what was voted last Thursday, of which Macri's administration did not validate. on the premmises. After the session held days ago, the party was very insistently interested in demonstrating that it had not supported the majority's decision when, in reality, on other occasions it did not outline a unified position on the issue .
Regarding the first increase that they jointly granted - and then rolled back - Villarruel and the head of Deputies, Martín Menem , in line with the increase that had been granted for State workers last February, the only one who presented a note to the head of the Upper House so as not to collect it - that was not viable, unless he donated it - was a Judge.
Now, the six legislators argue that the “urgency” of the project points to “ the importance of demonstrating to the citizens the commitment of a majority of this House to accompany the difficult situation that our country is going through .” What is being asked in various offices of Congress, both in the Deputies and the Senate, is where the PRO agenda was. “ Is this the first time we asked for a session this year? ", they slipped to Infobae .
The vice president and head of the Upper House, Victoria Villarruel (Senate Press)
What is clear is that, in the midst of Macri's somersaults on this issue, the only thing it will generate is greater pressure on Villarruel, who on this occasion - beyond assuming what was going to happen with the diets - did not have intervention, since it was an initiative expressly presented by different forces and voted on in less than a minute, without debate .
What happened last Thursday
The senators raised the allowance to more than $7 million gross for May, or close to $4.5 million in hand starting next June, in a controversial vote without debate and by show of hands, which was enabled in less than a minute and with doubts due to the number of legislators who later came out to clarify, desperate, to reaffirm their rejection. The most curious thing about all this is that, if the Government had not forced to deactivate the increase granted by Villarruel and Menem at the end of last February, the amount to be collected would be half, that is, $3.5 million since the middle of the year .If we are talking about numbers, the text makes it clear that the per diems will be made up of 2,500 modules -of $1,800-, plus an additional 1,000 modules for representation expenses and 500 additional modules for uprooting. Regarding this last point, only four do not currently charge it. In addition, one more diet will be added to the current 12 to compensate for the bonus, as this media reported last Thursday.
What does Kirchnerism ask for?
The Frente de Todos bloc requested this Monday a special session for Thursday, May 2, with the aim of discussing a project from the opposition bench so that no one in the State earns more than the President , as Infobae announced last Saturday.The special session also includes the budget emergency for universities during 2024 -raising investment to $5.8 billion-; the progressive increase of these items to reach 1.4% of the Gross Domestic Product until 2032; and the regulation of the price of energy acquisition by energy distributors from CAMESA SA
The head of Kirchnerism in the Senate, José Mayans (NA)
The bloc managed by Mayans has 33 legislators, four short of a quorum. To hold the meeting at the venue, he will need the help of the non-Kirchnerist opposition, where the PRO, the UCR, dissident Peronism and wild provincial blocs are found that are, week after week, in constant tug-of-war and negotiations with the national administration.
The Mayans initiative was presented at the beginning of this month and imposes that the President of the Nation must have a salary established at 20 minimum vital and mobile salaries . This will be the maximum that will apply to the members of the three powers of the State, extra-power bodies, decentralized bodies of the National Public Administration, and State companies and companies. Since the minimum today is 202,800 pesos, the first president's would be 4,056,000 pesos .
Regarding higher and hierarchical authorities such as ministers, secretaries, undersecretaries and equivalent positions of the National Executive Branch , officials and hierarchical positions of all jurisdictions and entities included in sections a), b), c), and d) of article 8 of Law 24,156, including the National Institute of Social Services for Retirees and Pensioners (INSSJP), the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, the Federal Administration of Public Revenue, the magistrates and officials of the Judicial Branch of the Nation, the Public Ministry of the Defense, the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Legislative Branch, their remunerations may not exceed 15 Minimum, Living and Mobile Salaries , for the entire concept.
On the other hand, starting with Secretaries of State, the figure drops to 10 salaries , while for Executive Directors of State Companies and Companies -YPF for example- it will be nine minimum salaries. If the project obtains the approval of the Senate and the sanction of Deputies - today, far away -, it will not only imply that the President has his salary fixed, but it will also have an impact on the Supreme Court of Justice: magistrates of the highest court would begin to receive little more of $3 million, since the scale would leave them with 15 Minimum Living and Mobile Salaries .
