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The Government looks to the PRO and Peronism to seek the final votes for the Omnibus Law - Infobae
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January 29, 2024
After eliminating the fiscal chapter of the project package, the Casa Rosada trusts that they will have the necessary support to approve the rest of the reforms, although conversations continue with all sectors of the opposition. The delegation of special powers became the new point of controversy
By Federico Galligani
The Chamber of Deputies will debate the Omnibus Law (Gino Mantovani)
The governors of Together for Change, influential actors when negotiating support in Congress for the omnibus law, met last Saturday to agree on a position following the announcement by the Minister of Economy, Luis “Toto” Caputo , that eliminated the fiscal chapter from the project package.
Through a zoom, Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Ignacio “Nacho” Torres (Chubut), Jorge Macri (CABA), Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos), Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza), Carlos Sadir (Jujuy), Marcelo Orrego ( San Juan) and Claudio Poggi (San Luis), analyzed the news.
Only Leandro Zdero (Chaco) and Gustavo Valdés (Corrientes) could not connect due to scheduling issues, but the rest of the provincial leaders spoke for a long time and reached two conclusions: that it is necessary to wait to see the final text of the initiative that they send. the Executive Branch and that there are still some controversial points with which they do not agree, mainly regarding the delegation of special powers .
In the Casa Rosada they took note of that meeting, but although they will continue with the conversations until the last minute with the representatives of the different spaces of the so-called "dialogue" opposition, they trust that with the latest modifications they have already achieved the support that was missing to approve the law
The Government believes that there will be consensus for the approval of the omnibus law (VICTORIA GESUALDI/TÉLAM)
“I celebrate Luis Caputo's decision. We are available for a frank dialogue with the National Executive Branch and reach agreements that reflect common sense and that build for the long term,” commented Nacho Torres.
At this time, the Government expects strong support from the PRO , which has 37 members in the Chamber of Deputies, while with the rest of the blocks they will continue negotiating until the last minute.
Among the main officials in charge of this mission is the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos , who during this Monday and the first hours of Tuesday, when the law will begin to be discussed in Congress, will continue to expect the events and will maintain different meetings.
However, he does not plan to go to the parliamentary chamber when the package of projects begins to be discussed, but, in principle, he will be informed of what is happening in his office at the Casa Rosada.
“For Tuesday there is a broad consensus,” a source from the PRO confided to Infobae , in line with what the head of that party's bloc, Cristian Ritondo , had already expressed, who in his X account assured that the space “is about the changes in Argentina.”
Guillermo Francos, during a meeting with the governor of Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio
In parallel, national authorities believe that they could have several unexpected backups . As background, there is the surprising approach of the Peronist Agustín Fernández , who signed last Wednesday in favor of the majority opinion promoted by La Libertad Avanza, in next week's session there could also be surprises.
The Tucumán, who answers to Governor Osvaldo Jaldo , even announced his departure from Unión por la Patria to create his own bloc called “Independencia”, along with his bench colleagues Gladys Medina and Elia Fernández de Mansilla .
If he maintains his position, as head of the bench, Fernández and his colleagues represent three more votes in favor of the package of laws that, although it is a meager number, would be added to those with which the ruling party has already reached an agreement and the others who hope to finish convincing in the coming days.
A sector they also target is the Radical Civic Union (UCR), which has 34 members in Deputies and which was inclined to support some of the articles of the law, although they still disagree with some points.
In the zoom on Saturday, the radical governors stressed the need to wait for the Executive Branch to send the modified text of the project to see how it will finally be written , analyze it in depth and then take a position.
After Caputo confirmed that all articles related to fiscal matters would be eliminated from the initiative, which includes the increase in withholdings, money laundering and changes in retirements, the declaration of the emergency became the most discussed part of the package.
Martín Menem and Guillermo Francos, with the original version of the omnibus law
Although the deadline was shortened to one year, with the possibility of extending it to another year, the Government will be allowed to declare a public emergency in economic, financial, fiscal, pension, security, tariff, energy and administrative matters - no longer in defense, social or health-.
This would give President Javier Milei the possibility of having “legislative powers” to advance with different decisions in each of the aforementioned areas, without having to comply with parliamentary procedures and deadlines.
The entire “dialogue” opposition agrees that this is a section still to be reviewed and that “there is a lack of information” from the ruling party about the scope of the measure. The We Make Federal Coalition bloc, led by Miguel Pichetto , was the most forceful in this sense.
Specifically, they demand that emergencies in fiscal and provisional matters also be eliminated , which will be analyzed throughout this Monday and against the clock, since it would be just hours before the start of treatment.
As for the provincial leaders, prior to Caputo's announcement they had already been consulted regarding the possibility of separating the tax reforms from the rest of the law and several gave their approval, although they know that this change could end up harming them. .
According to what official sources specified to Infobae , beyond the discretionary transfers that the Executive Branch makes to the provinces through the National Treasury Contributions (ATN), Milei has different instruments to stop financing the districts to reduce spending and achieve the goal of zero fiscal deficit.
However, just as was done with the project to reestablish the fourth category of Earnings, it is not ruled out that the national Government will insist in the future on the issue of withholdings and the formula for calculating salaries, so The way in which it will be achieved is still being analyzed, but the objective is the same: reaching zero deficit .
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El Gobierno mira al PRO y al peronismo para buscar los votos finales de la Ley Ómnibus
Tras eliminar el capítulo fiscal del paquete de proyectos, en la Casa Rosada confían en que contarán con los apoyos necesarios para aprobar el resto de las reformas, aunque siguen las conversaciones con todos los sectores de la oposición. La delegación de facultades especiales se convirtió en el...
www.infobae.com
January 29, 2024
After eliminating the fiscal chapter of the project package, the Casa Rosada trusts that they will have the necessary support to approve the rest of the reforms, although conversations continue with all sectors of the opposition. The delegation of special powers became the new point of controversy
By Federico Galligani
The Chamber of Deputies will debate the Omnibus Law (Gino Mantovani)
The governors of Together for Change, influential actors when negotiating support in Congress for the omnibus law, met last Saturday to agree on a position following the announcement by the Minister of Economy, Luis “Toto” Caputo , that eliminated the fiscal chapter from the project package.
Through a zoom, Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Ignacio “Nacho” Torres (Chubut), Jorge Macri (CABA), Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos), Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza), Carlos Sadir (Jujuy), Marcelo Orrego ( San Juan) and Claudio Poggi (San Luis), analyzed the news.
Only Leandro Zdero (Chaco) and Gustavo Valdés (Corrientes) could not connect due to scheduling issues, but the rest of the provincial leaders spoke for a long time and reached two conclusions: that it is necessary to wait to see the final text of the initiative that they send. the Executive Branch and that there are still some controversial points with which they do not agree, mainly regarding the delegation of special powers .
In the Casa Rosada they took note of that meeting, but although they will continue with the conversations until the last minute with the representatives of the different spaces of the so-called "dialogue" opposition, they trust that with the latest modifications they have already achieved the support that was missing to approve the law
The Government believes that there will be consensus for the approval of the omnibus law (VICTORIA GESUALDI/TÉLAM)
“I celebrate Luis Caputo's decision. We are available for a frank dialogue with the National Executive Branch and reach agreements that reflect common sense and that build for the long term,” commented Nacho Torres.
At this time, the Government expects strong support from the PRO , which has 37 members in the Chamber of Deputies, while with the rest of the blocks they will continue negotiating until the last minute.
Among the main officials in charge of this mission is the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos , who during this Monday and the first hours of Tuesday, when the law will begin to be discussed in Congress, will continue to expect the events and will maintain different meetings.
However, he does not plan to go to the parliamentary chamber when the package of projects begins to be discussed, but, in principle, he will be informed of what is happening in his office at the Casa Rosada.
“For Tuesday there is a broad consensus,” a source from the PRO confided to Infobae , in line with what the head of that party's bloc, Cristian Ritondo , had already expressed, who in his X account assured that the space “is about the changes in Argentina.”
Guillermo Francos, during a meeting with the governor of Entre Ríos, Rogelio Frigerio
In parallel, national authorities believe that they could have several unexpected backups . As background, there is the surprising approach of the Peronist Agustín Fernández , who signed last Wednesday in favor of the majority opinion promoted by La Libertad Avanza, in next week's session there could also be surprises.
The Tucumán, who answers to Governor Osvaldo Jaldo , even announced his departure from Unión por la Patria to create his own bloc called “Independencia”, along with his bench colleagues Gladys Medina and Elia Fernández de Mansilla .
If he maintains his position, as head of the bench, Fernández and his colleagues represent three more votes in favor of the package of laws that, although it is a meager number, would be added to those with which the ruling party has already reached an agreement and the others who hope to finish convincing in the coming days.
A sector they also target is the Radical Civic Union (UCR), which has 34 members in Deputies and which was inclined to support some of the articles of the law, although they still disagree with some points.
In the zoom on Saturday, the radical governors stressed the need to wait for the Executive Branch to send the modified text of the project to see how it will finally be written , analyze it in depth and then take a position.
After Caputo confirmed that all articles related to fiscal matters would be eliminated from the initiative, which includes the increase in withholdings, money laundering and changes in retirements, the declaration of the emergency became the most discussed part of the package.
Martín Menem and Guillermo Francos, with the original version of the omnibus law
Although the deadline was shortened to one year, with the possibility of extending it to another year, the Government will be allowed to declare a public emergency in economic, financial, fiscal, pension, security, tariff, energy and administrative matters - no longer in defense, social or health-.
This would give President Javier Milei the possibility of having “legislative powers” to advance with different decisions in each of the aforementioned areas, without having to comply with parliamentary procedures and deadlines.
The entire “dialogue” opposition agrees that this is a section still to be reviewed and that “there is a lack of information” from the ruling party about the scope of the measure. The We Make Federal Coalition bloc, led by Miguel Pichetto , was the most forceful in this sense.
Specifically, they demand that emergencies in fiscal and provisional matters also be eliminated , which will be analyzed throughout this Monday and against the clock, since it would be just hours before the start of treatment.
As for the provincial leaders, prior to Caputo's announcement they had already been consulted regarding the possibility of separating the tax reforms from the rest of the law and several gave their approval, although they know that this change could end up harming them. .
According to what official sources specified to Infobae , beyond the discretionary transfers that the Executive Branch makes to the provinces through the National Treasury Contributions (ATN), Milei has different instruments to stop financing the districts to reduce spending and achieve the goal of zero fiscal deficit.
However, just as was done with the project to reestablish the fourth category of Earnings, it is not ruled out that the national Government will insist in the future on the issue of withholdings and the formula for calculating salaries, so The way in which it will be achieved is still being analyzed, but the objective is the same: reaching zero deficit .
