It was almost 8 at night when the left-wing deputies Myriam Bregman and Nicolás Del Caño They broke into the premises. “You sons of a bitch! “They threw the motorcycles on top of us!” they shouted. Romina Del Plá demanded to “stop the carnage” in the demonstration outside Congress. Meanwhile, the UCR and Miguel Pichetto’s bloc analyzed the counterproposal that finally came from the Government to finish unblocking the “omnibus law” and vote it around midnight.
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After an afternoon in which the negotiations seemed to lead to a dead end, the Executive Branch sent to the “dialogue” deputies a new version of the project where it limited the areas of delegated powers to six and lowered the number of delegated powers from 36 to 27. companies to be privatized. The lobby of the deputies of Córdoba managed to remove five companies based in that province from the list, among the nine total that were left out. In addition, the privatization mechanism was adjusted to the proposal of the Federal Coalition.
With these concessions, the ruling party ensured the approval of one of the core chapters of the project along with that of delegated powers, although there were still some differences. A handful of radicals were not willing to support either of the two issues, while the people of Cordoba who respond to Governor Martín Llaryora were reluctant to support the delegated powers in economic, financial and fiscal matters, waiting for concrete progress on a fiscal pact. with the provinces.
The request for a call to governors to agree on a fiscal effort shared between the Nation and provinces flew over the entire day. The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos (who appeared in Congress late at night) had conditioned the holding of the meeting on the approval of the law, further tenseing the atmosphere.
The debate reached its peak of tension when deputies Del Plá and Germán Martínez (Unión por la Patria) asked to go to an intermission and urgently meet the block leaders due to the serious incidents in the protest against the law. “At this very moment, there is fierce repression on the protesters who are outside: gas, sticks and blows, in the name of defending against blocking a street that the Gendarmerie is blocking with their assault cars,” reported Del Plá.
The motion was rejected amid the attempts of the head of the Chamber, Martín Menem, to prevent the session from getting out of hand. Pichetto and the radical Rodrigo De Loredo helped stop the fourth intermission, which was voted by show of hands.
“We make the Federal Coalition not going to allow the work of a State power to be interrupted,” said Pichetto, who was applauded by the libertarians. “Stop applauding, don’t be stupid, it seems like you’re at a party,” he concluded. De Loredo, for his part, accused Kirchnerism of making an “act of getting up and playing with the quorum.”
Deputies from Unión por la Patria and other blocks, such as Mónica Frade (Civic Coalition) and Esteban Paulón (Socialist Party) stampeded from Congress to intervene in the demonstration. On his return, Máximo Kirchner broke the silence. “This is avoidable, and it happens because sometimes we want to gather votes by seeing who is more handsome or who represses the most,” lamented the camper.
Meanwhile, the various offices were finishing confirming the support that would be given to La Libertad Avanza for the approval of the most controversial chapters of the project. The version written in Casa Rosada had 386 articles, 139 less than the commissions’ opinion.
The companies that were left out of the list of total privatizations are the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank; the House of coin; Dioxitek; Argentine Aircraft Factory; Military Manufactures; Radio of the National University of the Litoral; Radio and Television Service of the University of Córdoba; New Generation Space Vehicle; and Dionisio Water Mining Deposits.
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Regarding the process, the text sent to the deputies provided for the intervention of the Bicameral Privatization Monitoring Commission, made up of six deputies and six senators, which must be informed of the specifications and conditions of each company, and also receive a prior “comprehensive” report on the patrimonial, economic, financial and operational aspects of each one.
Omnibus Law: official “summit” in Martín Menem’s office
The day was marked, once again, by hectic negotiations. The Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei and the presidential spokesperson Manuel Adornand they passed by Menem’s offices. Also attending the Deputies were the Deputy Chief of Staff, José Rolandi, and the head of the Central Bank, Santiago Bausili, who together with deputies wrote a correction in an article on the restructuring of the external debt.
The negotiations with “dialoguists” once again annoyed Germán Martínez, head of Unión por la Patria, who demanded to know the new changes to a ruling that, according to him, was never on the benches. “Is there or is there not a text with modifications?“, insisted the Santa Fe native. Menem avoided the answer.
With the pressure under their shoulders, the remaining libertarians to speak at the session dropped off the list of speakers and The project was headed for approval around midnight. However, due to lack of sufficient support, articles on the environment and culture were in danger. More modifications were also analyzed in criminal matters, which had already suffered cuts. For example, the chapter that expands the cases that should be considered self-defense was in doubt. On the other hand, there was a principle of agreement to move forward with the new regulation of biofuels.
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