After the Argentine Chamber of Deputies rejected several articles of the so-called “omnibus law” The official parliamentary group, promoted by President Javier Miley and his La Liberty Advance party, asked for the vote to be suspended, in particular on the law and return it to the committee so the project can be reviewed again.

Leader of La Libertad Avanza in the House of Representatives Oscar Zago was asked to return to the committee, after proposals for privatization, reform of the debt support law and tougher penalties against protesters were rejected by the House, where the ruling party is in the minority.

The far-right party accused the opposition blocs with which the ruling party negotiated the text of “betrayal.” “Betrayal pays dearly, but freedom approaches.” He will not allow governors to extort funds from the people to maintain their privileges. The underlying legislation goes back to committee,” the group said after the measure was approved by an economic vote, a show of hands.

The decision was made by Miley himself from Jerusalem, where he is located, as a sign of support for the Israeli government. “Let’s cancel the project. “To get a bad law passed, I prefer not to get it passed.” the president said, according to an Argentine newspaper Clarion.

In this sense, Miley accused “caste” of being “against the change that Argentines” voted and mentioned the difficulty of changing “a system in which politicians have gotten rich at the expense of Argentines.”

“56 percent of Argentines voted for our government program and We are not ready to negotiate with those who destroyed the country. There are sectors of politics that are resistant to the changes the country needs. They will have to explain to society why. “We are going to continue our program with or without the support of the political leadership that has destroyed our country,” the president added on his account on the social network X, formerly Twitter.

After that, he accused ten governors of the Together for Change party. “destroy” the bill, which he called “treason.” something they rejected, saying they had worked “tirelessly” to reach consensus and therefore could not “be held accountable.”

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On a social network President Javier Miley said it was a list of “loyalists” and “traitors”. who used the discourse of change to rob a bank [escaño]”

“Come in and take a look enemies of a better Argentina” he emphasized.

HERE IS THE LIST OF LOYALIES AND TRAITORS WHO USED THE SPEECH OF CHANGE TO ROBB THE BANK…
COME AND SEE THE ENEMIES OF ARGENTINA’S BEST… https://t.co/OMHwQwEm5a

— Javier Milei (@JMiley) February 7, 2024

Previously, the Chamber of Deputies approved the bill by 134 votes to 119. delegation of legislative powers to Miley for a period of one year, with the possibility of expansion to another, in case of emergency in six areas (economic, financial, security, tariffs, energy and administrative).

After five hours of debate and only six articles were voted on, There was a short break in the meeting, upon the return of which the deputies voted to return the text to the committees.

According to spokesman Oscar Zago, coordinator of La Libertad Avanza, told the press: blamed the so-called “dialogue” blocks for voting for things different from those previously agreed upon.

Subsequently, Interior Minister Guillermo Francos, one of the most actively involved in the negotiations, told TN that the ruling party and the so-called “dialogue” blocs, which “agreed to approve a number of delegated powers and “When treatment started, they refused.”therefore, it made no sense to continue voting on articles.

The delegated powers were approved by 134 votes in favor. for which the ruling party added support from the Republican Proposal (Pro, center-right), We Create a Federal Coalition (provincial representatives) and some representatives of the Radical Civic Union (UCR, center).

119 deputies spoke againstbelonging to the Peronist Union for the Motherland bloc (the first minority in the room), representatives of the left, some from the provinces and others from the UCR, contrary to the position of the majority of their bloc.

Namely, one of the radical deputies who voted against the general project last week, Facundo Manes, He told the press that there was “no turning back” and that the country must look forward, but do so “seriously and responsibly.”

Legislative foundations and starting points for the freedom of Argentines, better known as the “omnibus law”, In general, it was approved at the meeting on February 2. after three days of debate in the lower house, and a recess was requested until this Tuesday to vote on the articles, which initially included 664 articles and was reduced to much less than half after negotiations between the ruling party and some opposition blocs.

delegation of legislative powers to the president This was one of the obstacles in the negotiations between La Libertad Avanza and the main forces that have accompanied it since the project entered the parliamentary process: Pro, UCR and We Make the Federal Coalition.

Welcome back to the committee, it is necessary to again obtain a majority opinion that It will return to the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies and, if approved, go to the Senate.

(according to information from EFE, Europe Press And Aristegui News)