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Guillermo Francos spoke after the general approval of the Omnibus Law: “The vote in particular is missing, but it is a great step” - Infobae

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February 02, 2024

The project promoted by the Executive was voted on in Deputies after 6 p.m. He obtained the majority of positive votes after three days of debate

By Joaquin Múgica Diaz

Patricia Bullrich's message after the vote on the Omnibus Law
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Patricia Bullrich's tweet

The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, expressed herself on her social networks after the Chamber of Deputies voted on the project promoted by Javier Milei, whose articles will now be debated individually.
“The Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines is a tool to get out of the decadence of decades. I congratulate all the deputies who took this step for the well-being of Argentines. More investment, more work, more freedom,” the official wrote in her X account.
The person in charge of Defense, Luis Petri, also joined his statements, celebrated the vote and published: “It is the first step of many on the historic path of transformation of our Nation. “We are leaving behind, once and for all, the past that chains us and limits our freedom.”

18:14 hsTODAY
Guillermo Francos: “It is not a half sanction because the vote in particular is missing, but it is a big step”

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Guillermo Francos, Minister of the Interior
The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, referred to the treatment of the Omnibus Law in the Chamber of Deputies and remarked: “The approval in general marks the sense of support for the Base Law. It is not a half-sanction because the vote in particular is missing, but it is a big step.”
Looking ahead to the individual vote that will be held next Tuesday, he said: “There may be some gross differences in one or two articles and particular differences in some others, in terms of wording. Let's not forget that the Government has withdrawn a part that generated more debate, which was the entire fiscal part."

18:13 hsTODAY

The Omnibus Law was approved in general in Deputies and a bid begins for the vote in particular of the key articles

It was by 144 votes in favor and 109 against. The debate will go to intermission for the third time and the Lower House will meet again on Tuesday. The Government is still negotiating with the provinces and the dialogue blocs for privatizations, PAIS tax and delegated powers

By Feerico Millenaar and Joauin Múgica Diaz

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The Omnibus Law voting board
“The time for debate is over.” The statement from the Casa Rosada tense the atmosphere in the Chamber of Deputies minutes before the general vote on the Omnibus Law. The megaproject, which lost more than half of its articles along the way , was generally approved with libertarian votes, those of the PRO, the UCR, We Make the Federal Coalition and Federal Innovation. In total, it obtained 144 votes in favor and 109 against.


18:00 hsTODAY
The La Libertad Avanza bloc defended the bill with criticism of Kirchnerism

Oscar Zago, president of the La Libertad Avanza bloc, targeted Kirchnerism for inflation and targeted Alberto Fernández.
“This Government - for many people - turns a deaf ear to social demands, it is authoritarian, it is slavery and denialist. It's the only thing they know how to say because 50 days ago President Javier Milei found himself with more than 1,000% inflation and they worry about whether gasoline increases 10%. While his president sails through Spain and enjoys the money he worked for,” he warned.
Finally, Zago highlighted: “We want to vote because we have been here for more than 30 hours, the problem is not us, the problem is the people who are watching us take six days to debate. More than 200 speakers said the same thing. It is a shame. "We have to be aware that there is a people who are having a bad time."

17:55 hsTODAY
The last speaker of the day speaks

Oscar Zago, from Libertad Avanza, closes the third session of debate on the Omnibus Law in the Chamber of Deputies. After his intervention, as head of the ruling party's block, the legislators will vote on the project promoted by the government of Javier Milei.

17:36 hsTODAY
Germán Martínez confirmed that Unión por la Patria will not support the law

The head of the Unión por la Patria bloc, Germán Martínez, gave his closing speech and, although he acknowledged that the debate over the Omnibus Law “was good,” he said that he still believes that 95% of the deputies do not know what It will be taken into consideration in the vote. “That must be said clearly,” he said.
And he pointed out against the opposition: “The ruling party does not defend its project, the allies who vote today defend it. "They leveraged themselves on the frontal rejection of our political space, of our bloc, of this project in general and in particular and then went to negotiate."
“With the aggregate votes that we and other blocks that rejected this project contributed, they went and sat at the table of power to get things done. What you achieved was achieved with skill, but supported by the hundred or so votes that we are going to reject ,” he noted.

17:31 hsTODAY
The PRO announced that it will vote in favor of the Omnibus Law in general

For the PRO, Cristian Ritondo accused Kirchnerism of being “hypocritical” and confirmed that his space will vote for the law. “We are not a government or a co-government, we come with the responsibility of giving the Government a toolbox to resolve what the populist berrets left behind.”
“We want a country where we can freely say what we think, where not everything is a trap of all kinds. Today those who are responsible spoke again. “Those who criticized Macri's debt should realize that they multiplied the plans, multiplied inflation, left more poor people and multiplied the debt,” he launched.

17:29 hsTODAY
De Loredo's strong anger with a Union for the Homeland deputy

In his closing presentation, the head of the UCR block confronted legislator Carlos Castagneto, from Unión por la Patria, who complained because De Loredo was looking at him during his speech and asked for an intervention on his word.
“I speak wherever I want and look at whoever I want. They have intervened in everything for 20 years and you want to intervene in me”, was the reaction to the shouts of the radical deputy.
The crossing required Martín Menem to request order in the room. De Loredo, in the context of his speech and in the midst of his anger, continued: “I look at you because I am talking to you, Mr. Deputy,” he told Castagneto.
And he added: “If we are here it is because of what you did before, that is why I look at you. Because the other thing could have been a coincidence, a coincidence, as it happened, but if that happened it is your responsibility.”

17:03 hsTODAY
“Learn the regulations”: Pichetto's challenge to the deputies

The head of the bloc of Hacemos Coalificación Federal once again caused another moment of disruption within the Chamber of Deputies during the closing of the third session of debate on the Omnibus Law.
It happened while he was speaking in the final section of the day, when the deputy complained about those legislators who read his complete speeches. A position that he - according to what he said - he shared with the UXP legislator Leopoldo Moreau.
However, just a few minutes after making that observation, he asked permission to read some data. “I'm going to read a little, do you let me read?” It is to be precise,” he asked Martín Menem.
His request caused complaints and boos. And it caused an immediate reaction from Pichetto who quickly challenged them: “You have to ask permission to read. Learn the regulations, you have to ask the president for permission to read. They can't come with a piece of paper and read. And sometimes they read wrong,” he concluded.

16:49 hsTODAY
Javier Milei celebrated the general approval of the Omnibus Law and asked the deputies to “count on the same greatness” for Tuesday's vote

Through a statement from the Office of the President, an official communication organ, he especially thanked Rodrigo de Loredo, Cristian Ritondo and Miguel Ángel Pichetto for having supported the project despite the “differences.”


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Javier Milei (AP) AP

The official communication account of Javier Milei celebrated this Friday the general approval of the Omnibus Law in the Chamber of Deputies. Furthermore, in a statement from the President's Office, special thanks were given to three opposition bloc leaders who gave their support to the project: Cristian Ritondo, Miguel Ángel Pichetto and Rodrigo de Loredo.


16:40 hsTODAY
The Omnibus Law will be voted on in general today and the session to discuss the articles in dispute will be next Tuesday

The Bases Law promoted by the government of Javier Milei will be voted on this Friday within the framework of the third day of debate in the Chamber of Deputies. It will be around 6 p.m. when the legislators define their position regarding the project which, if supported by the majority of the members of the chamber, will obtain its half sanction.
The vote in particular on the articles that make up the package of measures will be next Tuesday between 1 and 2 p.m.

15:05 hsTODAY
Martín Menem negotiates the latest changes with the dialogue opposition against the clock

The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos , arrived minutes before 3 p.m. to Congress, to meet with the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem , and with representatives of the opposition dialogue blocks . Around 4 p.m., the national official retired and the conversations were in charge of the head of the Lower House.
The meeting could be key to unblocking the treatment of the Omnibus Law, to which the ruling party hopes to give half a sanction this afternoon.
Nicolás Massot , Pamela Calletti , Cristian Ritondo and Rodrigo de Loredo are part of the conclave . Government advisors also participate, such as Maximiliano Fariña, close to Federico Sturzenegger.
Others stayed for a while and left, like Emilio Monzó and Carlos Gutiérrez .
In the last hours, the Córdoba deputies renewed the pressure for the Casa Rosada to give in and agree to discuss the co-participation of the Country Tax, a request that the governors had already made during the week. Just as Gutiérrez attended the meeting, Ignacio García Aresca stayed to represent the interests of his province.
Alejandro Cacace, parliamentary secretary of the radical bloc, is another of those who make up the long meeting that aims to once and for all close a great agreement that will allow the approval of the Omnibus Law.
Until now, the Government has resisted putting the issue on the deliberation table and assured that the fiscal issue will be submitted to dialogue with the provinces once the project that is being discussed today in the chamber has been sanctioned.

14:50 hsTODAY
The legislator from Unión por la Patria was targeted for the use of time during his speech and Cecilia Moreau had to intervene to defend him



Omnibus Law Debate - Máximo Kirchner
After noon this Friday, when the third day of debate on the Omnibus Law in Deputies had already been going on for several hours, it was the turn of Máximo Kirchner's presentation . It was at 2:40 p.m., as planned, when the legislator from Unión por la Patria took the floor to argue the reasons why he will not support the project promoted by the ruling party.


14:43 hsTODAY
Martín Tetaz on the position of the UCR: “We give him the support that the President needs”

The deputy of the Radical Civic Union referred to the position that his party took regarding the Omnibus Law project, which he announced that he will vote positively in general, although he highlighted his differences with the Government.
“We are going to support this bill to give the tool to a government with which we do not agree. We are coherent. Many have the fanaticism of thinking that they must give everything to a government with which they agree and nothing to others. That is outrageous,” Tetaz questioned with criticism of opposition legislators.
And he added: “We are coherent. We give the support that the President needs and we will make the differences in the individual vote.”

14:10 hsTODAY
The deputies of Córdoba press to include the Country Tax in the parliamentary discussion but the Government resists

The legislators who respond to Governor Martín Llaryora seek to include the sharing of the tax in the particular treatment of the omnibus law. “There are no changes,” they say in the ruling party. However, Francos showed up unexpectedly at Congress around 3 p.m. and is meeting with representatives of the dialogue blocks.

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The deputy of Córdoba, Carlos Gutiérrez, main advisor to Juan Schiaretti

While the third day of the session to discuss the Omnibus Law, the negotiations between the dialogue blocs and the Government to fine-tune the vote in particular remain tense due to the insistence of the Córdoba deputies referenced in the experienced deputy Carlos Gutiérrez , right-hand man of former governor Juan Schiaretti during his last term and direct link with the current president, Martín Llaryora . Although they will accompany the project in general, like the rest of the interblock We Make the Federal Coalition, they place limitations on individual voting and ask that some fiscal issues be reintroduced.


13:31 hsTODAY
“They don't deceive us anymore”: Mauricio Macri's message about the incidents recorded in Congress

The former President accused the opposition of trying to force the suspension of the debate on the omnibus law and compared yesterday's events with the session to modify the retirement mobility carried out during his government

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A motorized police officer unloads rubber batons on the protest in front of Congress (Roberto Almeida)

Former president Mauricio Macri expressed his support for the police operation deployed in the vicinity of Congress during the second day of protests against the so-called Omnibus Law promoted by the government of Javier Milei , and pointed out against the left-wing opposition and Unión por la Patria, whom he accused of trying to force the suspension of the debate.


13:21 hsTODAY
A deputy took his turn to highlight the police forces for the operation outside Congress

The Santa Fe legislator from the PRO, Gabriel Chumpitaz , used the first seconds of his intervention in the debate on the Omnibus Law to send a greeting to the agents participating in the security operation outside Parliament.
“I want to salute the police forces who work and spent three days in the square under the sun. Because they know that thanks to the existence of law enforcement forces, there are police forces, democracy also exists and this Parliament is taken over by a group of anarchists,” said the deputy. He concluded his clarification: “Argentina needs a balance. Also know that forces without law are intolerance and law without force is barbarism, total apathy.”

12:08 hsTODAY
Debate advances as negotiations continue

After the questions of privilege raised at the beginning of the session, the representatives' presentations related to the law that will be voted on this afternoon began. Meanwhile, negotiations continue to determine the final wording of some articles that generated objections in the dialogue blocks willing to sanction the law promoted by the Casa Rosada.

11:36 hsTODAY
Controversy over the posters

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"Let it NOT be a law", the posters that the opposition posted on the premises

While the debate was going on, a group of deputies from Unión por la Patria handed out a poster to their colleagues on the bench with the phrase “Let it NOT be a law.” Many posted it on the front of their benches. Others tried to do it on the marble walls at the back of the room, which generated the anger of the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, who asked them to take them out and only leave them at their desks.

11:08 hsTODAY
Pichetto apologized for his insult and recommended accelerating the debate

The Hacemos deputy apologized for his outburst yesterday, during which he became angry with those who applauded one of his interventions and described them as “idiots.” As he explained, that message was not directed at the legislators, but at the militants.
“Applause in the Senate in my time was prohibited, street conflicts and violent street speech cannot come here, I did not want to offend anyone, but those who were there should not be there,” he said in reference to deputies who were on the street yesterday afternoon in the midst of clashes between protesters and security forces.
At the same time, he asked to speed up the debate and blamed the ruling party in what seemed to be a response to Lemoine's previous intervention. “It is the ruling party that has to reduce the number of speakers to try to pass the law, let's try to prioritize this, because otherwise politics as a value and the representation of Congress will fall apart,” he shot.


Archive video: yesterday Pichetto insulted those who applauded him

10:58 hsTODAY
“Perón was not with the terrorists”: Lilia Lemoine attacked Myriam Bregman and Victoria Tolosa Paz in the middle of the debate over the Omnibus Law

The libertarian representative criticized the left-wing representative for haranguing the militancy to take to the streets. And she responded to the Unión por la Patria legislator, who had questioned her about her lack of respect on the networks.


The crossing between Lilia Lemoine and Victoria Tolosa Paz during the debate on the Omnibus Law
The incidents that occurred yesterday afternoon around Congress generated a new moment of tension in the debate on the Omnibus Law.


10:30 hsTODAY
The third day of the debate on the Omnibus Law began

At the beginning of the session, which started half an hour later than planned, the deputies of Unión por la Patria (UP) repudiated the actions of the security forces during yesterday's day and asked the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, to give explanations in person in the Chamber of Deputies. “It was illegal repression. They repressed on the sidewalk and went up to the square with the motorcycles. It is very serious,” said legislator Juan Marino.

10:23 hsTODAY
Session start delayed

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At 10:20, there were still few deputies in the room

Although the deliberations were scheduled to resume at 10, legislators still continue to enter the premises to discuss the Omnibus Law and finally move towards the general vote on the norm promoted by the Casa Rosada. The particular discussion of the articles would be left for next week .

09:02 hsTODAY
Miguel Ángel Pichetto: “Today we are going to vote on the law”

The president of the We Make Federal Coalition bloc, Miguel Ángel Pichetto , anticipated that this Friday the Chamber of Deputies will give half a sanction to the Omnibus Law promoted by the national government.
Today it will be voted on and on Monday or Tuesday, whenever it is, we will finish the discussion in particular ,” Pichetto declared in a report given to journalist Eduardo Feinmann on radio Miter.
The legislator, who yesterday made an outburst in the middle of the session that today he attributed to the heat of the debate, said that there is a consensus regarding the powers that will be delegated to President Javier Milei and the list of companies that could be privatized. In this context, he proposed that various scenarios can occur with private intervention in state companies with different figures: concessions, partial privatizations, worker participation and others. The objective is to find the best framing for each situation. “What is clear is that the State cannot afford to lose 5 billion dollars a year,” he analyzed.
In addition, he raised a positive outlook for the future of Argentina, which aims to obtain fiscal balance in the short term and has the natural resources requested by the world. A strong increase in exports is also expected.

08:56 hsTODAY

Patricia Bullrich defended the security operation in Congress: “I am not willing to stay halfway”

The minister compared herself to “those in the campaign who say they are going to be firm to end the cuts, but then they get scared.” She stated that the amount of cash prevented acts of violence.



Patricia Bullrich defended the security operation in front of Congress.
The tension over the discussion of the Omnibus Law within the Chamber of Deputies had its correlation outside, where picketing and leftist groups staged some incidents with security forces, both federal and the City of Buenos Aires. And despite the criticism, Minister Patricia Bullrich highlighted the operation and sent a strong political message.
 
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