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The so-called 'Omnibus Law', the star project of the president of Argentina, Javier Milei, will once again be discussed in committees of the Chamber of Deputies, after strong disagreements between the ruling party and the opposition showed disagreements in the text they were negotiating. Now the law will return to its starting point, despite having been approved by the Lower House last Friday in general. In the new procedure in the committees, the text voted on last Friday will be debated.
Shortly after having begun treatment in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies of the 'Bases Law', the mega reform project of the Government of Javier Milei, the legislators ordered that the regulations return to committees, just as they were generally approved. last week. This represents a hard blow to the Government, which expected support from the “dialogue” opposition for the initiative to move forward.
The decision came after the Argentine lower house approved this Tuesday, February 6, the delegation of legislative powers to President Javier Milei, which would allow him – if endorsed by the Senate – to apply some of his reforms without having to pass by Congress.
After a brief recess, the deputies voted by show of hands to return the text to the committees.
After last Friday, after three days of debate, the 'Omnibus Law' was generally approved, this Tuesday the treatment of the articles on, among other things, the privatization of companies that are in the orbit of the state, was expected, such as Aerolíneas Argentinas, Trenes Argentinos, Correo Argentina and companies dedicated to strategic services such as banking, energy, water, among others. But, the decision was to return the project to committees of deputies.
The setback in the process takes place after complaints of disorder with which those three days of debate passed in the Chamber of Deputies last week, which generated numerous cross-statements during the session and on social networks, mainly due to the minute by minute changes that were made to the text.
THE CASTE AGAINST THE PEOPLE
The caste was against the change that we Argentines voted for at the polls.
We know that it is not going to be easy to change a system where politicians became rich at the expense of Argentines who get up to work every day.
Our program…
— Javier Milei (@JMilei) February 6, 2024
In this way, the passage of the megaproject to the Senate is delayed and the regulations will be discussed again, including the articles already approved.
The so-called Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines ('Omnibus Law'), with which the Government of Javier Milei seeks to deregulate the economy and undertake structural reforms to minimize the presence of the State and which originally had more of 600 articles, advanced last week in the Legislative but reduced by the ruling party itself at 386 points.
The project, popularly called 'Omnibus Law' because of its broad scope, proposes to revolutionize the Argentine economic system with the change of hundreds of laws and regulations and is complemented by a decree of 366 articles with more deregulations, some of whose effects have already been partially suspended by Justice and what Congress must consider.
With EFE and local media.
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