Argentina’s Milei To Inaugurate Legislative Sessions At an Half-Empty Congress
Stock photo of January 23, 2025 of the president of Argentina Javier Milei speaking during a panel at the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Photo: EFE/ EPA/ Michael Buholzer
March 1, 2025 Hour: 1:36 pm
The Argentine president, Javier Milei, will open this Saturday night the legislative session before a half-day Congress, due to the absence of 50% of the opposition.
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The scandal over the ‘cryptofiasco’ $LIBRA, the appointment by decree of two judges of the Supreme Court and the request to resign from the governor Axel Kicillof to intervene in the province of Buenos Aires for cases of insecurity, were some of the factors that motivated the absence of opponents.
Deputies, senators and governors of Unión Por la Patria have announced in a statement that they will not be present this March 1 at the opening of 143° ordinary sessions, considering that the country lives under “an increasingly authoritarian and violent government”.
The Argentine left bloc also decided to leave, while the so-called ‘dialogist opposition’ – which has sought consensus with the government-will have a reduced presence.
The president of the centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR), Martin Lousteau, confirmed on his social networks that he will not attend, nor will some legislators from the center-right Federal Meeting and the Civic Coalition (center).
The presence of 329 legislators, consisting of 257 deputies and 72 senators, as well as all 23 governors and the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires is ruled out. So far, only three leaders have confirmed their presence, although others could send their deputy governors on their behalf.
Under an aesthetic similar to that of last year, the head of state will speak from a lectern by national network from 21:00 hours, the time of greatest audience on Argentine television, trying to imitate the style of American presidents during their state of the Union speeches.
The rest of the reserved seats and boxes will be occupied by representatives of the ultra-right Libertad Avanza, Milei’s party, and its allies from the conventional right Propuesta Republicana (PRO), who for about 45 minutes will appreciate from the front row the political agenda of the Executive for this 2025.
Autor: ACJ
Fuente: EFE
