August 20, 2024 – 11:15
The Upper House decided to reverse the increase in allowances. The speaker, Victoria Villarruel, distanced herself from the measure.
Ignacio Petunchi
The Senate They seek to reverse the increase in diets of 3% and 3.5% respectively for July and August, which was established this Monday and which meant the total collection of $9 million.
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In the face of criticism from public opinion and the Executive Branch, Lawmakers backed down on the measureVillarruel, for his part, distanced himself from the salary increase and assured that he only decides “on the employees’ collective bargaining agreements.”
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Why senators will not receive the raise
At the time, the senators voted to adhere to the pre-established salary increases for employees of the National Congress. The increase became effective in the following months and, after criticism, They decided to reverse the measure.
The retraction, however, has not yet been confirmed: to do so, legislators must decide through the vote on a new resolution. It is speculated, according to what Ámbito was able to find out, that the possibility of donating the increased surplus to the Garrahan Hospital.
Javier Milei on the increase in the number of senators: “It is a betrayal of the Argentine people”
Milei, on the other hand, was much more critical of the salary measure. “It’s more than a mockery, it’s a betrayal of the Argentine people,” he said.
Through a post on his social networks, the president began by recalling that, despite the increase in inflation, The salaries of the Executive Branch “have been frozen since December 10” and stressed that “there was no salary increase for Ministers, Secretaries o Undersecretaries. Not for me either, who also gave up my retirement of privilege”.
mercy He said the decision not to increase the salaries of the Executive It is because the Government “understand that The effort must be made by politics“not the working people who pay the taxes.”
For this reason, expressed his “strongest repudiation of the shameful salary increase that just occurred in the Senate”. And he continued: “They had recently increased their salary to 7 million pesos but it seems that it is not enough: Today they increased their salaries to 9 MILLION“.
