The Chamber of Deputies of Santa Fe became law this Thursday the pension reformwhich already had half sanction from the provincial Senate. After the sanction, the incidents both inside and outside the Legislature premises, so the session moved to a recess.
Representatives of teachers’ and state unions, who followed the debate and the vote from the vicinity, They struggled to enter despite police attempts to prevent themo.
Blunt objects were thrown and security forces attempted to disperse with the use of tear gas.
Among its main points, the standard declares the emergency of the Santa Fe pension systemincreases the percentage of contributions from active workers, reduces effective earnings, establishes limits on pension benefits and modifies the widow’s pension system for those who access this benefit at an early age, since it is considered that the person is in a condition to work.
The controversial provincial project took place in parallel with The veto of the national retirement law that was approved yesterday in Congresswith the support of the PRO and five radicals who prevented the opposition from obtaining two-thirds of the votes to insist on the initiative.
Just after 11 in the morning, still in the run-up to the debate, Union members had already begun their attempts to enter the Legislature.
incidents in the Santa Fe Legislature.
Police immediately barricaded the doors using a large iron bar to prevent the protesters from entering. Inside, legislators opposed to the bill hung signs on their lecterns that read “No to pension reform.”
The local media Aires de Santa Fe showed an internal sector of the Legislature in which Large stones and broken bottles were left on the ground, a result of the clashes that were already taking place outside.
It was not until 13:00 that the Deputies called for a recess.
Running and large columns of smoke were the scene for several minutes outside the place, where the authorities responded with pepper spray. The Workers’ Party is one of the groups that was at the front of the demonstration.
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Trade unionists try to break into the Santa Fe legislature
Juan Cruz Cándido, Secretary General of Government, spoke after the vote. “Despite a violent minority encouraged by a privileged minority that wants everything to remain the same, the Legislature approved the pension reform that was proposed after the work of a commission that listened to all sectors,” he wrote in X.
“We have the responsibility of preserving the Pension Fund in the hands of the people of Santa Fe; and with an annual deficit of 430 million dollars that is very difficult. Everyone knows the difference between being a retiree from Anses and being a retiree from Santa Fe. And our commitment is to take care of the Fund. It is a fair, equitable and reasonable reform,” he said.
Despite a violent minority encouraged by a privileged minority that wants everything to remain the same, the proposed pension reform was approved in the Legislature after the work of a commission that listened to all sectors.
We have a responsibility to preserve…
— Juan Cruz Candido (@CacuCandido) September 12, 2024
He added: “Could we have waited and let the next government resolve the problem? Yes. It was neither fair nor reasonable to do so. It is up to us, the rulers, to take charge of the problems and work honestly to resolve them.”
Amalia Granata explained the facts and attacked Pullaro: “He is not a monarch”
Meanwhile, the atmosphere inside the lower house was not peaceful either. The deputy Amalia GranataLa Capital reports, vehemently approached the podium of the head of the body and took the microphone.
“It’s not like that“he shouted. Later, in statements to C5N he explained that “the vote has to be null. What Governor Pullaro’s block did It is a disgrace and an attack on the institutionto the rules of the Chamber and to the Constitution.”
“I have never experienced anything like this in my life.“such a blatant outrage. We were going to vote against it and we appear to have abstained,” he denounced.
In this regard, he said that the ruling party tried to vote before the arguments. Then, he attacked the socialists for supporting the initiative. “We have to tell the governor of the province that he is not a monarch, that he is not a king, he was elected and there is a regulation for Parliament.”
