Infighting in Together for Change is already making it difficult for Horacio Rodríguez Lareta in the 2023 Legislature.

As happened with the conflict over the cranes, the opposition front pressured the head of government in Buenos Aires for a stamp duty on credit card statements with the support of pro allies; Rage with Garcia Moritani

October 15, 202200:05

Indoor arm wrestling together for change (JXC) is already creating complications for next year’s election strategy Horacio Rodriguez Laretta in the legislature. After renewing his mandates for the 2019 and 2021 elections, the Buenos Aires leader faces a more hostile scenario in Peru 160 than the end of his first term. Although she maintains a simple majority – the JxC army has 32 members – Laretta is starting to pay the price for her open spirit. It is in Buenos Aires that Macristians, Bullrichists, Lilitos, Radicals, Socialists and Libertarians coexist, who answer Ricardo Lopez Murphy (United Republicans). And Larretismo’s difficulties in managing this heterogeneity and articulating with partners are increasing as the stage of defining candidates for 2023 approaches and the dispute over positioning before the electorate accelerates.

The battle for the presidential candidacy among the leaders of the JxC has already echoed in the legislature, where everyone’s front, leftists and representatives. Javier Millay (La Libertad Avanza), which are moving autonomously, are starting to act as a bloc to put pressure on the ruling party in the building. For Laretta, the worrying fact is that the opposition forces were able to join the ranks of the pro allies. “anti-lift front” This was the first alarm signal for the builders of the mayor’s presidential project. Corner warning Elisa Cario – who was prepared to send his bishops to vote with the opposition in a special session called in August – Laretta ordered the temporary nationalization of the badly parked car towing service to prevent a backlash, and the legislature did not force him to stop it. he. CC has for years maintained a critical position regarding the services of the companies Dakota-STO and BRD-SEC, which operated under expiring contracts since 2001 and successive renewals in exchange for a mocking law ($55,000 per month).

The opposition front that creates Everyone’s Front, Freedom Advancement and Workers’ Left Front He stepped down again this week to put pressure on Laretta. They held a special meeting last Thursday aimed at scrapping the stamp duty on credit card resumes, which the Buenos Aires chief has ordered to succeed the president in 2020. Alberto Fernandez Ordered the city to drop more than one count of complicity in deactivating the Buenos Aires police pay dispute that has suspended the governor. Axel Kitsilo. Larreta promised to eliminate this tax, which came into force on January 1, 2021, in the event that the Supreme Court of Justice decides in favor of the Buenos Aires administration on the grounds of reducing the funds.

With 28 members, the now “anti-card tax front in town” needed to convince three members of the official ecosystem to reach a quorum and approve the repeal. For this they had to collect 31 votes. The news is that two legislators from the United Republicans, a force that answers to Lopez Murphy, who joined in the last legislative elections after signing an agreement with Laretta, promised to go to the floor with Kirchnerism, the left and. Millais libertarians. In this way, with the help of Roberto Garcia Moritani i Marina KeynesThe opposition was one vote short of reaching a quorum.

Finally, the session ended after the thirty-minute waiting period established by the regulations due to the lack of quorum. is he Emmanuel FerraroThe legislature’s first vice president did not attend and managed to hold off 30 official supporters, preventing more leaks that would have allowed the bill to be considered.

The attitude of López Murphy’s bishops caused discomfort in Laretism and among its partners. They accuse them of complicity “Opportunistic” maneuver Kirchnerism makes Laretta uncomfortable. in fact, Facundo del GaisoThe SC sword came out to cross the Bulldog: “It is impossible to explain why López Murphy is sending his legislators to sit next to Kirchnerism, which he stole from all the people of Buenos Aires at the behest of Cristina. A share of $325 billionDel Gaiso noted.

And he recalled that the head of the government “already said that as soon as the court decides that the tax will be abolished”. As happened during the National Congress debate on the agreement with the International Monetary Fund, López Murphy chooses to separate his allies from Pro, UCR and CC by arguing that he needs to take care of the hard core of the libertarian followers. It competes with Miley in that niche.

According to party sources, the head of the government was aware of the case. It was López Murphy who called him and told him they were going to participate in the hearing, and Rodriguez Larreta tried to convince him otherwise. The JxC space issued a statement to justify its position in the legislature.

“There is an ongoing effort to bring down the city to punish the people of Buenos Aires, just like Kirchnerism in 2020. It would be extremely irresponsible to remove stamp duty on credit cards today,” they noted.

From the United Republicans, they admit that this is a situation that puts the ruling party in Buenos Aires in an awkward position, but they insist that they will “live up to their campaign promises” and “answer to their voters”. They also point out that, unlike Radicalism and the Civil Coalition, they are not part of the executive branch. “We have a critical face and we already warned in March that we were uncomfortable with this issue,” they say.

On Monday, García Moritán, who aspires to fight for Lareta’s succession, expected him to arrive at the venue to confirm the quorum. “Our bloc will always find work on lower taxes, deregulation, deregulation and government spending cuts,” he wrote on Twitter. Although it tried to differentiate itself from the opposing blocs. “I want to announce something from Thursday’s session: Kirchnerist legislators are not going to protect the interests of the people of Buenos Aires. Kirchnerism in CABA is only interested in showing off while his government continues to destroy SMEs and workers,” he added. Prodan and SSC accuse him of playing the “Kirchnerism game” and his project, the elimination of tax on cards, is not even considered.

“I will never sit with those who hurt the city” stood out from the ranks of professionals.

Before the end of his first term, Larreta moved comfortably through the legislature, especially because of the landslide victory of the Carrio-led list in the 2017 midterm elections. In December 2019, the ruling party had about 40 legislators to approve the laws. and reforms – this is the key number for initiatives that require a special majority -.

After the 2019 replacement and agreement with the radicalism of Buenos Aires, agreed Martin Lusto i Daniel AngelLarreta retained control of the legislature with a bloc of 37 members, but had less room to maneuver as Peronism consolidated with the victories of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner. In 2021, Miley’s libertarians swept in, complicating the ruling party’s calculations. Larreta lost the seats that were at stake and, due to his commitment to the openness model, Pro was left with fewer representatives and gave up seats to his partners. The mayor has a virtual interlocking of 32 legislators: twenty are Pro, CC and Public Trust, eight from the UCR, two from the Socialist Party and two from the United Republicans.

Now, the electoral dispute with Patricia Bullrich, who has three of her own legislators, obliges her to consider the 2023 budget, the only strategic project of the Buenos Aires administration, until the end of the year. Although they believe they will have 31 votes to approve the initiative, representatives of the former security minister will put a magnifying glass on the spending that the Buenos Aires commander plans – regarding his national armed forces – and put pressure on Larretismo. To reduce tax pressure on the district. “It won’t be approved as easily as you think,” they warn.

Opposition criticism

Although everyone is trying to get rid of new allies, in the so-called “anti-crane front” they know that their bloc movement is starting to put pressure on the ruling party of the district, and they are enthusiastic about building Buenos Aires. The administration is uncomfortable. They note that the topics chosen for these special sessions are part of the “community agenda” and function as a common denominator among the opposition, placing Laretta “at odds with what she says and what she does.”

“The tax must be eliminated because it is completely regressive, and if Laretta is true to her word, she must start with the legislature,” he told her. ღ Legislator and member of Partido Obrero, Gabriel Solano.

To counter the city’s argument that it justifies the tax because of the losses caused by the reduction of co-payments decided by the national government, Solano pointed out that in the first quarter of this year the city had a financial surplus greater than what was collected. This tax. The same proposition is made by Kirchnerism.

“We are happy to reach a meeting with more and more deputies who want to reduce the city’s tax burden. “Together for Change” ruled for 15 years and increased the tax burden by 53%, and we do not see a justified improvement in this,” the lawmaker told this media. Juan Manuel Valdez (in front of everyone) and shot: “For Laretta, it’s not a ‘transformation,’ but a collection.”

“We are tired of being a hostage of the presidential campaign of the head of the government. I regret that neither Together for Change nor Evolution came to the session,” he said. Valdez After the session ended today, he added: “They are talking about reducing the tax burden, but today they showed that this is only an argument for the tribune.”