The government has made it official that the regular sessions of Congress will continue, and PASO’s suspension may be considered.

Although it was speculated that he would call special meetings to reduce the agenda, the president ultimately left the agenda of topics open for discussion.

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President before leaving for France Alberto Fernandez Left signed a decree by which he extends the ordinary sessions of Congress until December 30, for which the project to eliminate PASO demanded by Kirchnerism could be possible, as it has been confirmed. ღ Official government sources. The decree was published in the official gazette on Thursday.

Although there was speculation about the possibility of convening extraordinary sessions that would limit the topics’ agenda to what the executive has, in the end Alberto Fernández decided to keep the agenda open by extending the regular sessions.

While any number of initiatives may be on the agenda for regular sessions, the government has said their top three priority issues are the windfall project, the agro-industrial law and the purchase of Argentina.

The Government House believes that the discussion on the elimination of Paso will not take place due to the lack of support from the opposition, but because of the opposing position of some legislators, the All Front itself.

Before leaving, the president signed two more decrees. In the first, it formalizes a bonus for the most disadvantaged social sectors, A $45,000 food supplement bonus for the needy, split into two payments of $22,500. This addition was heavily touted by Kirchnerism as a way to moderate the strong inflationary growth of recent months. size as well It became official on Thursday.

In turn, the government formalized the partition A 13.8% increase in costs billed by prepaid drug companiesThe event, which was sharply criticized by the vice president Christina Kirchner. Decision on Thursday, St Resolution 2578The minister signed it Carla Vizet. is approx Two magnifications authorized 6.9%, One in December and one in January.

The measure is linked to another decree, also signed by Alberto Fernández, that changes the way Update quotas on prepaid medicine. The president ordered thisFrom February and increasing for 18 months Quotas will have as Maximum limit of 90% of salary evolution.Measured by the Index of Average Taxable Earnings of Stable Workers (RIPTE) during the immediately preceding published month.

As stated in the decree, this mode of increase reaches “Individual Contracts of Voluntary Adhesion” that affiliates have signed, “including those who access services by withdrawing their mandatory contributions from the social work system.” However, it has another limitation. The measure will apply to those who have Net income less than six minimum, living and mobile wages.

In turn, it is established that from January companies should to keep their plans with no co-payments, with the same terms and conditions as before And it is noted that in that case Payment plansFor “first- and second-tier services”, they must offer values ​​of “at least 25% less without a copy of the plan”.

All these decrees were signed shortly before leaving for Paris, where Alberto Fernandez plans to meet his peer. Emmanuel Macron With whom he will especially talk about the war in Ukraine. Later, he will participate in the Peace Summit along with other national leaders.