around the end of the day Christina Kirchner i Serge MassaThe presidents of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, have decided to take care of themselves amid the criticism, announcing a 69% pay raise for legislative staff last week. It won’t go to lawmakers’ diets unless they decide otherwise in the building.

The decision was made after the main referees together for changeThose gathered at their national table expected they would refuse to pay the increase, which, if made official, would bring benefits to nearly a million pesos next October, not counting the other income lawmakers receive. Uprooting and crossings.

“Any increase in legislators must be considered and approved by the plenary session of each chamber.”Christina Kirchner and Sergio Massa announced this. With this decision, they both ignored the political value of the issue and supported the rest of the blocs to determine them in a possible meeting. It will hardly be successful; In the conditions of the inflationary crisis, there would be a 69% increase in the diet A slap to a standing citizen They barely manage.

It was unclear before tonight’s announcement whether he and Christina Kirchner intended to pass on the 69% increase that the legislative parity shutdown brought to the per diems imposed by lawmakers and senators. The question caused a deafening uproar in the main offices of Congress; Last weekend, the president of the Chamber of Deputies offered the possibility of dictation in informal talks with some opposition lawmakers. Ordinance providing that a legislator who is to impose his revised diet shall request it by a written letter. The interlocutors quickly came out to get rid of the idea.

“Masa has not formally provided us with anything,” was the unequivocal answer from various benches. It is clear that everyone was worried about this topic. “Masa and Cristina were the ones who agreed to give the legislative staff a 69% raise, and now Sergio is going to make us share in the political costs of passing the raises to the Diets.” Taking responsibility“, one of the legislators followed the consultation.

In this context, the leaders of the “Together for Change” bloc predicted this afternoon during the meeting of the national table that they will not accept the increase if Christina Kirchner and Massa make it effective. In the same sense, the deputy expressed Joseph Lewis ExpertAdvance Liberty.

“I’m not going to collect that 69% raise, and I don’t think any legislator should. It would be a shame that the Congress does not actually meet and work as it should. In this economic crisis, accepting such an increase would be a mockery“- emphasized the libertarian, a rare bird in Congress: since he took office, he has published every receipt of his diet, as well as his confirmation. Exceptions to the uncertainty that usually surrounds parliamentary spending.

How is the diet made?

The truth is that prior to today’s announcement, MPs and Senators would have received their first 30% pay rise next month, followed by another 30% increase in October, as set out in Parity. Three legislative unions. Resolution 13/2011 provides that the income of legislators should be calculated Based on the A1 category director (the highest echelon of a permanent plant); 20% is added to this amount.. So, every time these officials get a raise, lawmakers automatically “pin” the benefits.

This month, MPs were paid a total of $542,183, between per diem and representation expenses. Appropriate discounts are applied to this amount; Unlike the judiciary, all legislative employees, including legislators, pay income tax. They do not receive a bonus. Discounting contributions, their net worth this month was $448,597. To this amount is added the relevant uprooting revenue and tariffs.

If there is a 69% increase in total pay, Lawmakers would receive an additional $374,000. In total, they would receive almost a million pesos. Eventually he was cut short, with the paradox that higher-ranking factory officials earn more than legislators.