Loustau explains why he gave a quorum for the Base Law and criticized the Santa Cruz senators

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after the approval of Aadhaar law Radical Senator in the Senate with many changes Martin Loustau He explained why they had a quorum in the session. In addition, he criticized the Santa Cruz senators for skipping the vote on delegated powers, although without naming them. “Someone took things,” The president of the Radical Civic Union also condemned it.

Being the only radical among the 14 members of his bloc who voted against the project in general, Lousteau gave clarification about quorum, a condition in which there are enough legislators in the room – more than half – to start a session. “If there was no quorum, I gave the negotiators another week to pick things up and then sat down the next week. “No quorum usually means delays”The Buenos Aires city legislator said in an interview The radio is with you.

In the same sequence, he criticized the senators of Santa Cruz without naming them Jose Carambia And natalia gaidano For not being present to complete the quorum and then leaving before the vote. “You were pretending you were against it and then you stood up and enabled the delegated powers”he stressed. Both senators made this request through a video First, tax reform and amendments to the pension increase formula are discussed Before taking the debate further, he condemned the pressure.

Likewise, Loustau did not mention Lucia Crexel, This week he was denounced for bribery after he allegedly offered her the post of ambassador to UNESCO in exchange for her support for the Besses Law, but the hardliners alleged: “What happened in this sham process is that certain things were taken away. Not giving a quorum means giving somebody the key to continue the negotiations on perks.”

In another part of the interview, the radical was asked about the effects on his party of being the only senator from his bloc to be against the project, to which he responded: “I am the president of the (UCR’s) National Committee. Which is mostly against the law. The National Convention, the majority is against it, Franja Morada is against it, the radical youth as well.” “There are a lot of radicals who are not deputies and senators.”

After him, he acknowledged the need for a dialogue table across the ranks of radicalism that has not yet been confirmed. “Earlier, when he ruled Alberto Fernandez, There was a table for change and a lot of radicals were sitting there, But today that’s not there, and it’s difficult for us to generate that.” Held.

Regarding his political position towards the official project, the senator analyzed: “I look at laws in a different way, I look at them in contextI see the great recession, the collapse of pensions, salaries, commerce and industry. I see the laws that govern (Xavier Miley)Sent two mega laws, used 25 decrees, and within the laws There is nothing for retirees, for education, or for public works or SMEs.

“An adjustment had to be made and the society has a vocation for it, which is extraordinary. But how is shoulder distribution done? The law has unimaginable benefits for the richest people. “Miley has chosen to be fiscal conservative with retirees and fiscally deregulated with the wealthiest,” “We are 14 senators. We have more room to put pressure, to make reforms. When they give me a law, I don’t think about whether it is different from the past. I vote based on whether things are good or bad, and I don’t accept pressure from anywhere,” the legislator warned. own opinion In which he proposed raising the non-taxable minimum profit and sharing the proceeds from money laundering, in addition to excluding Aerolíneas Argentinas, Correo and RTA from the list of companies to be privatized.

In this sense, he continued to defend his vote. “Fundamentalism is the place that surrounds me. I am not against privatisation, I am against privatisation badly. This is a government that says it is going to privatise but cannot deliver food. They tell you it’s all or nothing.”He prompted.

And he closed: “Nobody in the commissions defended the law. I don’t think Miley should reduce personal wealth until 2038, this is the most lenient and least controlled money laundering in history. “You can’t charge a serial thief too little.”

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