Javier Milei, live: the latest government measures
By Abigail Contreiras Martínez
Following the defeat in the Buenos Aires elections on May 18, Jorge Macri 's government attempted to pass a tax reform today in the Buenos Aires Legislature , which had not met for four months . However, without the necessary numbers for its approval, the bill, which sought to expand the sectors exempt from paying gross income tax , will return to committee. Only a regulatory simplification was approved, which, while representing progress, is nothing more than a partial victory for the yellow party.
For months, the mayor of Buenos Aires has been pushing a series of tax relief measures in the city, in line with the demands of La Libertad Avanza for tax reductions in the district. The victory of Javier Milei's party in the recent elections—with an agenda advocating for greater deregulation and downsizing of the state —further confirmed the need to move in that direction.
The Bicameral Commission for the Control of Intelligence Bodies and Activities decided this afternoon to summon National Representative Lourdes Arrieta (Mendoza) for Tuesday of next week to present and expand on the allegations of alleged irregular use of reserved funds and business incompatible with her role that she filed against Sergio Neiffert , director of the State Intelligence Secretariat ( SIDE ).
Arrieta, who left the Libertarian bloc last year in a clash with the speaker of the lower house, Martín Menem, submitted a document to the bicameral commission last week in which he denounced the SIDE's hiring of a company owned by businessman Leandro Scatturice .
With less than 40 days to go until the new accusatory system comes into effect in the federal court of Comodoro Py 2002 and in the Economic Criminal Chamber, the interim attorney general, Eduardo Casal , reiterated in a note to the Minister of Justice, Mariano Cúneo Libarona , a worrying panorama of inadequacies and obstacles that, if not addressed, could compromise the effectiveness of the system.
The document, which expands on a previous diagnosis from May, emphasizes that the current conditions of the Public Prosecutor's Office (MPF) are insufficient for normal performance under the new procedural model .
Writer Martín Caparrós and Congressman Fernando Iglesias engaged in a tense exchange on social media that quickly escalated from a historical dispute over Rodolfo Walsh to personal and grammatical insults. The PRO legislator intervened in the debate while a heated session was underway in the Chamber of Deputies .
The origin of the conflict was a post by Martín Caparrós on his X account, where he recalled the cover of the newspaper Noticias from 51 years ago . “Today marks 51 years since the newspaper Noticias , where I worked, published this cover written by Rodolfo Walsh .”
A key ally of the ruling party in the Chamber of Deputies, Mariano Campero, from Tucumán, surprised everyone this week by voting with the opposition to force committee discussion on two issues that are uncomfortable for the government: university funding and the pediatric emergency . He did so alongside Martín Arjol , from Misiones, his colleague in the "Liga del Interior," the radical bloc that broke with Rodrigo de Loredo's leadership and built a direct relationship with the Casa Rosada.
Both supported all of the ruling party's key projects, including presidential vetoes. But their latest move raised red flags. Is this a warning? A gesture to avoid being left out of the electoral process in their provinces?
On Tuesday, a peculiar scene unfolded at the Casa Rosada. When the Cabinet meeting in the Eva Perón Room ended, all of Javier Milei's "political arms" descended upon Guillermo Francos 's offices: the coordinating minister, Karina Milei, Martín and "Lule" Menem , and Santiago Caputo . Various collaborators at the government headquarters assumed that a new summit of political leaders would take place, as occurs almost weekly. The office of the deputy head of the Interior, Lisandro Catalán , overlooking the river, is a common meeting place for discussing courses of action and having a smoke break. But official decision-makers ultimately milled around the area without holding a formal face-to-face meeting .
That was the prelude to the adverse session faced by the libertarians in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday , which exposed, as never before, the profound differences in political vision that nest within the Executive Branch between "Menemism" - more prone to intransigence and "going it alone" - and "Caputism" - which proposes a basis of "governance" agreements in Congress.
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