On Wednesday, September 11, opposition MPs failed to obtain the two-thirds majority needed to lift the ban. veto ultraliberal President Javier Milei’s revaluation of pensions voted by Parliament last month, while tens of thousands of people gathered in front of Congress to demand the lifting of this ban. veto.
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With our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Theo Consciousness
As early as 11am, as the plenary session begins in the Chamber of Deputies, there are already many protesters in front of the Congress barricaded by the police. Luis Alberto Landaris is 64 years old. He receives the minimum pension, and to cope with the galloping inflation (+94% since the beginning of the year), he continues to work as a trader.
“ On Friday 23rd I hit 277 000 pesos, about 200 euros. Yesterday I paid 120 000 pesos for a medicine, how do you expect me to get by? ” he says.
Disgusted
Inside Parliament, MPs voted around 3:30pm, and the opposition failed to secure the two-thirds majority needed to lift the ban. veto presidential election to revalue pensions. Javier Milei is pleased that the budget balance is preserved, and in front of Congress, Julio, 69, is disgusted.
“ The president says he was elected to fight the “caste”supposedly. Are we the caste? I think that if he had said that the caste was the retirees, he would not have been elected. ” he laments.
Incidents
After the vote, incidents broke out outside the parliament building. Protesters knocked down riot barriers, and police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Provisional toll: nine injured and one arrested.
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