In Argentina, it’s a new setback for Javier Milei. While the Argentine president is struggling to gather a majority to have his vast reform package approved in Parliament, the courts have just annulled the entire “Labor” chapter of his economic deregulation decree. This Wednesday, Parliament began examining Javier Milei’s set of deregulatory reforms.
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With our correspondent in Buenos Aires, Théo Conscience
The measures invalidated by the courts were part of the decree of massive deregulation of the economy signed by the Argentine president on December 20, by which he repealed or modified more than 300 standards and laws. They provided in particular for a restriction of the right to strike, the abolition of fines for undeclared employment, and a reduction in compensation in the event of dismissal.
Following an appeal filed by the CGT, all of the provisions related to labor law were declared unconstitutional by the courts yesterday. The judges considered that Javier Milei did not respect the division of powers by trying to carry out by decree a reform which should have been carried out by legislative means.
This decision comes as the deputies begin this Wednesday the “Omnibus Law”, a vast series of reforms which constitute, with the deregulatory decree of December 20, the cornerstone of the ultraliberal project of the Argentine president.
Ultra minority in Congress, Javier Milei had to resolve to withdraw the tax chapter from his bill to try to convince the center-right opposition to vote for it. Despite these concessions, points of disagreement remain, and at present, the adoption of the text in its entirety remains pending.
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