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Milei urges Congress to approve the fundamental law to “accelerate” economic recovery

The Argentine president, Javier MileiThis Monday, he urged Congress to approve the so-called ‘Basic Law’, the emblematic project of the libertarian ruler, as he considered it “fundamental” to “accelerate” the “economic recovery process”, he highlighted, in a statement from Parliament. the President’s Office.

After stating that the official data from last April, “Argentines begin to experience recovery in the purchasing power of their income“, the Executive appealed to legislators to approve the bill”with the end of release the force productive of the inhabitants” in Argentina.

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The Senate will meet next Wednesday to debate the Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines, also known as “Basic Law” or “omnibus law”, with which the Milei Administration aims to establish the fundamental principles for a block of structural reforms.

With this legislative initiative, which on May 29th had the support of the dialogue groups of the Chamber of Deputies, The Government also seeks to attract investment, deregulating the economy and reducing the weight of the State.

The Executive – whose strength Advances of Freedom is in a parliamentary minority and has no governors – it has been negotiating with provincial governors and senators to approve the law, and is expected to return with modifications to the law. Chamber of Deputies for its final sanction.

According to analysts, the approval of the law would be a sign of governance for the market and public opinion, as the Executive was unable to approve a more ambitious project last February and had to present a smaller project than the original to obtain your approval.

Despite the lack of legislative support, Milei signed up for his first six months of government a strong fiscal adjustment, to the point of achieving fiscal balance by last May, and after a jump in inflation of 25.5% monthly last December, the consumer price index slowed to 8.8% monthly in April, although it had been at the cost of a strong contraction in economic activity.

“O official data April reveals the most significant recovery in Argentines’ private real wages since 2009″highlights today the statement from the President’s Office.

“Argentineans are beginning to experience a recovery in the purchasing power of their income, thanks to the slowdown in the monthly inflation inherited from the previous Government, price stability and elimination of the fiscal deficitwhich generated uncertainty about the State’s solvency”he detailed.

For the Executive, “These results demonstrate that, with a serious economic plan and a State that stops being an obstacle to production and employment, it is possible to reverse years of decline”.

When requesting approval of the law by senators, the Government emphasized that Argentina is on its way to becoming an economic powerhouse, freed from the shackles of uncontrolled public spending and government intervention”.

Source: Elcomercio

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