The City of Buenos Aires will be the stage this Wednesday for a new Federal University March called by teachers' unions, student groups, and opposition political organizations. The protest coincides with the session in the Chamber of Deputies where the insistence on the laws vetoed by President Javier Milei regarding university funding and pediatric emergency is being debated.
The ruling party keeps that these regulations are unfeasible, since they require expenditures not included in the budget and lack funding sources, in contradiction with Article 38 of Law 24.156 on Financial Administration.
Under the slogan "Our future can't be vetoed", the organizers began activities on Tuesday night with a blackout in several educational institutions. Since noon, different groups have started gathering at various points in the City to converge at 6:00 p.m. in Plaza del Congreso, where a central event is planned with speeches from university, union, and social leaders.
The protest brings together student and union sectors along with piquetero organizations and left-wing parties. Among those present are confirmed the Asociación Trabajadores del Estado (ATE), the Asociación de Abogadas y Abogados de Buenos Aires (AABA), workers from Hospital Garrahan, the Polo Obrero (PO), the Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST), and the Unión de Trabajadores de la Economía Popular (UTEP). In addition, non-teaching university unions are participating under the slogan of guaranteeing additional resources.
The mobilization coincides with the legislative consideration of the vetoes sent by the Executive Branch. The Government argues that the regulations promoted by the opposition represent a setback in fiscal matters: they require committing resources without defining their origin, which would increase the public deficit and put the ongoing stabilization program at risk.
In this regard, Casa Rosada emphasized that the recently announced increase in allocations for hospitals and universities seeks to respond in a targeted manner to social demands, but within a framework of budgetary balance.
