Kirchnerism and the rest of the opposition managed this afternoon in the Senate to reject President Javier Milei's veto of the deficit-ridden law that mandates automatic transfers of National Treasury Contributions (ATN) to the 23 provinces and the City of Buenos Aires.
The vote resulted in 59 votes in favor of insisting, nine against, and three abstentions. With the quorum far exceeding the two-thirds required, the final decision now moves to the Chamber of Deputies.
The opposition's bill has the sole objective of destroying the fiscal surplus and harming the economic stability achieved by Javier Milei's government. After the ruling party's defeat in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday over the vetoes of the university funding and pediatric emergency laws, the rejection in the Senate constitutes a new coup attempt by the opposition to constrain the libertarian administration and jeopardize fiscal balance.
