La Derecha Diario Senator Luis Juez confessed: 'They have inflated the registry of people with disabilities.'
Luis Juez admitted that there are thousands of fraudulent pensions in an inflated registry that now totals 1.6 million benefits
In an unexpected parliamentary confession, Luis Juez admitted what the Government has been denouncing since the beginning of the administration: "They have inflated the registry of people with disabilities, they have used pensions for political purposes." The statement exposed the magnitude of the problem: a subsidy system turned into a tool for clientelism, where thousands of irregular pensions artificially swell a registry that already includes 1.6 million beneficiaries.
Far from supporting the cleanup of the system and the fight against waste, Juez himself voted against Javier Milei's veto and joined the opposition to uphold a scheme of privileges that he himself admitted was fraudulent. The Senate ratified the Disability Emergency with 63 votes in favor and only 7 against, forcing the President to enact the law.
The Unión por la Patria, UCR, PRO, Provincias Unidas blocs and provincial parties joined forces in the maneuver, leaving the ruling party in the minority. Only five senators from La Libertad Avanza, along with the representative from Córdoba Carmen Álvarez Rivero (PRO) and the representative from Formosa Francisco Paoltroni defended the veto.
The senator from Santa Cruz José María Carambia even issued a warning to the President: "We hope you enforce this law as required and do not use any legal tricks to avoid implementing it. If you do not comply with this law, I will be the first to file for impeachment."
The questioned senator from Córdoba has a political and personal record that is difficult to hide: he keeps at least ten family members in public positions, including his son Martín (councilman in Córdoba), his daughter María Agustina (employee of the Council of the Judiciary), and his twin Daniel (provincial legislator). In addition, he manages 22 advisers in the Senate with resources equivalent to more than 15 million pesos (over 33,069 pounds) per month, a clear example of the waste that Milei continues to eradicate.
His actions add to a series of previous votes against official initiatives, from the expropriation of YPF to deficit projects such as University Funding or the Pediatric Emergency. Each time, the common denominator was the same: maintaining public spending and protecting the political caste.
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