Overview
- After vetoing a 2025 financing law, the Executive submitted a replacement bill to the lower house that has entered committee debate.
- Rectors demand implementation of the previously approved framework, with UNS’s Daniel Vega saying the proposal covers only about a quarter of the compensation needed to recover losses.
- Major unions including CONADU and FATUN reject the draft, arguing it deepens real cuts, centralizes budget decisions, and threatens institutional autonomy.
- At a Congress meeting, UTN rector Rubén Soro described the situation as very grave, while some opposition figures such as Deputy Pamela Verasay signaled cautious openness to negotiate an agreement.
- Catamarca rector Oscar Arellano said a court ordered the government to comply with the current law and argued the new plan drops CPI-based indexing, offers a 12.3% adjustment, and locks in roughly a 30% 2024 salary loss, with a floor debate expected in March.