Overview
- Deputies’ Budget Commission heard Finance Secretary Carlos Guberman reaffirm a roughly 5% GDP growth projection for 2026, a primary-surplus goal, and a rejection of an IMF estimate as not binding on the government.
- Vice Cabinet Chief José Rolandi argued state firms stopped losing money under the current administration and said the planned tax reform would broaden the base to lower the effective burden.
- Education Secretary Carlos Torrendell defended allocations and criticized prior spending, and when asked about Minister Sandra Pettovello’s absence he first said she did not want to attend, then said she prefers to act rather than debate.
- The committee remains on a Nov. 4 dictamen clock, yet lawmakers now tie final sanction to President Milei’s summit with governors, with discussion possibly shifting to the new Congress and extraordinary sessions likely for the Senate.
- The Casa Rosada invited 18 Pacto de Mayo governors to meet with Milei, Guillermo Francos, Luis Caputo and Lisandro Catalán, as provinces press to restore transfers and LLA projects 93 deputies—about 110 with allies—in the incoming lower house.