Overview
- The Senate’s debate on the labor bill is postponed to February, with the government still short of a guaranteed majority.
- Santilli began a roughly ten-stop swing in Chubut to court governor-aligned senators after securing a committee ruling late last year.
- Governors are seeking offsets for projected revenue hits from corporate income tax cuts, with estimates pointing to about 1.7 trillion pesos less for provinces.
- Talks fold in long-running pension fund debts and targeted concessions, including Chubut’s claim of roughly 51,000 million pesos and recent moves like YMAD’s transfer to Catamarca and relief on conventional oil.
- The Interior Minister’s visit to Chubut also addressed intentionally set forest fires, with a 50 million peso reward announced for information, as internal debate persists over whether to tweak the bill’s text.