Overview
- Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni called the presidential political table back for Jan. 16 to tighten the legislative plan, bringing together Martín Menem, Patricia Bullrich, Interior Minister Diego Santilli, and other top aides.
- Santilli will court governors next week—meeting Chaco’s Leandro Zdero on Jan. 12, La Pampa’s Sergio Ziliotto on Jan. 13 in Buenos Aires, returning to Chubut on Jan. 14, and seeing Mendoza’s Alfredo Cornejo on Jan. 15—to secure Senate backing.
- The government aims to take the bill to the Senate floor in early February, with dates floated for Feb. 10–11, as Bullrich leads talks and a Senate advisers’ panel led by Josefina Tajes reviews objections.
- Officials signal readiness for limited tweaks but seek to preserve the new severance scheme via the Labor Assistance Fund and a contested tax chapter, which governors warn would cut income-tax revenue and provincial shares.
- La Libertad Avanza counts roughly 21 votes in the upper chamber and needs 37 for quorum, with attention on UCR and provincial blocs as Santa Fe and Córdoba harden their negotiating stance and the CGT presses to weigh in.