Overview
- Casa Rosada’s political team met on Jan. 16, with Manuel Adorni, Economy Minister Luis Caputo, Patricia Bullrich and Diego Santilli calibrating concessions to secure Senate votes.
- Patricia Bullrich convened a Senate consultative group of technical advisers through Jan. 26 to refine the draft, and she says she counts at least 40 votes as the government targets an 11 February session.
- Interior Minister Diego Santilli is touring provinces including Mendoza, San Juan, Chubut and Chaco before visiting Salta, Entre Ríos and Neuquén to gather support and address demands.
- Governors are seeking compensation for coparticipation losses tied to Article 191, which would lower corporate income tax rates (from 30% to 27% and 35% to 31.5%), while the government also dangles project reactivations such as February bidding for Route 7 and work on RN40.
- Negotiations expose internal rifts, with Santilli, Bullrich and Martín Menem open to textual changes and fiscal relief for provinces, while Caputo and Federico Sturzenegger resist altering the reform’s fiscal impact.