Overview

• On August 1, President Javier Milei interrupted a live TV interview to sign a decree formalizing phased salary increases and bonuses for state employees and Hospital Garrahan residents.
• On August 2, he issued total vetos of three Senate-approved laws on pension raises, a two-year moratorium and a disability emergency, citing unfunded fiscal risks.
• The government expects to muster the one-third of deputies needed to sustain the vetoes with support from La Libertad Avanza, allied PRO and MID members and sympathetic provincial governors.
• Opposition blocs have scheduled a special Chamber session for midweek to advance new funding and social policy bills, deliberately leaving the vetoed laws off their agenda.
• With the August 7 front-closing deadline and October elections looming, both sides are rallying deputies and governors to shape their legislative narratives ahead of campaign season.