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Santa Fe Constitutional Panel Approves Draft Making Pension Fund Intransferible

Union pressure secured cross‑bloc backing, with a plenary vote by the 69‑member Convention set for Friday.

Overview

  • Meeting on Thursday, the Comisión Redactora adopted a majority dictamen that declares the provincial Caja de Jubilaciones y Pensiones intransferible to the Nation.
  • Sponsors paired the clause with full administrative autonomy, a public reparto financing model, management by a specific governing body, and the intangibility of pension assets.
  • The revision was negotiated in the final stretch of committee work after two recesses and drew support from oficialismo and peronist blocs.
  • Public‑sector unions including Amsafé, UPCN and ATE celebrated the language as a safeguard for workers and retirees and credited sustained advocacy for the change.
  • With the texts finalized, the package advances to the Convention’s plenary for debate and voting in the session scheduled for Friday.