Is there a reason that the Congress wrote rules such that the standing committee needs a majority of the total members to stop a presidential decree, rather than a majority of those present and voting? It seems like deliberate self-sabotage to me to have absences and abstentions act equivalently to a vote to support the president.
I think you hit the nail on the head! For 12 years, Argentine governments had gotten away with simply not appointing a standing committee at all. In 2006, the Kirchner administration finally succumbed to the pressure to establish one, but it pretty solid Congressional pluralities which it used to neuter the standing committee as best it could.
I can't speak for Prof. Abad. I can say that Argentina can't avoid a severe fiscal adjustment. I can also say that the deregulatory content of most of Milei's decrees -- unionization is an exception -- are items that have strong support within the Democratic coalition. As for Milei's more extreme views, may I ask what paragraphs in particular gave you the idea that we support them?
Is there a reason that the Congress wrote rules such that the standing committee needs a majority of the total members to stop a presidential decree, rather than a majority of those present and voting? It seems like deliberate self-sabotage to me to have absences and abstentions act equivalently to a vote to support the president.
I think you hit the nail on the head! For 12 years, Argentine governments had gotten away with simply not appointing a standing committee at all. In 2006, the Kirchner administration finally succumbed to the pressure to establish one, but it pretty solid Congressional pluralities which it used to neuter the standing committee as best it could.
How on earth can anyone allegedly affiliated with CEPR support the ultra market fundamentalism of Milei's dictates?
Also, why "allegedly"?
https://cepr.org/about/people/leticia-arroyo-abad
I can't speak for Prof. Abad. I can say that Argentina can't avoid a severe fiscal adjustment. I can also say that the deregulatory content of most of Milei's decrees -- unionization is an exception -- are items that have strong support within the Democratic coalition. As for Milei's more extreme views, may I ask what paragraphs in particular gave you the idea that we support them?