“Infamous traitors to the homeland”: The opposition’s harsh statement against Javier Milei’s DNU

President Javier Milei used the national network last night to explain the scope of the mega-DNU of economic deregulation, which included the repeal of some 300 regulations. Shortly after, leaders from across the political spectrum spoke out about the measure, which includes, among other points, a labor reform and the repeal of the Rent Law, and paves the way for the privatization of public companies.” Brutal subjugation of the powers of Congress. Endorsing this DNU means granting the Executive extraordinary powers, prohibited in Article 29 of the Constitution. This DNU is irremediably null and void. Those who approve it will be infamous traitors to the Homeland,” the Union for the Homeland bloc of Deputies said on X (formerly Twitter). The main opposition bench affirmed that the president “wears the Constitution” and stressed that this DNU “must be rejected by Congress urgently.” The governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, also criticized the announcements made last night by President Javier Milei, accompanied by his entire Cabinet and the former president of the Central Bank Federico Sturzenegger, who worked on the package of reforms announced by the Head of State. Behind the backs of the separation of powers, he announces a decree that, without necessity or urgency, seeks to repeal a set of laws of all kinds. Thus, it proposes to privatize everything, deregulate everything, destroy workers’ rights, raze entire sectors of production, raffle off football clubs and the patrimony of Argentines. All this, without going through the Congress that could meet and discuss it. He failed to say ‘democracy: out!'” said the provincial president, a day after the meeting between Milei and the governors. Yesterday, the governors of the 23 provinces were summoned by the President, who for 45 minutes repeated the same speech he gave when he took office, with his back to Congress. Then, he asked us for support for a package of laws that he did not specify, although we asked him to do so….— Axel Kicillof (@Kicillofok) December 21, 2023 His peers from La Rioja and La Pampa, Ricardo Quintela and Sergio Ziliotto, also questioned the measure. “We are not going to negotiate or participate in these measures that come for the popular rights of all. This set of measures ratifies what I said: it is a social genocide,” said the first. Going against the Argentine people is not an option. The DNU announced today by the president is an overhaul of the powers of Congress, which also includes measures that threaten the development of the country and that affect Argentines.
The rights conquered to…— Ricardo Quintela (@QuintelaRicardo) December 21, 2023 “Democracy is today experiencing one of the hardest and saddest moments in its history. The president and his government team have decided to subvert the National Constitution to impose a regime whose main objective is to further concentrate wealth in the hands of the powerful, and without being interested in the subjugation of basic rights and the impoverishment of the vast majority of the Argentine people. The defense of people’s rights is not negotiable, respect for democratic rules even less so!” said the second. 40 years after its recovery, democracy is currently experiencing one of the hardest and saddest moments in its history. The president and his government team have decided to subvert the National Constitution to impose a regime whose main objective is to further concentrate the…— Sergio Ziliotto (@ZiliottoSergio) December 21, 2023 “Our country is witnessing an event of extreme institutional gravity never seen before,” summarized former President Alberto Fernández, who considered that the “illegal” DNU issued “will cause serious economic and social effects.” The spirit that governs the illegal DNU issued will cause serious economic and social effects: it indiscriminately opens imports, puts the environment and our natural resources at risk, deregulates the health system, makes work precarious and restricts rights.— Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) December 21, 2023 “Argentina’s problems can and should be solved through the legal and constitutional channels provided for in our National Constitution”, the former president said. “Since taking office, the President and his Minister of Economy have repeated false data trying to set up a scenario of chaos to justify the destruction of the State and workers’ rights. With that logic, they signed the DNU that is being questioned,” he continued. The Republic is at risk because of the President’s folly in dictating measures contrary to the Constitution and the interests of our people. It is his responsibility to grossly violate the non-laws of theRule of Law.— Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) December 21, 2023 And he concluded: “The Republic is at risk because of the folly exhibited by the President in dictating measures contrary to the Constitution and the interests of our people. He bears the responsibility for grossly violating the rules of the rule of law.” Left Front MP Myriam Bregman also rejected Milei’s DNU. He claimed that “it is a plan of war against working people” and called for an “active national strike.” The DNU is a plan of war against working people. National strike active now.— Myriam Bregman (@myriambregman) December 21, 2023 At the union level, CGT co-head Héctor Daer warned: “We are not going to tolerate the attack on labor, social and social security rights.” We reject the DNU decreed by the Government.
It subverts the democratic republican order and alters the separation of powers. Its unconstitutionality is manifest.
We will not tolerate the attack on labour, social and social security rights.
The emergencies dictated…— Héctor Daer (@hectordaer) December 21, 2023

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