The La Libertad Avanza bloc of deputies has established a mechanism for public participation in the reform of the Glaciers Law, under which only about 200 of the 50,000 registered individuals will be able to speak in person or virtually. The majority will have to submit their positions in writing or via video. Despite opposition requests to extend the number of days for the public meetings, scheduled for March 25 and 26, the ruling party has maintained the previously set dates. In this way, in-person presentations will be restricted to nearly a hundred people, while another hundred will participate via Zoom during the second public hearing. The rest will have to content themselves with submitting their stance in writing or through a video that cannot exceed five minutes. This restriction will be rejected by opposition sectors from Peronism, the left, and United Provinces, who called for expanding the hearings and oppose the Glaciers Law reform, whose enactment is demanded by a group of allied governors to promote mining investments. In a resolution signed by the presidents of the Natural Resources and Constitutional Affairs committees, José Peluc and Nicolás Mayoraz, it was established that only the first registered individuals from each of the 24 jurisdictions will be able to speak in person during the first session or via Zoom in the second. «Those registered first in each jurisdiction (province) will be invited to participate in the hearings in person on Wednesday, March 25, and virtually on Thursday, March 26,» the resolution published on the Chamber of Deputies' website states. It notes that «the participation of representatives from the country's twenty-four (24) jurisdictions will be guaranteed, ensuring adequate federal participation. Consequently, the adoption of organizational criteria is necessary to ensure an orderly, federal, and substantive debate».
