In the context of Mileiism, it is read that the Congress functioned again, at least for one day, as a territory of offense and not of retreat. On the other side, the opposition has already anticipated that the reform to the Glaciers Law will be challenged in the Justice system and that it will insist on the Adorni case through other means. And for the opposition, a night in which they once again verified that having noise is not always enough to build an effective majority. For Adorni, a parliamentary survival. The Government maintains that the reform returns to the provinces a margin of maneuver over their natural resources and allows to unblock long-delayed mining investments. At the beginning of the debate, the deputy Paula Penacca, from Union for the Homeland, promoted a motion to set aside the rules to treat the interpellation of Adorni, today surrounded by judicial investigations for his heritage and for the case of private flights. The officialism wanted to show that it was closely following a vote considered strategic, both for its economic impact and for its symbolic value. The Government of Javier Milei achieved in the Chamber of Deputies one of those days in politics that are worth two. Not only did it manage to turn into law the reform of the Glaciers Law, a central piece of its pro-investment agenda and opening to the mining business, but it also took advantage of the same session to stop the opposition's offensive that sought to advance with the interpellation of the Chief of Cabinet, Manuel Adorni. But the underlying data does not change: in the same session, the Government managed to give law rank to a norm key to its economic agenda and prevent one of its most exposed officials from being seated on the political bench of Congress. Even with an open judicial and political front around the Chief of Cabinet, the officialism showed that it can order its allies, control the room and transform a session that promised to be defensive into a night of parliamentary reaffirmation. The balance for the Casa Rosada was clear: a legislative victory of great magnitude and, at the same time, a political relief for one of the most battered officials of the officialism. In practical terms, Adorni was shielded. The opposition also tried to add other uncomfortable topics, among them projects linked to the $LIBRA case and requests to bring Karina Milei and Adorni himself to the room, but the officialism again imposed its number. The reform was approved with 137 votes in favor, 111 against and 3 abstentions, in a special session that definitively sealed the sanction of the project. The image that best summarized the night was the presence of Karina Milei in one of the boxes of the room during the final stretch of the debate. There the true parliamentary rescue of the Chief of Cabinet appeared: in addition to the libertarians, PRO, the UCR, Innovation Federal, blocks aligned with governors and other circumstantial allies voted to block the advance. It was not just a law. There was even support from legislators who do not belong to the hard core of the officialism, among them two deputies from Union for the Homeland for San Juan, something that the Government exhibited as proof that its discourse on production, employment and natural resources can pierce party frontiers when it touches concrete interests of the provinces. But the session was not only about glaciers. That change, precisely, is what the mining provinces celebrate and what environmentalist sectors and a good part of the opposition denounce as regressive. The vote also left in evidence that La Libertad Avanza continues to maintain the capacity to build majorities when the topic really interests them. It was a political signal. For Milei, it was a breath of fresh air. In times of wear and tear, it is no minor detail. The opposition's offensive gathered 124 votes in favor and 118 against, a politically significant figure, but insufficient from a regulatory point of view, because not being part of the agenda of the session required a qualified majority of three quarters of those present. That explains why in Balcarce 50 the reading of the day was of complete triumph. The new text maintains the protection over glaciers and periglacial environments with hydrological function, but enables deeper technical studies to determine which zones must remain protected and which could be released for productive projects. They accompanied the project PRO, a good part of the UCR, Innovation Federal, provincial blocks and loose deputies who once again showed that, when it comes to mining, regional development and economic federalism, traditional alignments become much more flexible. There was the other half of the triumph. It was not a decorative detail. There was a message of power. Buenos Aires, April 9, 2026 - Total News Agency - TNA -.
