Buenos Aires, November 30 (NA) – The head of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, is working on building the first legislative majority before December 3, the date on which new lawmakers are sworn in and the factions renew their composition, opening a scenario of tension with allies in the National Congress. According to what the Noticias Argentinas agency learned, the task consists of approaching ideologically like-minded deputies to continue adding seats to La Libertad Avanza and overtake Unión por la Patria in the Lower House, which is facing a rupture process with some defections. However, the main affected party is Cristian Ritondo, head of the allied PRO bench, who since Friday has seen his deputies slip away to swell the ranks of the 'violet' faction. And when ideas come before everything else, the team strengthens. 'Nobody is going to get into personal internships that weaken the space, but they are going to pay for what they did,' they sentenced. From the Rioja man's circle, they deny working to convince deputies to jump to the bench that has Gabriel Borroniñal at the front, but clarify that the relationship with Ritondo is not the best. 'Menem played it badly.' 'The PRO bench remains established and functioning.' 'Alejandro is a historical fighter for freedom and common sense.' 'If he wants to build, this is not the way.' PRO takes care of what we built. It has exceptional work in Deputies, with the same conviction in deregulation that this Government promotes. 'He has gone a bit more on the offensive,' they detect. Thirdly, the Bullrichists reject any 'carancheo' precept and justify their exits from the party due to the actions of Mauricio Macri towards them. 'Welcome to our Deputies bench,' he stated through his networks. From the yellow camp, they face the attacks and anticipate that they will form an inter-bloc with allied parties without La Libertad Avanza. 'It's not against Cristian, it's against Mauricio who threw us out. At most, Ritondo's mistake was to 'Macri-ize,' they confessed to this agency. So far, the ruling party has 94 seats, behind Unión por la Patria, and closely follows the steps of the four Catamarca deputies who respond to Governor Raúl Jalil. With the extraordinary sessions scheduled for December 10 and an ambitious second-generation reform package, the Chamber of Deputies is a boiling pot that will once again test the abilities of the President's Chief of Staff's aide, Martín Menem.
