2027 is an election year, and no governor wants to be short of resources to face their campaigns. Meanwhile, the head of La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Patricia Bullrich, announced this Tuesday that, together with other dialogist blocs, a request for a special session on February 11 was submitted to debate the labor reform. She stated that there is an agreement on 95% of the points with the political forces that will back this initiative. Earlier, the governor of La Pampa, Sergio Ziliotto, admitted upon leaving a meeting with the Chief of Cabinet, Manuel Adorni, and the Minister of the Interior, Diego Santilli, at the Casa Rosada: «It was never confirmed, we are seeing if we will hold it or not». Opposition governors — peronists and allies — want to define common positions for the labor reform debate, the bill that the ruling bloc seeks to pass in the Senate on February 11. Beyond the discussions between sectors over changes to the labor regime, peronist leaders are seeking support even from their peers close to La Libertad Avanza (LLA) on the tax point: the Casa Rosada proposed a reduction in the Profit Tax rates for companies from 35% to 31.5% and a reduction in employer contributions. But no one, neither in peronism nor in non-peronism, confirms the meeting. Buenos Aires, February 3 (NA) – The governors' meeting scheduled for this Wednesday remained in deep secrecy due to uncertainty among many leaders when it came to confirming the meeting, amidst 'bilateral' negotiations with the Government over the labor reform. The rally, scheduled for this Wednesday at the Federal Investments Council (CFI), began to lose attendees as the hours went by, and until the night of this Tuesday, no one could say for sure if the meeting would take place or, on the contrary, if there would be some kind of exchange via Zoom. «A meeting is planned, but we don't know if it will be via Zoom. Most are limited to affirming, in a round of consultations made by the Argentine News Agency (NA), that the meeting 'is not on the agenda'. The knot of the discussion The provinces say the impact on their coffers will be over 3 trillion, while the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, maintains that this fiscal shortfall will only occur in 2027 and will be around 1.5 trillion pesos. «We believe we have the votes,» Bullrich told the media present, including the Argentine News Agency, after the meeting with the bloc leaders Eduardo Vischi (radicalism); Luis Juez (Civic Front); Carlos Arce (Renewal Front of Concord) and Edith Terenzi (Awaken Chubut), among others.
