National Deputy Alberto 'Bertie' Benegas Lynch (La Libertad Avanza) stated today that the government's victory in Sunday's elections is 'a great boost that was not in anyone's calculations,' but asked the ruling coalition to take it 'with care,' because 'we must validate it every day and we have two years to work hard.' The lawmaker, who chairs the Budget and Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, said that the ruling coalition's goal is 'to pass the 2026 Budget, which Javier (Milei) has not been able to pass for two years, and there is no historical precedent for that in Argentina.' Benegas Lynch anticipated in statements to Radio Rivadavia that the committee he chairs will follow a meeting schedule and will count on the presence of officials, such as the Secretary of Finance, Carlos Guberman, who has already attended the Chamber of Deputies. When defining the 2026 Budget, he opined that lawmakers 'have to choose between the centralized planning of the committee of bureaucrats who direct our lives and choose who are the winners and losers in all industries and activities, or social cooperation, which basically consists of limiting the Government to protecting individual rights.' The libertarian deputy considered that Argentina's budgetary constraints 'have been understood' among the different blocs, and stated that 'we can understand each other by talking, although it will take some time.' Benegas Lynch considered that the result of the elections can change the position of some blocs in Congress, because 'of course, the legislative map changes,' and he opined that 'it would be reasonable for them to approve the 2026 Budget with this scenario.' He anticipated that in the schedule of meetings to analyze the National Budget 'tomorrow we have the last one' and reaffirmed that the committee is 'summoned' by the plenary of the body to issue its opinion on November 4. The lawmaker expressed his desire for the opposition blocs to 'understand that what people want is to remove the weight of the State from them, and that the private sector is the only one that creates wealth.'
