“No matter how much you vote for the law of gravity, gravity will continue to exist, and so will budgetary constraints,” he challenged. Source: El Cronista The Law (on Financial Administration) is in effect. The Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies was once again the stage for the treatment of the project sent by the Executive with the presence of national officials, among them, the Secretary of National Education, Carlos Torrendell, who defended the investment figures in the matter and accused past administrations of squandering resources. Budget 2026 Guberman defended the goals and denied an IMF estimate Lucas González Monte The meeting is part of the summons that the Chamber made in early October with the opposition's goal of reaching the chamber by mid-November, although there are dialogue advocates willing to agree to a new summons so that it is dealt with by the new composition that will take office in December. The center of the controversies was over funding in education, and it included a chapter on the Law regarding funds for universities, which President Javier Milei returned to Congress after the parliament insisted on its approval. Torrendell was present along with the Undersecretary of University Policies, Alejandro “Gallego” Álvarez. The meeting, within the framework of the budget committee, took place hours after the Senate spoke of defunding the area and several deputies described it as a “brutal cut.” Torrendell said that “allocating resources in the education line of the budget does not mean they will be earmarked for education.” In this sense, he commented that the 2024 budget contemplated 2.5 trillion pesos for the area, but that “the debt of the Conectar Igualdad plan was 1,000 million dollars, that is, 40%.” The secretary used this example to point out that resources for this type of programs bloated the budget, “but the evidence is that kids are learning less and less and what I find is that the resources were not allocated to education.” “Even disguised as an educational investment, it was a bad expense that did not result in fundamental learning,” he said. When asked about the absence of Minister Sandra Pettovello, Torrendell said “she doesn't want to come,” stumbled, corrected himself, and claimed that the minister “prefers to do, not to discuss.” Regarding the University Funding Law, Álvarez said that if that law were to be funded, there would be “no legal basis to do so.” “Neither we nor you want to be accused of failing to fulfill the duties of a public official. You can repeal it.”
