Despite the violence and protests, Argentina's pension reform bill is passed

Wednesday, December 20th 2017 - 08:37 UTC

Full article 3 comments

Argentina’s president defended a pension reform bill approved by Congress in the early hours of Tuesday that has prompted violent protests and a general strike, saying it seeks only to benefit retirees. The measure passed in the lower house by a 127-117 vote after more than 12 hours of debate, much of which came as demonstrators clashed with police outside the chamber. Read full article

Comments

Disclaimer & comment rules

British_Kirchnerist
“Federal lawmakers from these eight/nine provinces, mostly ruled by the Peronist opposition provided the sufficient support for the bill to be finally approved.”

Which is why the real leader of the opposition, and the one Macri is most worried about as evidenced by the drive to put her in jail, is Cristina. Her being shunned by the same Peronist barons who cut this crooked deal with Macri is looking daily more and more like a strength than a weakness
Dec 20th, 2017 - 11:25 am - Link - Report abuse -6
-+
Zaphod Beeblebrox
The evidence is that the opposition are a bunch of lawless, anti-democratic, violent thugs.

You may not like what Macri has done but it was non-violent and followed the democratic process.
Dec 20th, 2017 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
-+
Pirat-Hunter
Macri is another filthy European criminal like most of those genocidal filthy race of murderers and child molestérs who should be served poison instead of food.
Dec 23rd, 2017 - 04:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
-+

Commenting for this story is now closed.
If you have a Facebook account, become a fan and comment on our Facebook Page!