Agreement with the IMF in the Senate: The president of the Frente de Todos bloc said he will vote in favor

From 14 o'clock, the Senate will begin discussing the refinancing of the $44.5 billion agreement with the International Monetary Fund negotiated by the Mauricio Macri administration. The Government's forecast is a favourable outcome, thanks to the support of Juntos for Change and part of the All Front, which is going through moments of strong internal tension after the personal break between Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner.

The parliamentary discussion will take place in a closed Congress to avoid the incidents that occurred in deputies and with the expectation of knowing what both the Vice-President and Senators K.

Next, the minute by minute of the debate in the Senate

14.00. Strong crossing between a deputy from the Front of All and a leader K

Minutes before the vote, Leandro Santoro and Alicia Castro shared criticism through social media. “I am not kicking out nor do I want to watch anyone. And I'm not talking about The Campora. But if I were an official of the Executive and I disagreed with the Government, I would leave,” the deputy assured C5N. He later added on twitter: “I did not refer to CFK or La Campora. The debate takes place in the chamber or within the parties. Executive officials do not question the president in any country in the world. Except in a presidential regime.”

Castro replied: “You are wrong about the 'world'. In coalition governments there are dissent and they express themselves, so that citizens participate in the debate. And in participatory democracies there is a referendum to revoke the mandates of those who do not comply with their electoral contract.”

13.10. Does the personal break between Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner impact the vote on the agreement?

In the Vice-President's environment, they say that it had no impact that the Government spokeswoman, Gabriela Cerruti, admitted that the President tried to talk unsuccessfully with the former President after the attack on Congress. The details in this note.

12.50. Luis Juez: “On Monday we won't fall into default”

The Senator of Juntos for Change was very critical of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner. “They want to run us to the right and left and they want to screw us by saying that we are functional, we are not functional, the only certainty in 26 months of the government of the President's useless that we have is that Monday will not fall into default, and it will not be because of Cristina, Máximo (Kirchner) or this band of useless people, but because the opposition responsibly understands that the moment Argentina is living we cannot move the ladder to a guy who is biting the ledge with his teeth.”

12.40. José Mayans: “I'm going to accompany”

The president of the Frente de Todos bloc spoke to the media before entering Congress and said he will vote in favor of the project. “She was critical of how credit has been taken, because all this money did not reach Argentina, it was all financial speculation,” he said of Cristina Kirchner.

12.00. Senators began to enter Congress

Kirchnerist Anabel Fernández Sagasti and Alfredo De Angeli, among other senators, are some of the legislators already in Parliament for discussion.

11.30. The Government is betting on “important support”

The Secretary for Parliamentary Relations of the Chief of Staff, Fernando “Chino” Navarro, today considered that the draft agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will become law in the Senate “with significant support.” “In the Senate, the agreement will be approved with important numbers because most of the official senators are going to accompany the bill and the opposition will also vote in favor,” he said in statements to Radio CNN.

10.30. Another day of protests

The mobilization began with a traffic cut at the foot of Pueyrredón Bridge, in Avellaneda, by social, political and trade union organizations, such as the Classist and Combative Current (CCC) and the CTA-Autonomous. The central rally will take place from 17 o'clock, in front of the Congress.

9.30. Cerruti: “We expect an uneventful debate and the agreement to be approved”

” Today the agreement with the IMF is being debated in the Senate. This is a very important instance and we must remember that this is the first time that these historical debates have taken place in Congress. The Government appreciates the efforts of the legislators of the different political forces that both in Deputies and in the Senate allowed progress to be made with this agreement. We hope that the same thing that happened in deputies will happen today in the Senate,” Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti said today at her weekly press conference, in which she also acknowledged that Cristina Kirchner doesn't respond to the President's messages.

8.30. The Congress, fenced and fenced

After the incidents of last week, which ended with serious damage to the office of the vice-president, Cristina Kirchner, the vicinity of Parliament dawned with hurdles waiting for the mobilization of social organizations and leftist parties that reject the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). During the early morning a strong operation of the City Police began to be deployed to prevent further incidents.

“The decision has been made to deploy a preventive operation to prevent further disturbances during the Senate vote. In this regard, the vicinity of the Congress will be closed by a fence, thus comprising a perimeter comprised of the Avenues Entre Ríos, Callao, Rivadavia, Combat de los Pozos and the front that faces the Plaza del Congreso,” said the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Marcelo D'Alessandro.

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