Milei presents a bill to declare a state of public emergency in Argentina until the end of 2025

The Government of Javier Milei sent this Wednesday to the National Congress a bill to declare an economic emergency and in many other areas in Argentina until the end of 2025.

The initiative involves the delegation of functions to the Executive by virtue of the declaration of “public emergency in economic, financial, fiscal, pension, security, defense, tariff, energy, health, administrative and social matters until December 31, 2025” , indicates the project.

This project also includes, among other points, a reform of electoral regulations, changes in the Penal Code to control street demonstrations and powers for the Executive to privatize public companies.

The so-called Law of Bases and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentines declares a public emergency until December 31, 2025, a period that may be extended by the Executive for another two years, that is, until the end of Milei's mandate. , who assumed the Presidency on December 10.

The Executive alleges that this project is promoted “with the spirit of restoring the economic and social order based on the liberal doctrine embodied in the National Constitution of 1853.”

Milei, whose far-right party La Libertad Avanza has a very minority representation in Parliament, had already signed last week a decree of necessity and urgency to deregulate the economy, including the repeal of several laws, which has sparked protests and is the subject of presentations of appeals before Justice.