Argentina: opposition calls on the government to discuss by law the budget increase for universities
The Chamber of Deputies approved on Tuesday, by 152 votes in favor to 81 against, a motion to summon the Education and Budget and Finance Commissions to rule this Thursday on projects to automate budget increases for public universities, so that they do not depend on the will of the government of the day, and also to issue rulings on the following Thursday on the National Teacher Incentive Fund. teleSUR
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00:00The Libertarian government in Argentina suffered a heavy defeat this Tuesday.
00:05The opposition deputies managed to install budget and education commissions to increase
00:10university funds.
00:11With 152 votes of the Peronist Union for the Homeland, the Left Front and Centre Parties,
00:17they defeated the right wing Together for Change and the ruling Libertarians, who could
00:22only add up to 81 votes in a session that lasted more than five hours.
00:27The initiatives presented by the opposition are meant to declare the budget emergency
00:32and update the financing items for the national public universities in the country.