Retirees and disability: Villarruel initiated the processing of the bills approved by the Senate that Milei announced she would veto.

Amid the controversy with the Casa Rosada, Victoria Villarruel has already forwarded the pension and disability emergency bills that were approved last Thursday in the Senate to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Martín Menem . Menem is now expected to sign them so they can be sent to the Executive Branch , where they will confirm that Javier Milei will veto them.

"We are within the normal timeframe for reviewing a text that has become law," the Senate assured, in response to suspicions that the ruling party is dragging its feet.

According to Clarín , the texts were sent to the House of Representatives late this afternoon. "They were sent a few minutes ago," confirmed a senior source in the Upper House just after 7:00 p.m.

Now all that's left is for Menem to sign them before they can be sent to the Executive Branch. Beyond the criticism of Villarruel and the allegations about the session's illegality, those close to Menem aren't raising the possibility that he might not sign them .

The protocol process is important because the days Milei has to veto it are starting to run out.

At the beginning of this week, the Chief of Staff confirmed that they are waiting for the bills to be received before vetoing them.

"Once the government has the laws passed by Congress, it will veto them," as well as any initiative "that affects fiscal balance, which is the basis on which the government's economic policy is structured," the official declared on Splendid radio.

"It's very easy to say we're going to increase disability pensions, pensions, and that money will be issued without problems—that's very easy. But it immediately triggers runaway inflation, as happened during the latter part of the previous administration and under various other governments in Argentina," he justified the decision.

He also stated that in one year, "everything that was approved should be worth 2.6 percentage points of GDP, which, when translated into figures, is $20 billion."

As Clarín reported, Javier Milei will wait until the last minute to veto.

The government is trying to buy time to gather the necessary support to override the vetoes , especially in the face of the rebellion of the governors who sent their legislators to withdraw support.

The government had adopted the same strategy of delay and negotiation when Milei vetoed the increase in funding for universities and the pension increase in 2024.

Francos made his first attempt to build bridges with the leaders after Milei accused them of "wanting to break up the national government" just a day later.

"Not all are the same. Some governors are dedicated to spending, while others are more serious about managing public resources," he said.

There are two pension initiatives . The first involves a general increase of 7.2% for all retirement and pension plans—except for special pension plans. This percentage seeks to compensate for the losses suffered by retirees in January of last year, when inflation was 20% and the adjustment granted by the Executive Branch was 12.5%.

It also includes an increase in the bonus, currently frozen at $70,000 to $110,000, and an inflation adjustment would be stipulated.

The second bill extends for two years the retirement moratorium that the Government dropped in March and through which most senior citizens have access to a pension.

The third text declares a disability emergency until December 2027. It orders the regularization of payments and updating of fees, a reform of the non-contributory pension system, the strengthening of the National Disability Agency (ANDIS) database, and audits. It also proposes that the Executive branch must also publicly report on budget execution and the policies implemented within the framework of the emergency. Among other points,