In the run-up to a heated session where the Chamber of Deputies could overturn four decrees, three of which are delegated powers, the Minister of Deregulation and State Transformation, Federico Sturzenegger, defended the regulations that will be repealed and pressured non-Kirchnerist deputies to"not play into the hands of Kirchnerism and its coffers."

"Today's session in the House of Representatives seeks to repeal several delegated decrees issued within the framework of the delegation of the Bases Law, which centralized a series of decentralized agencies. We explain once again. Kirchnerism used decentralized agencies as collection centers, charging fees for procedures as its structures grew," Sturzenegger stated.

The House of Representatives session includes the rejection of four Milei decrees. Three are delegated powers decrees: 396/25 (which transforms the INA and merges the INPRES with the SEGEMAR); 383/25, which expanded the powers of the Argentine Federal Police; and 445/25, which modifies the National Agency of Controlled Materials. The last is a DNU, 62/25, which modifies the hormone therapies in the Gender Identity Law.

"Each decentralized agency requires its own organizational structure: the same as if it were a ministry. Centralization solves both problems: it limits the ability to charge citizens and eliminates administrative duplication without affecting its essential functions," the national official argued.

Today's session in the House of Representatives seeks to repeal several delegated decrees issued within the framework of the delegation of the Bases Law, which centralized a series of decentralized agencies. We explain once again. Kirchnerism used decentralized agencies as banks… — Fede Sturzenegger (@fedesturze) September 17, 2025

In this context, the head of the Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation said he understood that"there is a political struggle, but the taxpayer should not be held hostage to that dispute."

In the run-up to the session, where the vetoes of the financing laws for Garrahan and the universities will also be discussed, he noted:" I hope that the non-Kirchnerist deputies do not play into the hands of Kirchnerism and its coffers because the mandate that President Javier Milei received was precisely to regulate these excesses that all Argentines pay for."

The opposition seeks to overturn the vetoes of Garrahan and Universities in Congress.

The opposition is pushing to secure the necessary number of votes and overturn the vetoes of the Garrahan and university funding laws in the Lower House this Wednesday. The key lies in how the government's allies and the legislators who were absent from the first vote on the laws will act this time.

While the ruling party acknowledges that it will be a"difficult" session and is working against the clock to sway people, the opposition is banking on the social pressure that will be exerted by the massive march outside Congress, which was joined by Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof, the CGT (Congressman's Confederation of Workers' Parties), and the two CTAs (Democratic Workers' Associations).

The Pediatric Emergency and Nursing Home Law, known as the Garrahan Law, was approved in the House of Representatives with 159 votes in favor, 67 against, and four abstentions (two Chubut residents of Governor Ignacio Torres, Ricardo López Murphy, and a PRO legislator from Chaco). It surpassed the necessary majority by nine votes.

The University Financing Law, which updates operating expenses and salaries, had a closer result: 158 votes in favor, 75 against, and 5 abstentions (three from PRO, López Murphy, and Entre Ríos native Francisco Morchio). Only three more votes than necessary. And in that case, 18 were absent.

Among those absent from the previous votes are four deputies who answer to Governors Leandro Zdero of Chaco; Alfredo Cornejo of Mendoza; and Rogelio Frigerio of Entre Ríos, current electoral allies of La Libertad Avanza, who have already come out in support of Milei's speech and budget proposal.

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