The Argentine Parliament canceled yesterday – for the first time – veto of the country’s President Javier Miley, ratifying a law that is increasing disability benefits, making a political defeat to the extreme liberal leader of the state.

The Senate canceled the presidential veto 63 votes versus 7 (required an absolute majority of two -thirds).

In August, the House of Representatives had also undone it (172 votes in favor, 73 against, 2 abstentions).

The overthrow was recorded at the worst possible time for Miley’s government, confronted with scandal for alleged bribes to a public body responsible for disabled. The case is now being investigated by Justice and it is noteworthy that the Karina Mileysister and right hand of the state leader.

The Senate’s decision also coincides amidst the election campaign, with parliamentary elections expected in October and in its province. Buenos Airesthe most populous of the country, ruled by the Opposition of the Peronists (Center Left) on Sunday.

The law, adopted in July and now remains to come into force, declares a state of emergency for the disabled. It provides for the beneficiaries of delayed debts and a new method of calculating disability pensions, while guarantees services and payments in this portion of the population until December 2027.

It also restores the quota of people with disabilities in terms of recruitment in the state mechanism, which is defied by the Miley government.

In Buenos Aires, in front of parliament, hundreds of people celebrated the Senate decision.

‘Makes me very happy’because it allows ‘Disabled to live properly’the Trinidad Freiberg23 -year -old music therapist working with children with disabilities.

THE Javier Miley He said in an interview last month that if the veto he had had been canceled, he would have appealed to the Justice. “Let’s say they reject my veto, so I will question it in justice and there will be no impact on public spending.”the far -right president assured.

In power since December 2023, the Argentinean’s president has repeatedly stressed that the law on disabled would harm the budgetary surplus that his government, with severe austerity, was able to record in 2024 for the first time since 2010.

However, in accordance with the Parliament’s budget committee, the law will have impact River between 0.22 and 0.42% of GDP.

The October 26 parliamentary elections will test the popularity of President Miley, who has in his active success in economic policy, in particular inflation, but at a price of gigantic cuts in public spending, including benefits to people with disabilities.