President Javier Milei vetoed a trio of pension and disability measures in a decree published in the Official Gazette on Monday. 

In July, Congress approved the pension increase, the funding boost to support people with disabilities, and a measure allowing older adults to retire by buying back missing social security contributions.

The opposition is now expected to seek to overturn the vetoes in a congressional debate that could happen as soon as Wednesday.

A statement published by the presidential communications team on Monday morning said that lawmakers approved the bills “irresponsibly” because they did not explain how it would be funded, and it endangered Argentina’s fiscal balance.

This, the statement continued, would hamper the government’s goal of eliminating inflation, at a cost to the public purse of over 7 trillion pesos this year and nearly 17 trillion in 2026 (US$5........

© Buenos Aires Herald