The president promised to halt legislation that provides funding for the operation of higher education institutions, raises the salaries of professors, staff, and auxiliary personnel, and guarantees student scholarships, which have been frozen since last year due to the austerity policies of the Casa Rosada (Presidential Palace).

Congress sent the last two laws approved by the Senate on Thursday, and the countdown began (ten business days, until September 11) for the Executive Branch to decide on their implementation or a presidential veto. These are the pediatric health emergency, driven by the protests at the Garrahan Hospital, and the University Financing Law.

The protest was organized by deans, teaching and non-teaching unions, and students at a meeting held within the framework of the First National Congress on University Innovation, being held in Rosario, reported elDiarioAR and other media outlets.

Last year, Congress passed similar legislation; the president vetoed it and managed to impose his will with the support of allied legislators.

University students are confident that this time the opposition will be able to insist favorably defend the new law, especially amid the string of parliamentary and political blows the government has received in recent weeks.

Milei also threatened to veto the Pediatric Emergency Law, which provides the necessary allocations for health care for minors and the operation of hospitals like Dr. Garrahan, whose workers have been demanding a pay raise for months.

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