\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t National deputies elected in the October midterms were sworn in on Wednesday, bringing about a shift in the lower house power balance. Ruling party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) became the largest chamber bloc after several deputies from other blocs decided to join their ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 127 deputies-elect formally took their seats in a ceremony that started around 1 p.m., while outgoing lawmakers said their farewells.<\/p>\n
The recent moves between blocs mean LLA has increased its total number of seats from 87 to 95. While no single party has a majority, LLA is now the largest minority, giving it enough seats to block impeachment requests and uphold presidential decrees.<\/p>\n
The Peronist opposition, meanwhile, is bleeding members. The most recent departure came on Tuesday, when the party\u2019s main bloc, Fuerza Patria, lost three key deputies from Catamarca, who will create their own bloc.\u00a0After coming out of the October midterm elections with 98 members and first minority status, the bloc has dwindled to 93.<\/p>\n
The tables started to turn after the elections when several deputies from right-wing PRO \u2014 LLA\u2019s main ally, which was left significantly overshadowed by the ruling party \u2014 as well as former members of the Uni\u00f3n C\u00edvica Radical (UCR) that had been strongly backing President Javier Milei since last year decided to leave their blocs and join LLA.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, LLA lower house bloc leader Gabriel Bornoroni announced their most recent addition: Francisco Morchio, a lawmaker who previously belonged to the centrist bloc Encuentro Federal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith [Morchio\u2019s] valuable contribution, we will become the first minority, allowing us to continue to strongly push the ideas of freedom, leaving behind the Kirchnerist populism that has damaged our country so much,\u201d Bornoroni tweeted.<\/p>\n
The Peronist getaways On Tuesday, three Peronist deputies from Catamarca \u2014 Fernanda \u00c1vila, Sebasti\u00e1n N\u00f3blega, and Fernando Monguillot \u2014 formally created their own new bloc, Elijo Catamarca. The three deputies respond to Catamarca governor Ra\u00fal Jalil, who has been part of the so-called \u201cfriendly opposition\u201d backing some of Milei\u2019s proposals.<\/p>\n
In November, deputies-elect Javier Noguera (Tucum\u00e1n) and Jorge \u201cGato\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez (San Luis) also jumped ship. Fern\u00e1ndez said he would no longer be part of Fuerza Patria because the bloc had become \u201ctoo Kirchnerist,\u201d although it remains unclear which bloc he will join.<\/p>\n
Noguera will be part of Independencia, a separate Peronist bloc loyal to Tucum\u00e1n governor Osvaldo Jaldo. According to the Herald\u2018s sister publication \u00c1mbito, Independencia could potentially ally with the three Catamarca deputies and Pa\u00eds Federal, a bloc of deputies that respond to governors Gustavo S\u00e1enz (Salta) and Hugo Passalacqua (Misiones).<\/p>\n
The ruling party could see its support grow further as former Libertarian deputies who are now part of small blocs Coherencia and MID are in negotiations to join some larger blocs allied to the administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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