Argentina: Congress, Supreme Court and People All Against Macri
Argentina: Congress, Supreme Court and People All Against Macri
Published 13 July 2016 (8 hours 31 minutes ago)
Macri's government is facing the strongest opposition to his term so far as his neoliberal policies start to seriously affect Argentines' daily lives.
While social movements are preparing massive protests for Thursday, the country's Supreme Court demanded Monday that the government of Mauricio Macri justify within 10 days the “social and economic aspects” of the 400 percent rise in gas bills.
The country's highest court was solicited by a federal court in La Plata, which decided Thursday to suspend all bill increases, saying the government failed to implement the required public audits before imposing the price hike in April.
As a result, Macri's conservative government was forced to promise Monday that the price rise would hopefully be maintained under 400 percent, without being able to confirm it.
On the initiative of the opposition block Justicialist Party Front for Victory, both chambers in Congress announced measures in order to supervise the government's controversial move.
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