Opposition Strikes the Government Hard: Rejects Almost All Budget Items and Grau Accuses “Electoral Motivation”

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This Wednesday in the Joint Special Committee on Budgets, the opposition missed the former Minister of Finance Mario Marcel. “As Minister Marcel is missed. He knew how to reach agreements” That was the approach made by former MP RN Miguel Mellado, when he criticized the position of the current holder of that portfolio, Nicolás Grau, who refused the opposition requests to open up to negotiate in this instance to cut expenses.

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The Bank of Deputies of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) referred in harsh terms to the draft Budget Law 2026 and justified the rejection of almost all the items that took place yesterday Wednesday in the Joint Special Committee of the National Congress, dismissing the accusations of the Minister of Finance, Nicolas Grau, [...] The entry UDI buried draft Budget: "One of the most opaque, imprecise and lacking in transparency proposals since…

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The government suffered a severe setback, after the Joint Budget Committee rejected almost completely the tax bill for 2026. In total, 28 items did not achieve the necessary votes, which means about 90% of the budget, leaving the executive in a complex scenario considering that the project would not be voted again until November 17, after the elections. Most of the rejections arose by opposition votes, from which they accused “lack of transparen…

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The Minister of Finance, Nicolás Grau, addressed the processing of the draft Budget Law 2026 and the rejection of the opposition in the special joint commission to most of the funds proposed by the government.In conversation with Tele13 Radio, Grau pointed out that “the opposition strictly rejected everything, absolutely everything, and the few things that were approved, the Congress and National Assets, if I remember correctly, is because at th…

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He reiterated his willingness to reach agreements: “We are going to reach an agreement to the extent that the majority view of the opposition that has allowed us to make great progress during this government, on the merit of them and merit of us, is the one that primes in the debate.” In the instance, he approved only the items of National Property, National Congress, Electoral Service and the Judiciary. After two days of discussion and voting, …

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The opposition articulated and voted in block rejecting the items with the aim of forcing a negotiation with the government during the process in the Chamber of Deputies.