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Santa Rosa council fails to override mayor's budget veto
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Santa Rosa council fails to override mayor's budget veto

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Outcome reported
  • Santa Rosa city councilors failed to gather enough votes to override the mayor's veto of the 2025 budget execution.
  • A two-thirds majority was needed to overturn the veto, but the vote ended in a tie, with the council president's deciding vote against the override.
  • The veto was based on alleged irregularities in works funded by royalties and inconsistencies in project documentation.

In Santa Rosa, Misiones, councilors could not muster the required supermajority to nullify the veto of the 2025 budget execution. The veto was imposed by the resigning mayor, Rubén Jacquet, of the PLRA party. During the latest session, two rounds of voting resulted in a tie. Ultimately, the council president, Oreste Bower of the ANR-HC party, used his double vote to break the tie, voting against the override. This resulted in a 7-6 vote against overturning the veto, falling short of the two-thirds majority (8 out of 12 votes) needed for annulment.

The council's rejection of the budget execution on May 7 stemmed from alleged irregularities in the documentation. Councilwoman Romí Lorena Ruggeri cited works funded by royalties that remain unfinished, ongoing multi-year contracts, and inconsistencies in projects like paved roads, unified sidewalks, and bridge construction. She emphasized that the analysis was strictly limited to the 2025 fiscal year.

The margin was insufficient to revoke the municipal chief's decision, as two-thirds (equivalent to 8 of 12 votes) are needed for its annulment.

— Article TextExplaining the outcome of the vote to override the mayor's veto.

Jacquet, who is seeking reelection in the upcoming municipal elections, had his budget proposal rejected. The political maneuvering highlights ongoing tensions within the local government as the election approaches.

the measure responded to alleged irregularities detected in the documentation.

— Romí Lorena RuggeriExplaining the reason for the council's rejection of the budget execution.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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