阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯（美联社）——自由派总统哈维尔·米莱周一否决了阿根廷增加养老金支出的提案以及一项扩大残疾人保护范围的法律，并表示这些立法将破坏他在10月中期选举前消除国家长期财政赤字的标志性承诺。

米莱政府公布否决决定时表示，国会上月通过的支出法案旨在更充分地补偿退休人员因通货膨胀造成的损失，并为残疾人提供更多财政福利，但未明确资金来源。政府称这些法案与米莱降低通胀的民众授权相矛盾。

米莱自2023年底执政以来，否决了所有增加公共支出的提案，面对民众恢复补贴的要求，他常以'没钱'为口号回绝。政府预计，包括养老金上调7.2%在内的新增支出，今年将占国内生产总值的0.9%，明年将达到1.68%。

政府表示："这位总统宁愿说出令人不安的真相，也不愿重复令人舒适的谎言——我们确实没有资金。"随后又借鉴其盟友、美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的竞选口号补充道："让阿根廷再次伟大的唯一途径是依靠努力与诚信，而非陈腐的旧套路。"

去年，米莱（Milei）通过大幅削减社会支出和公共工程开支，实现了阿根廷14年来首次年度财政盈余。这些紧缩措施使得阿根廷月度通胀率在6月降至2%以下，为五年来首次。相比之下，2023年12月米莱就职时，该数字还高达25%以上。

但这项财政休克计划也加剧了许多阿根廷人的经济困境：失业率攀升，经通胀调整后的工资水平下降，而物价同比涨幅仍高达40%。

国会仍可通过两院三分之二多数票推翻这些否决，但对米莱领导的自由意志党而言颇具挑战性，该党仅掌握少数席位。

米莱自上任以来与立法者的关系一直紧张，去年他成功从其政党最亲密的盟友——保守派PRO集团——争取到足够票数，阻止了养老金上调。

米莱（Milei）寄望于阿根廷10月关键的中期选举，以增加其政党在议会中的席位，从而继续推进财政平衡计划并吸引更多外国投资。

这次选举被普遍视为对他两年执政表现的全民公投。

退休人员始终站在抗议米莱政府活动的最前线。数月来，每周三都有数十名阿根廷老年人艰难地依靠每月仅400美元的养老金度日，他们与配备催泪瓦斯和水炮的安全部队对峙。

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) Libertarian President Javier Milei on Monday vetoed an attempt to increase spending on pensions in Argentina and a law expanding protections for people with disabilities, saying the legislation would have undermined his flagship pledge to eliminate the countrys chronic fiscal deficit before Octobers midterm elections.

In publishing the veto decisions, Mileis administration said that Congress last month passed the spending bills meant to more fully compensate retirees for inflation and offer more financial benefits for people with disabilities without determining the source of the funds. It said the bills contradicted (Mileis) popular mandate to bring down inflation.

Since coming to power in late 2023 , Milei has vetoed all efforts to boost public spending, often wielding the slogan there is no money against peoples demands that he restore subsidies. The government projects that the additional expenditures, including a 7.2% pension increase, will amount to about 0.9% of gross domestic product this year and 1.68% next year.

This president prefers to tell an uncomfortable truth rather than repeat comfortable lies: There is no money, the government said. Spinning off the slogan of his ally, U.S. President Donald Trump , it added: The only way to make Argentina great again is with effort and honesty, not the same old recipes.

Last year Milei racked up Argentinas first annual fiscal surplus in 14 years by making painful cuts to social spending and public works. The austerity measures helped drive down Argentinas monthly inflation rate to below 2% in June for the first time in five years, compared to more than 25% when Milei entered office in December 2023.

But the fiscal shock program has also deepened economic misery for many Argentines: Unemployment has climbed, wages adjusted for inflation have declined and prices are still up 40% year-on-year.

Congress can still overturn these vetoes with a two-thirds majority in both chambers, a challenge for Mileis libertarian party, which holds only a small minority of seats.

Milei, whose relationship with lawmakers has been tense ever since he took office, last year managed to win enough votes from his partys closest ally, the conservative PRO bloc, to prevent the pension increases.

Milei is looking to Argentinas crucial midterm elections in October to boost his partys representation as he seeks to continue his fiscal balance drive and draw more foreign investment.

The elections are widely seen as a referendum on his two years in office.

Retirees have been at the forefront of protests against Mileis government. Every Wednesday now for months, dozens of older Argentines struggling to scrape by on pensions of just $400 a month have faced off against security forces armed with tear gas and water cannons.

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