There was no agreement and the opposition takes control of the Senate

The negotiations failed and the distribution of power is defined in the afternoon session

Unless an unforeseen last-minute, kirchnerismo lose control today of the 25 standing committees of the Senate, and also various bicameral, at the hands of a coalition of 37 non-government legislators. Thus, this sector will be key to the operation of a camera that he intended to use Government House as a bastion of resistance to the advance of the opposition in the House of Representatives.

The new distribution of power will emerge today from the preparatory meeting, scheduled for 15, governed for the next two years until the end of term of Cristina Kirchner.
The intention is to block kirchnerista not impose by force of votes in the preparatory meeting minutes which includes the agreement that are discussing for two weeks and, until last night, still had all the signatures.

The only section missing is that of Senator Carlos Menem (La Rioja). Spokesmen for the former president asserted that the record Rioja sign today and will join the opposition bloc.

According to the document, the ruling will have seven members, a total of 15 in each of the standing committees. In other words, will not have enough signatures to get majority opinion.

Moreover, the ruling bloc will not preside over the 25 commissions, 13, leaving the remainder, including management considerations in the hands of a Senator Kirchner. The change in the balance of power in the Senate puts the ruling party in a disadvantageous situation clearly for the first time since the arrival of the Kirchner government in 2003.
The highest office

For now, the Pink House may set the name of the provisional president of the body, an important post, since it is the second stage in the presidential line of succession if headless, for the Buenos Aires Jose Pampuro.

However, dissident Peronism continued to insist last night in that chair to impose Salta Juan Carlos Romero or, failing that, keep the vice-chairmanship of the body, which is reserved for the radical Juan Carlos Marino (La Pampa).

Negotiations will continue this morning, although last night the leader of the Radical bloc, Gerardo Morales (Jujuy), confirmed that his party will respect the parliamentary tradition and support the continuity of Pampuro.

The mechanics of defining the session will end at noon. This was the agreement reached yesterday at a meeting of parliamentary work.
It appears that if no consensus, the new scheme of fees shall be settled by the votes. In that case, the proposal will claim the majority Kirchner, ie eight members, management fees, which are considered key. These are the Budget and Finance, Constitutional Affairs, Agreements, Defense and Foreign Affairs.

This would not be accepted by non-government conglomerate, protected by the 37 votes, plus one half of the total body, which already has consolidated for this vote.
According to the agreed order yesterday in parliamentary work, the preparatory meeting will begin with the swearing of the Cordovan Norma Morandini (Civic and Social Front) on his bench, which was postponed last December 10 because the journalist was traveling in the outside.

The ruling holds that will not prevent the swearing-Morandini, so it's going to make a quorum to start the session. In the UCR warned yesterday that there are no impediments to Cordoba lawmaker can take his seat, even though the site only has 36 senators sitting. "She can make a quorum because the title has already been approved and is a senator of the Nation," Morales said.