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De la Rua’s office gained the support of the Secretary of the [[General Confederation of Labour (Argentina)|General Confederation of Labor]], Héctor Daer. This support raised opposition from a segment inside of this confederation that was led by [[Hugo Moyano]], who confronted Daer and called for an assembly that culminated in declaring him as the new general secretary of the confederation. However, this was not recognized by Daer, which led to a breakup inside this organization<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-03-16|title=La CGT, con dos cabezas paralelas|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/la-cgt-con-dos-cabezas-paralelas-nid9236/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|language=es}}</ref>.

At that time, the majority of the [[Argentine Chamber of Deputies|House of Representatives]] was from the Radical Party which favored the President’s agenda. The [[Argentine Senate|senate]], on the other hand, was mostly composed of the opposition (Justicialist Party) that allegedly was against this bill. Even though Moyano did not believe that the law was going to pass, he still called for a general strike against its passage<ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-11-06|title=Hugo Moyano apuntó contra Flamarique al declarar en el juicio contra De la Rúa|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/juicio-por-coimas-hugo-moyano-apunto-contra-flamarique-nid1524139/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|language=es}}</ref>. Nonetheless, on May 11, 2000 this bill finally passed the Senate, on the condition that the [[minimum wage]] could not decrease for the next two years<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-04-27|title=El Senado aprobó la reforma laboral|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-senado-aprobo-la-reforma-laboral-nid14645/|access-date=2021-06-02|website=www.lanacion.com.ar|language=es}}</ref>.

=== Corruption allegations ===

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== External links ==

* [https://www.clarin.com/tema/coimas-en-el-senado.html News related to "Coimas en el Senado"] on [[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]] (in Spanish)

* [http://www.cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/09/21/argentina.bribes.reut/ New bribe scandal hits Argentina's 'murky' Senate] on [[CNN]]

*[https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/19/world/spreading-bribery-scandal-shakes-argentinaacutes-senate.html Spreading Bribery Scandal Shakes Argentina´s Senate] [[The New York Times]]

[[Category:Presidency of Fernando de la Rúa|Congressional Bribery Scandal]]