Target of complaints, Milei appoints two Supreme Court judges by decree

Indication Dribla the Senate. Since the end of last year, two of the five vacancies in the Argentine Supreme Court have been empty after one judge retired and another to leave office. Since then, Milei had been trying to get his nominations with the Senate, as the Constitution requires. However, with the absence of the vote on the part of the house, the president used his power to enforce a nomination decree.

The appointment of judge to the maximum body of the Argentine judiciary is provided for by the Constitution. Maurício Macri, former president, had also used the measure to indicate names in 2016.

The nation’s Senate must express an agreement or reject the presidential proposals, without any case to propose candidates, for which it must conduct an objective analysis based on the suitability of the postulates and not on merely political interests (…) the president’s office He recalls that a remarkable majority of the political arch supported both Nestor Kirchner and Mauricio Macri in the early designation of judges for the Supreme Court during his mandates. However, for months, they have avoided respecting the decision of this government, even when the lack of pronouncement implies serious damage to the functioning of one of the three powers of the Republic.
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Despite the controversies involving the name of the president, the Executive Power denies that the indications have been based on political choices. However, the profiles of the two nominees go towards Milei’s political vision, with history linked to the right of the country. According to the newspaper El Pais, Lijo has dozens of complaints to the Argentine Judiciary Council, while Mansilla is pointed out as an academic with ultra -conservative ideals.

Milei denounced

Milei was recently reported to Argentina court for alleged illicit association that generated losses to more than 40,000 investors and fraud after disclosing the cryptocurrency $ Libra. The complaints narrate that he has failed his duties as a state employee violating the law of public ethics. Also appeared accusations of suspicions of criminal operations.