Overview
- The government formalized decree 467/2026 in the Boletín Oficial, a measure dated June 12 and published on Tuesday, June 16, signed by President Javier Milei and Justice Minister Juan Bautista Mahiques.
- The decree removes the Justice Ministry’s prior stage for collecting citizen observations before nominations go to the Senate, leaving public challenges and hearings to the Senate’s treatment of pliegos.
- Candidates for judges, prosecutors and defenders must now file full patrimonial sworn statements within five days, including assets of spouses or partners and minor children.
- ARCA must issue tax and social-security compliance reports within five days while preserving fiscal secrecy, and the Ministry of Justice is named authority of application for the new rules.
- The reform standardizes selection procedures across courts, stops publication of candidacies in national newspapers in favor of the Boletín Oficial and the ministry website, and omits 2003 guidance on gender, specialization and geographic balance, a shift that could change who is proposed and how vacancies are filled.