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Argentina Senate Sets Votes to Challenge Vetoes as Committees Take Up Karina Milei Interpellations

Two‑thirds thresholds will test the opposition's leverage against a governing bloc of seven senators.

Overview

  • Senate commissions convene Wednesday starting at 11 a.m. to consider three interpellation requests for Karina Milei over leaked ANDIS audios and to take up summons for Chief of Cabinet Guillermo Francos and Health Minister Mario Lugones.
  • A full Senate session is scheduled for Thursday at 10 a.m. to try to override President Javier Milei's vetoes on public university funding and support for Hospital Garrahan, moves that require two‑thirds backing.
  • Opposition leaders signal they have the numbers to insist on the vetoed funding laws after broad votes in the Deputies, but bringing interpellations to the floor also needs two‑thirds and the UCR has said it will not supply those votes.
  • One request targeting Karina Milei was filed by José Leavy and María Teresa González citing audios attributed to ex‑ANDIS director Diego Spagnuolo that name her and Eduardo 'Lule' Menem, and another by José Mayans references the $Libra meme‑coin case.
  • The opposition will also seek to add a measure to block the sale of 44% of Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, which is not on the agreed agenda and would need two‑thirds support to be included after leaders met in Vice President Victoria Villarruel's office.