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Argentine Senate Opposition Backs Bill to Curb Emergency Decrees

The move seeks to reassert congressional control after the Executive issued an unusually high number of decrees under President Javier Milei.

La votación por financiamiento educativo en el Senado de la Nación
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Overview

  • Opposition blocs produced a committee-backed draft that ends tacit validation of DNUs and requires explicit approval by both chambers within 90 days with an absolute majority, or the decree lapses.
  • A single-chamber rejection would annul a DNU, and the Executive would be barred from issuing a new decree on the same subject during that parliamentary year.
  • The proposal bans omnibus DNUs and mandates single-subject decrees to allow individual congressional review.
  • The text also reshapes the Bicameral DNU committee to be chaired by the opposition with alternating presidencies and term limits, and enables decree review during congressional recess.
  • Signatories span PRO, UCR, provincial and kirchnerist blocs under Alejandra Vigo’s lead, with a plan to take the draft to the next Senate session and push final passage in Deputies before the December 10 turnover.