Overview

• Special sessions in the Chamber of Deputies fell for lack of quorum after the economy and health ministers and the presidential secretary skipped scheduled interpellations and sent written explanations instead.
• Senators from opposition blocs complain that Martín Menem has not forwarded the Deputies-approved reform to the law regulating Decrees of Necessity and Urgency, preventing the Senate from opening debate.
• House officials cite post-session paperwork and a holiday for the lag and note no fixed deadline exists for transmitting a sanction, but the delay effectively blocks any pre-election treatment.
• Both chambers have largely halted plenary sittings until after October 26, with key disputes shifting to committees handling items such as the 2026 budget, Nucleoeléctrica privatization, and debt oversight.
• Political pressure on Menem is mounting over his handling of the agenda and the DNU file, with rivals questioning his fitness to retain the speakership in December.