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Federal Judge Orders Immediate Enforcement of Argentina’s University Funding Law, Halting Decree

The ruling stresses that Congress’s Article 83 override prevails over an executive attempt to pause a duly insisted law.

Overview

  • Judge Martín Cormick of Federal Court No. 11 granted a precautionary injunction that compels immediate application of Articles 5 and 6 of Law 27.795 for teacher pay and student grants.
  • The order declares Decree 759/2025 inapplicable insofar as it conditioned the law’s execution on prior financing definitions, characterizing that stance as arbitrarily unlawful at this stage.
  • The measure is provisional until a final ruling and was issued subject to a juratory bond, with the court citing ongoing harm from salary erosion and impacts on the right to teach and learn.
  • Cormick’s reasoning highlights separation of powers, noting there is no executive “suspensive variant” after Congress insists under Article 83 and rejecting reliance on a lower‑rank financing rule.
  • Government officials signal they may reassign budget lines to comply as Interior Minister Diego Santilli warned of adjusting other items, with the 2026 budget headed to a Senate vote and a potential decree under evaluation to reallocate funds.