Overview
- The Consejo de la Magistratura approved concursos for the two Comodoro Py vacancies and sent ternas to the Ministry of Justice after a 15-5 plenary vote.
- The Presidency says it has not received the formal Senate transmissions required to sign decrees and will not sign the appointment for judge Verónica Michelli.
- The Ministry of Justice has already transmitted about 150 pliegos to the Senate while keeping dozens more under review and plans to sequence sends so less controversial names go first.
- Political reports indicate the government is likely to pick Pablo Yadarola and Pablo Bertuzzi from the approved shortlists to forward to the Senate.
- The contests follow a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that relocated judges serve provisionally until concursos fill vacancies and matter because Comodoro Py handles major corruption cases, a dynamic that raises stakes for how the executive times and shapes nominations.