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Senate Completes AGN Appointments, Restoring Argentina’s Top Audit Board

The swearing-in of three auditors revives the agency’s capacity to approve reports after months operating with only its president.

Overview

  • Senators confirmed Mariano Piazza (La Libertad Avanza), Javier Fernández (Justicialista) and Luis Naidenoff (UCR) by a 70–2 vote.
  • AGN president Juan Manuel Olmos installed the trio the same day, completing the seven-member college and normalizing operations.
  • Government allies say they expect a working majority by counting on Naidenoff and Pamela Calletti, which would curtail kirchnerist leverage.
  • The current lineup includes Mónica Almada, Pamela Calletti and Juan Ignacio Forlón from December’s lower-house designations, plus Olmos as president and the three newly named senators’ picks.
  • The confirmations followed roughly a year of delays tied to ruling-party tactics and Peronist rifts, for posts with eight-year terms, salaries near ARS 8 million monthly and a budget of roughly ARS 84 billion.