Overview
- The Constitutional Affairs Commission issued two majority reports, approving all other senators-elect and separately recommending rejection of Lorena Villaverde’s diploma.
- Opposition senators secured 12 of 19 signatures for the rejection, with support from Juan Carlos Romero, Guadalupe Tagliaferri, Pablo Blanco, and Alejandra Vigo.
- Peronist members cited a U.S. case involving cocaine and Villaverde’s reported ties to extradited suspect Fred Machado, while Romero underscored her passage through U.S. criminal justice with a reduced sentence for cooperation.
- The governing bloc attempted counter-impugnations against Jorge Capitanich and Martín Soria, introduced by Patricia Bullrich, which the PJ rejected after a brief procedural dispute over a circulated draft.
- La Libertad Avanza said it will file minority reports to approve Villaverde’s credentials and challenge those of Capitanich and Soria, arguing there is no current legal disqualification under Supreme Court guidance.