Overview
- The government signals a pause in negotiations until the ordinary period, though reports say another wing of the Executive has opened a channel with kirchnerismo.
- Cristina Kirchner is reported to favor Senator Anabel Fernández Sagasti while the government promotes Judge Mariano Llorens, yet neither has Unión por la Patria’s endorsement.
- Confirming a justice requires two‑thirds of the Senate—at least 48 of 73 votes—so any deal hinges on broad cross‑bloc support.
- The libertarian bloc has grown to 21 senators as Cristina Kirchner’s reliable votes fall to 28, shifting leverage and complicating the vote math.
- Peronism’s internal split and the December 10 reshuffle of the Senate Agreements Committee—where Sagasti is vice president—keep the process unresolved.