Overview
- Chief Justice Horacio Rosatti called filling national and federal court posts the judiciary’s top priority and defended the Council of the Magistracy’s role.
- He warned that switching to direct presidential appointments or popular elections would require constitutional reform.
- The Council said it will speed up selection contests and expand training for complex cases such as narcotrafficking, corruption and child sexual exploitation.
- Association president Andrés Basso flagged an unprecedented shortfall hurting litigants and opposed transferring national courts to Buenos Aires City.
- Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona also pushed a new Penal Code and broader use of the accusatory system, while Carlos Rosenkrantz underscored judicial impartiality and said improvements require action by other branches.