Argentine Senate to convene, but judge candidate's vetoed nomination postponed

The Argentine Senate is scheduled to convene this Thursday, with a packed agenda that includes approximately fifty judicial agreements and proposed legislation on private property inviolability and payments to "vulture funds" holding defaulted debt bonds. However, a decision was made during a meeting of bloc leaders to postpone the discussion on María Verónica Michelli's candidacy for a judicial position.

Michelli, a candidate for an oral court in La Plata, was vetoed by President Javier Milei due to her familial connection to journalist Hugo Alconada Mon, who investigated the "$LIBRA" case. Paradoxically, Patricia Bullrich, the head of the ruling party's bloc, publicly opposed the executive's decision to veto a candidate based on a family member's profession. Bullrich even offered her resignation to the President over the matter.

During the same meeting, Bullrich confirmed that Juan Carlos Pagotto, the president of the Agreements Committee, would present a favorable report for Michelli's appointment. Nine senators from blocs aligned with the ruling party had previously signed off on a favorable opinion for Michelli's nomination to the Federal Criminal Oral Court 3 of La Plata. This document was officially submitted on Wednesday.

The opposition, advocating for dialogue, pushed for the postponement of the discussion on withdrawing Michelli's nomination. Their intention is to wait for the official report before addressing the executive's request. Legislative sources indicate that the case might be definitively resolved in the following session, where Michelli's nomination could be directly debated.