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Retirees: Government adds another $250 billion to budget for paying final court rulings

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • The government increased this year's budget allocation for paying pension debts recognized by courts and administrative bodies, as well as debts covered by settlement agreements, by $250 billion, to $962.288 billion.
  • The social security agency ANSeS did not say how many cases the additional funds could settle or how many claims remain pending.
  • Lawyers estimate that about 94,000 final judgments await payment, while a further 240,000 cases remain in progress.

The government has added another $250 billion to the budget for paying pension debts owed under court rulings, administrative decisions and settlement agreements. The allocation rises from $712.288 billion to $962.288 billion under Administrative Decision 26/2026, published in the Official Gazette on Friday.

ANSeS has not disclosed how many lawsuits the increase could cover, nor how many claims will remain outstanding. It also has not said how many pension adjustments could result from the judgments being paid.

The new funding comes on top of a $500 billion increase approved in May. The reinforcement is significant because ANSeS has built up a substantial backlog in paying final rulings in favor of retirees. Lawyer Adrián Tróccoli said the number of cases was difficult to calculate. He estimated that around 94,000 final judgments remained unpaid, alongside 240,000 lawsuits still in progress. Cases with partial or no payments from ANSeS are also being enforced, bringing the total volume of litigation considerably higher.

Claims involving pension adjustments account for 76% of the cases before the Supreme Court, according to a report issued by the body several months ago. Because the budget for final judgments had not been updated in recent years, ANSeS began separating the monthly pension adjustment ordered in new judgments from payment of the retroactive amount, postponing the latter.

Pension law requires the full judgment, including both retroactive payments and the adjusted benefit, to be paid within 120 days. Social security judges say separating the two payments is illegal. The backlog continues to grow as new lawsuits arrive, while retirees' lawyers argue that some payments have been calculated incorrectly and must be litigated again. Other disputes involve disability pensions, income-tax deductions from pension payments and caps on higher benefits.

The number of lawsuits is difficult to calculate. It is estimated that there are about 94,000 final judgments pending payment and another 240,000 lawsuits in progress.

· Adrián TróccoliThe lawyer described the scale of the pension litigation and the uncertainty over the total number of cases.
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