After the national government received half a sanction for it Budget 2026 and from Tax innocenceCongress approved the appointment of three auditors of the nation. The issue was not part of the plenary session or the extraordinary session called by the executive, prompting several MPs from the electoral blocs to walk out of the room in protest.
It all started with a request from the block boss Freedom Advances (LLA), Gabriel Bornoronito fill vacant positions. “The specific proposal is that this House appoint the following persons as Auditors General of the Nation: Rita Mónica Almada, Juan Ignacio Forlón and Cinthia Pamela Caletti“.
“I propose that the entire shortlist be voted on and that the Presidium of the Chamber be authorized to take a decision on what is established here,” added the Córdoba deputy. Immediately afterwards, the venue filled with complaints questioning the application.
In view of this, the President of the Bank of the PER in MPs, Cristian Ritondointerviewed: “This is a violation of Article 65 of the national constitution”. For this reason, he emphasized that “regulatory practice and doctrine recognize privileges and purely internal matters of each chamber as the only exception to agenda limitation.”
After expressing his displeasure with the auditors’ oath, he expected to go to court on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional measure. “Where does it say that a topic that does not fall within the jurisdiction of this chamber can be discussed in extraordinary meetings?”he accused.
“The appointment of members of the AGN (General Audit of the Nation) does not fall into any of these categories because it involves an external oversight body that goes beyond the functioning of Congress,” he argued. By highlighting that “It cannot be treated, it is unconstitutional”assured that “the absence of codes and respect for the commitments made are the responsibility of La Libertad Avanza.”
He added to his claim Maximiliano Ferraro des citizens’ coalition, Therefore, his block withdrew from the site along with the building’s benches PERThe UCR, United Provinces and the Left and Workers Front (FIT).
Nevertheless, the vote continued, the appointments were approved and two of the appointed auditors were even sworn in, since Caletti could not take office because he was not in Congress.
“We don’t know who they are,” he said TN the deputy Karina Banfifrom the UCR, emphasizing that the issue had not previously been discussed in the committee.
It was previously assumed that the country’s audit office would be paralyzed at the beginning of 2026 due to the many vacancies. Until this morning, the body only consisted of its chairman, Jesús Rodríguez Olmos, since none of the chambers had appointed their auditors. The Joint Audit Committee, consisting of Miguel Angel Pichettoand the Kirchnerist legislator Juan Manuel Olmos, worked to support the audit plan.
In recent months, the bicameral commission has made significant progress compared to previous efforts and has more than accelerated the processing of cases 550 files and determination of investment accounts for the years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, covering both the management of Mauricio Macri like that of Alberto Fernandez.
In the discussion about the Annual Action Program (AAP) 2026According to parliamentary tradition, it was proposed that this should happen after the approval of the bicameral parliament and with the signatures of the chairs of the budget committees of the deputies and the Senate – the libertarians Alberto Benegas Lynch And Ezequiel Adache–, the plan could be considered completed and validated.
However, with the integration of the auditors appointed by the MPs, the definition of the Senate representatives in the AGN would still be pending. Previously, the Kirchner Bloc had put pressure on the radicalists to form a majority that would allow them to appoint two members of their own and one from the Centenary, with the aim of excluding LLA from the leadership of the organization. However, it was a strategy that did not produce the expected results for the opposition.
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