Argentina's National Congress will reactivate this week with two sessions to be held between Wednesday and Thursday in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The sessions will focus on voting for the Glacier Law and processing the nominations of approximately 60 judges and prosecutors. Parliament is returning to a faster pace after extraordinary sessions in December and February, where the Budget, Fiscal Innocence Act, Juvenile Penal Regime, the Mercosur-European Union agreement, and the controversial labor reform—currently being debated in court corridors—were approved. In March, following President Javier Milei's speech at the opening of the ordinary sessions, activity in the Chamber of Deputies significantly decreased, with the main work being the formation of committees and the public hearing on the Glacier Law. The Senate is concentrating on processing the 60 nominations sent by the government for the 300 vacancies in the Judiciary, after nearly two years of paralysis in this area. However, the sessions will be overshadowed by controversies sparked by the disclosure of the increase in the assets of the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, and new revelations in the Libra case, involving Milei and his sister, Karina Milei. "Public hearing on the Glacier Law." (Photo: NA Archive) Chamber of Deputies On Tuesday, starting at 14:00, the Chamber of Deputies will hold an informational meeting of the plenary sessions of the Natural Resources and Constitutional Affairs committees, chaired by libertarians José Peluc and Nicolás Mayoraz. Governors or their ministers from the Mesa del Cobre will present their positions. The meeting will not be free from controversy, as the opposition will again demand new public hearings, arguing that only 400 out of 100,000 registered participants were able to speak at the hearings held on March 25 and 26. Nevertheless, the ruling party and its allies will seek to conclude the round of consultations and issue a report on Tuesday, allowing for debate in the session hall on Wednesday. The passage of this law is a demand from the governors of the Mesa del Cobre to attract multi-million dollar mining investments. This week will also see the completion of the formation of the Mercosur, which will now be led by Unión por la Patria, as well as committees on Internal Security, Social Security, and Human Rights and Guarantees. Peronism will again appoint porteño Eduardo Valdés to head the Mercosur committee, a position he held from July 1, 2025, to December 9. Patricia Bullrich agreed with opposition blocs to hold a session this week (Photo: NA Archive) Senate The Senate will hold sessions this week to expedite the approval of about 60 nominations for judges, prosecutors, and defenders, sending a clear signal to the judiciary. The government wants to maintain a good relationship with the justice system and therefore seeks to fill at least 60 of the 300 vacancies in the Judiciary, but to do so, it must complete a legislative process that will take at least a month. Among the nominations submitted to the upper house was that of Emilio Rosatti, son of the President of the Supreme Court, Horacio Rosatti, for a position in a federal trial court in the city of Santa Fe. The nomination of María Julia Sosa, secretary to the court of Julián Ercolini—the judge who handled high-profile cases involving former President Cristina Kirchner, such as Vialidad and Hotesur-Los Sauces—was also included.
