Buenos Aires, February 24, 2026 (NA) – The Superintendence of Health Services (SSS) has temporarily appointed Dr. César Augusto Lococo as Provisional Administrator of the Social Work of Rural Personnel and Dockers of the Argentine Republic (OSPRERA). This decision comes in response to a ruling by the Federal Criminal and Correctional Chamber that revoked a reinstatement of authorities ordered in first instance, as published today in the Official Gazette.
The measure was established by Resolution 315/2026 (RESOL-2026-315-APN-SSS#MS), signed on February 23, 2026, by the Superintendent of Health Services, Claudio Adrián Stivelman. According to the grounds of the norm, the situation originated in judicial proceeding FLP 23559/2024, titled "VOYTENCO, JOSE ANTONIO s/INFRACCIÓN ART.303," which is underway before the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court No. 7, Secretariat 13.
On January 13, 2026, that court had ordered the reinstatement of the OSPRERA board members and the suspension of the intervention previously decreed. However, on February 19, 2026, Division II of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Chamber revoked that resolution, ruling that the danger of delay that motivated the original precautionary measures had not been disproven, nor had the verisimilitude of the right invoked diminished.
The Tribunal argued that the potential improvement in the entity's economic-financial situation was not sufficient to neutralize the criminal basis that led to the suspension of authorities, and highlighted that no evidence had been produced to rule out the hypothesis of fraudulent management. The period of the intervention, previously extended by Ministry of Health Resolution No. 1587/25, had expired at the time of the ruling.
OSPRERA had been intervened by Decree No. 720/24 due to serious irregularities found in its institutional, economic-financial, and operational functioning.
The Superintendence of Health Services justified Lococo's appointment by the need to avoid a functional vacuum until the National Executive Branch formalizes the appointment of the new Intervenor. The resolution emphasizes that this measure does not imply a new intervention or alter the existing legal regime, but constitutes an exceptional administrative transitional measure to ensure the continuity of medical care for the social work's beneficiaries.
The appointment will automatically cease upon the assumption of office by the Intervenor appointed by the National Executive Branch.
