The Chamber of Deputies will meet again in the chamber next Wednesday to vote on the Clean Record Law project. The session, requested for February 12 at 10 in the morning, will take place after several blocks signed a majority opinion. The initiative seeks to establish a minimum ethical standard that prevents individuals with serious crimes related to corruption from holding public office.
In the Chamber of Deputies, the vote is expected to be favorable, although there is uncertainty about what will happen in the Senate, where Peronism has greater representation. If approved in the Senate, former president Cristina Kirchner would be excluded from the electoral race this year.
The request for the session was presented by different blocks such as La Libertad Avanza, PRO, UCR, Encuentro Federal, the Civic Coalition, and MID. After the presentation, the call to the chamber was confirmed, with significant support from several blocks.
The Clean Record project had been stalled last December due to divisions in the ruling party. However, it was resumed during the summer with significant modifications that expanded its scope to all officials of the National Public Administration, not just limited to elected positions.
One of the new features of the new project is an "anti-proscriptive" clause to prevent pressure on judges during elections, ensuring that disqualifications under this law do not apply in the same year that elections are held. This update aims to dispel doubts and guarantee a transparent process in the application of the law.
The Clean Record initiative gained momentum thanks to the citizen movement led by Gastón Marra, who in 2018 presented a petition that currently has more than 470,000 signers. Silvia Lospennato, also an important figure in the project, presented the first version in 2016 and has actively worked on its development and improvement.
