The political dispute over appointments to the National Audit Office (AGN) has deepened the tension between the PRO party and the libertarian ruling bloc. PRO is challenging the vote, held in the early hours of the morning, which they consider to be non-transparent, without a committee report, and on a matter not included in the call for extraordinary sessions. This, they claim, violates Article 63 of the National Constitution. The political escalation led to concrete judicial action. For PRO, the decision to proceed with the appointments was the result of a political agreement sealed in the early hours before the budget vote, between the libertarian ruling bloc and the Kirchnerist bloc. During the session, the head of the LLA bloc, Gabriel Bornoroni, took the floor and directly proposed the complete list of auditors, requesting that it be voted on as a whole and that the Presidency of the Chamber be authorized to issue a resolution. In the 29-page document, it is detailed that the motion was moved without a prior committee report, without a ruling, without prior circulation of the candidates' backgrounds, and without an agreement from Parliamentary Affairs. The document states that the parliamentary maneuver violated the basic rules of functioning of the Chamber and constitutes an institutional affront. According to PRO, there was a prior understanding that one of the positions would be held by former Minister of Labor Jorge Triaca, an agreement—which they denounce—was not respected by the ruling party. While the government defends the legality of the vote and downplays the controversy, the macrismo insists it will not be 'complicit in agreements behind society's back' and anticipates that the conflict will have a high-impact judicial chapter. The proposal generated strong protests in the chamber and led to the exit of the 'yellow' bloc, which also pointed to the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, for enabling the procedure. The backdrop to the conflict also includes an unfulfilled political dispute. The fight for the AGN, far from closing with the vote, is consolidating as a new front for political wear and tear between PRO and La Libertad Avanza, with Kirchnerism as a key actor in the background of the questioned agreement. The party led by PRO reiterated that it will go to the Justice system to challenge the vote held in the Chamber of Deputies during the 2026 Budget debate and denounced the existence of a closed agreement between La Libertad Avanza and Kirchnerism to proceed with the appointments. The conflict originated on December 18, when the Chamber of Deputies approved, in a session extended until the early hours, the appointment of three auditors for the AGN: Rita Mónica Almada for LLA, Juan Ignacio Forlón for Peronism, and Cinthia Pamela Calletti, a former deputy politically linked to the governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz. According to macrismo, the ruling party sought to legitimize a procedure they consider 'openly unconstitutional'. PRO justified its withdrawal from the chamber by stating that remaining in the seats, even by voting against, would have implied validating an act vitiated by absolute nullity. In a statement released on social media, the party affirmed that 'the agreement was already closed' and that LLA, Unión por la Patria, and the Innovación Federal bloc had more than the three-quarters of the votes needed to enable the debate and approve the appointments. The vote took place within the framework of the budget debate and obtained 189 affirmative votes. From PRO, they maintain that the result was defined in advance and that their presence or absence did not change the outcome. The president of the PRO bloc in Deputies, Cristian Ritondo, filed an amparo remedy before the Justice system with the sponsorship of lawyer Tiziana Díaz, requesting that the unconstitutionality and nullity of the proceedings be declared. Buenos Aires, December 2025 - Total News Agency - TNA - The political dispute over appointments to the National Audit Office (AGN) deepened the tension between PRO and the libertarian ruling bloc.
