The National Government sent the nomination of former Neuquén legislator Luciana Crexell Sapag to the Senate as ambassador to Canada, although her candidacy for a diplomatic position had circulated when she voted in favor of the Bases Law in June 2024. The former legislator had been in the eye of the storm when it was revealed that in exchange for voting for the Bases Law, the Government would propose her as ambassador to UNESCO, although it later delayed that decision due to the controversy that arose at that time. Now, the nomination to be ambassador to Canada will have parliamentary status in the next Wednesday's session and will then be analyzed by the Agreements Committee, prior to its treatment in the session room. Crexell, daughter of Luz Sapag and granddaughter of Elias Sapag - one of the founders of the Neuquén People's Movement - will have to appear before the Agreements Committee prior to the issuance of the report, but her hearing will not be exempt from controversy due to the controversy unleashed in the context of the discussion of the Bases Law. The file sent to the Senate proposes the former senator as ambassador plenipotentiary, although it is known that the destination will be Canada, and is signed by President Javier Milei and Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno. TRAJECTORY Crexell, who was a senator between 2019 and 2025 for Together for Change, as she was the first candidate in place of former mayor Horacio “Pechi” Quiroga, who died in the middle of the electoral campaign, and remained in that bench until 2023. In 2024, she joined the United Provinces inter-bloc led by Juan Carlos Romero and together with that government-allied bloc, she approved the Bases Law.
