On Thursday, the ruling coalition and its allies in a Senate committee backed former Senator Lucila Crexell, who had a strong counterpoint with Peronist lawmakers over her nomination as Ambassador to Canada. Crexell's nomination received a favorable report from the Agreements Committee, as she was backed by La Libertad Avanza (LLA), UCR, PRO, Convicción Federal, Provincias Unidas, and the Frente de la Concordia Social, which guaranteed the approval of this nomination, according to Noticias Argentinas agency legislative sources. Now, this committee report, chaired by Juan Carlos Pagotto, can be taken up in the next ordinary session along with military promotions and other appointments. The dispatch was sent for signature after a strong counterpoint between Crexell and Peronist lawmakers, who accused her of voting for the Bases law in exchange for a diplomatic post. "The false accusations shame me," the former senator replied to the accusations of Peronist Senator Carlos Linares. Linares had asked her to "explain how she came to this appointment, since when her file came in, it was said that she was going to UNESCO, and there was a transcendent vote for the ruling coalition," so he asked Crexell if "it doesn't shame her." Regarding the complaint filed against her, Crexell stated that "it is a closed case" and warned Linares that "if he does not recognize that there is a final sentence, he is not republican." The former senator was supported not only by the ruling coalition but also by allied blocs, but it was particularly striking the strong defense made by Peronist Senator of Convicción Federal Carolina Moisés, who accused her former colleagues of exercising "gender-based violence" or claiming that "she did not get there on her own merits." In this sense, Moisés expressed that "if Lucila were a man, many things would not be said. For men, it is politics, and for us, suspicion. It seems that several university degrees and master's degrees for Crexell are not enough."
