Argentine Senate Approves a Judge Milei Opposed over Her Ties to an Investigative Journalist
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Argentine Senate approves a judge Milei opposed over her ties to an investigative journalist
Argentina's Senate on Thursday approved the appointment of María Verónica Michelli as a judge of Federal Oral Court No. 3 in La Plata, a nomination President Javier Milei had tried to block because she is the sister-in-law of journalist Hugo Alconada Mon, of the newspaper LA NACION. The nomination was approved on the floor by 44 votes to 18 —all the negatives from the ruling party— with two abstentions, in a session that exposed a rift within the governing bloc.
The Argentine Senate has succeeded, in an unexpected turn, in twisting Javier Milei's will and approving the appointment as federal judge of María Verónica Michelli, who had been vetoed by the president given her kinship with a journalist who has investigated corruption cases involving the Executive. The president's intention to withdraw the statement he had previously sent to Congress triggered a strong discussion in the country, being harshly …
One by one, how each senator voted on Michelli's statement, which divided La Libertad Avanza
Buenos Aires-05 June 2026-Total News Agency-TNA– The conflict over Maria Verónica Michelli’s statement ceased to be an administrative discussion to become a high-voltage political and institutional problem for Casa Rosada. After the approval of the agreement in the Senate, the nomination of the applicant as a Chamber Judge of the Oral Court in Federal Criminal Matters No. 3 of La Plata was pending the last signature: the Executive Power’s decree.
The Senate finally approved on Thursday the statement of Judge María Verónica Michelli, candidate for the Federal Criminal Oral Court 3 of La Plata. The appointment of the judge was part of a package of 74 vacant judicial documents that had not been resolved for years. As she had anticipated, the national senator for PRO Missions, Martín Goerling, voted in favour of the nomination, while in the same sense the missionary senators Sonia Rojas Decu…
The Congress approved María Verónica Michelli’s statement to join a La Plata criminal court despite the fact that the government had tried to withdraw her candidacy. Now the decision returns to the Executive and jurists discuss whether the President can refuse to sign the decree that would put her into office. The approval in the Senate of María Verónica Michelli’s statement opened an unusual institutional controversy in Argentina. The candidate…
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