Horacio Rodríguez Larreta rejected the creation of a judicial control commission

The head of government of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, today rejected Casa Rosada’s intention to create a “bicameral commission” in Congress to oversee judges and prosecutors.

“The idea of ​​creating an ad hoc legislative commission to ‘control’ judges is blatantly unconstitutional and I strongly oppose it,” Rodríguez Larreta expressed in a message that he disseminated through his social networks.

The mayor of Buenos Aires came out to harshly criticize the government, after The main referents of Together for Change in Congress will denounce that the ruling party’s proposal violates the division of powers.

In a series of tweets, the head of government noted that “Argentina is a constitutional, republican and federal democracy” and asked to respect the “Division of powers”. “If we allow him to seek to condition justice, we will find ourselves first without a republic, then without democracy,” he said.

In order to hard kite pressure pro to harden his criticism of Kirchnerism, Rodríguez Larreta has come out to face the ruling party to mark its categorical refusal of the intention to create a bicameral commission to investigate judges and prosecutors.

“Our Constitution already establishes the system of checks and balances between the powers precisely to prevent a political power resulting from circumstantial majorities from interfering with another power which should be independent ”, Larreta warns.

This is not the first time that the head of government has abandoned his moderate position to confront the Fernández administration. Last August, he questioned the “rush” of Kirchnerism to deal with the judicial reform promoted by the president in Congress. Two months later, he called on the state to protect private property amid a conflict over land grabbing. And then he confronted the Casa Rosada for having cut the co-participation funds to the City.

Diego Santilli, The vice of Rodríguez Larreta, also severely criticized the idea of ​​Casa Rosada to create a bicameral commission to investigate judges and prosecutors. “It’s a scandal against the Constitution. It is an injury to democracy which threatens the division of powers “Santilli remarked.

In this sense, the president of Pro, Patricia bullrich, he assured that the government is “Go beyond all limits”. “President, do you intend to sanction and question the judges of a parliamentary committee? Do you want to break the constitutional system? Stop provoking the Argentines: you will find us defending the Republic. It is leading us to a confrontation without weighing the consequences ”, launched the former Minister of Security.

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In his address to the Legislature, the Speaker said it was necessary for Congress “Assume your role of cross-checking” on Justice. A few hours later, the senator Oscar Parrilli, close associate of the vice-president Cristina Kirchnerannounced that the Frente de Todos will seek to create a “bicameral commission” to investigate the judiciary. “Let society see how justice works and what changes need to be made”, Parrilli said.

Amid the growing controversy, the Minister of Justice, Marcela losardo, puts into perspective today the scope that the bicameral commission could have in investigating judges and prosecutors. “What the bicameral cannot claim are the attributions of other powers, such as disciplinary matters. The judges will not be able to sanction, it is not constitutional ”, Losardo clarified, in dialogue with Radio El Uncover.

Casa Rosada’s proposal sparked strong rejection from magistrates and the opposition. The interlocking Juntos por el Cambio in the Chamber of Deputies has redoubled criticism of the government for its offensive against justice. In a statement, representatives of the opposition coalition warned that “The main concern of the executive branch is to intimidate judges and prosecutors to ensure impunity.”

And they published: “The only commission the government should come up with is one that investigates the use of vaccine access privileges.”

For the main opposition coalition, the initiative promoted by Fernández is “unconstitutional”. “If the ruling party wants to create a commission, instead of thinking about the control of justice, we invite you to support our proposal to monitor the transparency of a vaccination plan that restores predictability and tranquility to all Argentines”, have they challenged.

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