US EditionArgentine Senate gives thumbs down to Clean Record bill
- On May 8, 2025, Argentina's Senate narrowly rejected the Clean Record bill by 36 to 35 votes in Buenos Aires.
- The bill sought to prevent people found guilty of grave offenses on appeal from seeking public office, but critics argued it was designed to block former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
- Supporters, including President Javier Milei's party and former President Mauricio Macri's bloc, argued that the bill would boost transparency and send a societal message.
- The bill missed passage by one vote, needing 37 approvals and receiving 36 in favor, with no abstentions, prompting Milei's administration to denounce Kirchnerism for protecting corruption.
- The bill’s rejection maintains the possibility that Fernández de Kirchner could seek office again, and it leaves the issue open until the next Legislature convenes.
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Gabriel Caamaño: "Endogenous dollarization is bimonetarism by another name."
(CNN Radio Argentina) – Gabriel Caamaño, economist of Outlier, spoke this Thursday with CNN Economy and News, with Julieta Tarrés, and analyzed different issues of the political and economic situation, from the rejection of the Law of Clean File to...
Juan Carlos Pagotto said that "what happened in the vote was not logical" and spoke of "a probable hidden agenda."
Juan Carlos Pagotto, a national senator from La Rioja for the La Libertad Avanza party, spoke this Thursday on CNN's La Mañana with Nacho Girón about the Senate's rejection of the Clean Record bill and the accusations about who was responsible for the adverse result. "It was a cold shower because while we were there, everything was agreed upon. Arce and Rojas Decut had said they would vote in favor. We'll soon find out what happened," he clarifi…
Senate votes down bill barring former leader Fernández de Kirchner
Known locally as "ficha limpia," the bill would have effectively barred Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and others convicted of corruption charges from running for or being appointed to national office.
Argentine Senate gives thumbs down to Clean Record bill
Argentina's Senate rejected the 'Clean Record' bill barring individuals convicted on appeal of serious crimes from running for public office, with 36 votes in favor and 35 against, falling one vote short of the required 37 for approval.
Argentina’s Senate rejects a ‘clean card’ law that took Cristina Kirchner out of the political race
Cristina Kirchner had a reason to celebrate this Wednesday. When no one expected it, the Argentine Senate rejected by a single vote a “clean card” law that would have prevented all those who have a conviction for corruption confirmed by a court of second instance. The bill, which obtained half a sanction in Deputies in February, received 36 votes in favor, just within the limit of the 37 necessary to be law, and 35 against. Kirchnerist Peronism …
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