Ariel Lijo is expectant. He had obtained the votes to advance his petition and fill a vacancy in the Supreme Court, but since Javier Milei’s candidate, Manuel García Mansilla, did not have them, he could not progress in Congress. Now the path is narrowing: the Government has announced that it is analyzing appointing them by decree, but Peronism has already anticipated that it will not allow it. His future is full of questions.
The thing is, if Milei does not sign the decree to incorporate him “in commission”, The Casa Rosada will have to take a bigger turn to get him into the highest court of Justice. Peronism is willing to negotiate and for that they need more places.
Agreement for Lijo.
For that reason, The Government once again thought about the possibility of expanding the Supreme Court. A bill that Kirchnerism would accompany, in exchange for receiving a couple of chairs for its own candidates. The options being considered are two: a court of seven or nine members. There would be plenty of room because, after the departure of Juan Carlos Maqueda, there will be barely three courtiers left.
“We said that we want to negotiate. There are no two-thirds for anyone here,” said the head of the Unión por la Patria interblock, José Mayans, at the venue. And he completed: “The President has to learn that he has to discuss with the political parties, “It is not going to form a Court full of liberals who are anti-State.” Hours later, Peronism published a statement warning that, if Milei advanced by decree, they were going to overthrow him in Congress. Sending him to extraordinary sessions would be the other option, but he would fall into the same trap as all year: the lack of agreement for García Mansilla.
To make matters worse, the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, added a bit more uncertainty to Lijo’s situation. “The Senate has to resolve it. But we understand the demand for the presence of a female judge in the court. Surely, it will be an issue that the President will consider, in the event that these documents do not advance,” he said. The judge remains confident that he will reach the highest court, but the path becomes increasingly convoluted.
