Argentina's Trial and Administrative Court has admitted a lawsuit challenging President Javier Milei's decree that introduced ultraliberal measures in the economy, such as the repeal of the rent law and the repeal of worker protections.
The opening of the trial was a decision by federal judge Esteban Furnari after the government called Congress to debate the economic package. The challenge was presented by economist Claudio Lozano, a former lawmaker from Buenos Aires and president of the leftwing Unidad Popular party.
The information was published by the newspapers La Nación and Página 12.
According to the media, the process was accepted in a collective mode, which prevents the acceptance of other measures in the same spirit. If the challenge thesis is accepted, the decree deregulation of the economy is considered unconstitutional and can be challenged.
According to the lawsuit, the decree violates the separation of powers, democratic principles and bicameral system because it uses a state of emergency to permanently redirect the economy.
Milei announced the economic package to deregulate the economy through a Decree of Necessity and Urgency, a tool provided in the Constitution only for exceptional circumstances.
To have final effect, the Argentine Congress must approve the new rules of the “megadecree”.