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Brazil & Southern Cone - June 2013 (ISSN 1741-4431)
ARGENTINA: Supreme Court says No
In a ruling on 18 June, described gleefully by much of Argentina’s private media as “a lesson in the division of powers”, the supreme court struck down key elements of the federal government’s package of six laws designed to reform the judiciary. By six to one, the court ruled that “it is not possible that under the invocation of the defence of popular will, one can propose ignoring the judicial order; given that nothing could be further against the interests of the people than a constitutional transgression.” Elections to the council of magistrates, the most controversial part of the reform bill, will not now take place in October alongside the legislative vote, unless the government can find some way to circumvent the ruling, possibly by replacing some judges.
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