Overview
- Deputies Julia Strada, Germán Martínez and Paula Penacca of Unión por la Patria lodged the complaint on February 13 in federal court.
- It accuses Economy Minister Luis Caputo of violating duties of public office, breaching confidentiality, falsifying public documents and violating statistical secrecy under Law 17,622.
- The lawmakers say he kept the 2004/05-based CPI weights despite an INDEC resolution to adopt a 2017–2018 survey-based basket from January 2026, allegedly to delay higher readings during tariff recomposition.
- They also cite a post on X in which Caputo acknowledged methodological differences and previewed January’s result before release; INDEC later reported 2.9% month-on-month and 32.4% year-on-year.
- The case was assigned to Federal Court No. 8 under Judge Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi, with the dispute carrying implications for pension indexation, social benefits and wage bargaining.