Overview
- Fernando Gray, who leads the Buenos Aires suburb of Esteban Echeverría, filed the case Monday to stop 140 immediate dismissals and preserve operations at the Servicio Meteorológico Nacional.
- The suit asks a federal judge to suspend Decree 274/2026, and the request now waits for review by the federal courts.
- Gray argues the decree is unconstitutional because the presidency issued it while Congress was in regular session without proving a real need or urgency, citing Article 99(3).
- SMN officials warn the plan would close stations across Argentina and erase about 1,000 jobs, weakening forecasts and public alerts used by air, sea, river, and land transport.
- Workers tie the dismissals to budget cuts pushed by the Deregulation Ministry led by Federico Sturzenegger.