Overview
- The Cámara Nacional Electoral declared Decree of Necessity and Urgency 366/2025 null on June 30, 2026, ruling the executive exceeded its authority and reversing a lower-court denial in the naturalization case of Yang Liping.
- The court said citizenship is linked to political rights and that the DNU regulated electoral matters that the Constitution bars the executive from changing by emergency decree under Article 99(3).
- Judges found the government did not prove the 'rigorous exceptionality and urgency' required to bypass ordinary lawmaking, and said the decree amounted to a permanent change in the naturalization regime rather than a temporary emergency measure.
- The ruling orders the Ministry of Security to inform the National Migration Office and directs that federal judges with electoral jurisdiction be notified so the decision applies across the country.
- Beyond the individual case, the decision reinforces the Cámara's role in unifying electoral rules and creates a legal constraint on the Milei administration's use of DNU to alter citizenship and other electoral-linked rules, a development to watch in future executive measures and court challenges.