Overview
- The Senate's Agreements Committee advanced the nomination Thursday, clearing it for a possible April 29 vote in the full chamber.
- Mahiques seeks five more years on the Federal Criminal Cassation Court, which he will need after turning 75 in November under the rule that judges retire at that age unless the President and Senate approve an extension.
- Opposition senators said their seats were left empty on the panel and warned the process could be void, as governing allies replied that the opposition declined to fill them.
- Civil watchdogs ACIJ and Inecip said his 2017 transfer by decree bypassed the merit-based selection process known as a concurso.
- He is the Justice Minister's father, and he quit a temporary seat after reports of a birthday at a property tied to AFA official Pablo Toviggino, while a 2023 gifts case from a Lago Escondido trip was later voided.