Overview
- A plenary of the Senate Justice and Budget committees issued favorable dictámenes on May 19 that put two bills in condition to be debated on the full Senate.
- One bill from Senator Maximiliano Abad would create a new Sala II in the Mar del Plata Federal Court, adding judges, secretariats and staff to relieve a single two-judge chamber that handles appeals from eight federal courts.
- A hybrid measure for the Tucumán court would split the current five-member tribunal into two two-judge salas with a fifth judge serving as president and tie-breaker, and it leaves open a future sixth judge if the Executive provides budget funding.
- Court officials, including Mar del Plata chief Alejandro Tazza, testified the current workload risks operational collapse and that faster rulings are needed for cases like health, pension and complex federal crimes.
- If the Senate approves the measures, they will be taken up together with about 60 judicial nomination pliegos, a move that could speed staffing and reshape how appeals are handled in Argentina’s interior federal districts.