Contact with the Court: the Government is asking Rosatti if he will swear in Lijo and García Mansilla

After Javier Milei appointed Ariel Lijo and Manuel García Mansilla as new Supreme Court judges, the Government began contacts with the highest court to find out firsthand whether or not there is resistance from the authorities of the high court to swear in the controversial federal judge.

Unofficially, court spokesmen had hinted that Lijo would not be able to take up his seat in the Court if he did not first resign from his court in Comodoro Py based on various rulings and jurisprudence. The magistrate finally requested a one-year leave from his position and this Wednesday the Federal Court granted him the benefit.

It is in this context that the Vice Minister of Justice, Sebastián Amerio , held talks on Wednesday with officials of the Supreme Court to find out what the situation is regarding the eventual swearing-in, especially that of the president of the Court, Horacio Rosatti. Milei himself wishes to give his speech on Saturday before the Legislative Assembly with a "complete" integration of the Court even though the new courtiers have not yet sworn their oath of office.

The Ministry of Justice confirmed the contact with the high court but tried to downplay it. "We are always in dialogue. We expect news soon," a qualified judicial source told Clarín when asked about the news they expect regarding the process of admission by the authorities of the Court of the new members of the body.

The main resistance would be in the case of Lijo because he decided not to renounce the protection of his court. But the academic from the Universidad Austral, in principle, would have no impediments to occupying that coveted seat, at least until November 30. But not having the votes of the Senate - Lijo at least obtained a ruling in the Agreements Commission - his stability in the position would be "precarious."

This condition is precisely what motivated Lijo not to resign from his court, fearing that he would not obtain approval from the Senate this year as a minister of the Court and, at the same time, lose his influential position in Comodoro Py. And in the Retiro courts they maintain that he should not leave his office until November 30 and that it is an alternative contemplated in the regulations.

The Executive says it has arguments to justify Milei's decision to appoint Lijo and García Mansilla to the commission despite the Senate's rejection of them. In any case, only the Supreme Court will decide whether Lijo's leave will be granted, taking into account various agreements that govern this type of request.