The 24 new senators were sworn in: how Congress was formed

The president of the Senate, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, swore in the 24 new senators and senators that will integrate the Congress with mandate until 2027.

Likewise, after the swearing in of each of the senators and the senators, the last session will begin with the legislators of the current composition of the Upper House since, as of December 10, the change will take place and the ruling party will lose its own quorum.

Carolina Losada will be the vice president of the Senate proposed by the UCR.

Among the laws that will be debated by the senators A package of bills and the validity of some DNUs (Necessity and Urgency Decrees) provided by the Executive Power during 2021 stand out.

One by one, the new senators and senators

The Frente de Todos block has 41 senators and senators and will have 35 seats, so it will lose its own quorum. Instead, Together for Change will expand the number of legislators and legislators from 25 to 31 as of tomorrow.

Source: (Argentine Senate)

In this way, from the Frente de Todos, they swore: Carlos Espínola, by Corrientes; Alejandra Vigo, for Córdoba; Carlos Linares, for Chubut; Daniel Bensusán, for La Pampa; Marcelo Lewandowski, for Santa Fe; and Anabel Fernández Sagasti, for Mendoza.

In turn, the only two provinces in which the ruling party won two seats for having won the November 14 elections were Catamarca, with Lucía Corpacci and Guillermo Andrada, and Tucumán, with Pablo Yedlin and Sandra Mendoza.

Source: (Argentine Senate)

For its part, the Juntos por el Cambio block will add Eduardo Vischi and Gabriela Valenzuela, from Corrientes; Luis Juez and Carmen Álvarez, for Córdoba; Ignacio Torres and Edith Terenzi, for Chubut; Daniel Kroneberger and María Victoria Huala, for La Pampa.

They completed the list of new senators and senators from Together for Change: Carolina Losada and Dionisio Scarpin, for Santa Fe; Alfredo Cornejo and Mariana Juri, for Mendoza; Flavio Fama, for Catamarca; and Beatriz Ávila, for Tucumán.

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