The president of the ruling party's bloc in the Chamber of Deputies of Catamarca, Juan Carlos Ledesma, and the legislator from MID Javier Galán had two heated exchanges during the eleventh ordinary session. The discussions arose while the body was addressing projects on urban space recovery and prevention of the misuse of artificial intelligence.
The first crossing occurred during the analysis of the Provincial Program Entornos Urbanos Saludables, promoted by Eduardo Andrada. The proposal seeks to recover urban spaces and buildings with effects on security and tourism. Galán questioned the priority assigned to the file and stated that issues were being debated that, in his opinion, were not important for society.
Ledesma answered that Galán was part of the commission that had studied the project and that he had not raised the observations mentioned in the chamber. He then accused him of introducing topics unrelated to the file and linked his intervention to old vouchers for construction materials. The ruling party member argued that people who appropriated these benefits would have obtained economic advantages and expanded warehouses.
The statements about the vouchers and an alleged enrichment were political accusations made during the session. The available information does not identify a sentence, a concluded investigation, or judicial evidence that establishes Galán's responsibility. This distinction is necessary because the tone of the debate does not turn the accusations made in the chamber into proven facts.
The second exchange occurred when the file 030/2025, submitted by Ledesma was addressed, which proposes a legal framework to prevent and sanction the misuse of artificial intelligence and deepfakes in Catamarca. Galán intervened again and the president of the ruling party bloc accused him of mixing concepts, straying from the content, and criticizing the initiative without having read it properly.
The session highlighted the growing confrontation between both deputies and shifted part of the discussion from the content of the projects to personal questions. The information published does not specify in that section the final result of the votes, so it is not appropriate to state that the initiatives were converted into law. The confirmed fact is the double political clash during their legislative treatment, before the full provincial Chamber.
