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Córdoba
The councilor proposes a Convención Constituyente to abolish the body from the Organic Charter and distribute its functions among Defensa del Consumidor, the Regulatory Entity, and the Council. The municipal Executive proposes, instead, to keep it and replace the popular election with a legislative appointment.
Santa Cruz
Pedro Muñoz defended primaries and one ballot per category, while other projects propose a complete ballot. He also asked to review replacements for parity because 80% of the lists are headed by men and demanded that all parties participate in the debate.
San Luis
Faculty and students from UNSL and the Catholic University of Cuyo took part in the seventh joint committee meeting. The project proposes term limits, a runoff, judicial changes, digital rights, constitutional protection of water and new federal rules.
Tucumán
By four votes to one, Tucumán's Federal Appeals Court ruled that the current rector cannot run for rector or vice-rector in 2026-2030. Mercedes Leal now heads the ticket, and José Hugo Saab's group has 48 hours to name a running mate.
Buenos Aires
The governor gathered the legislators of MDF to coordinate parliamentary activity and support the project that eliminates the limit of two consecutive terms. The mayors are pressing, but Frente Renovador holds a decisive key and maintains its rejection.
Chaco
The national representative linked the reform with sovereignty over strategic resources and stated that Chaco has some 300,000 rural hectares in foreign hands. He also questioned changes in the Central Bank and asked Peronism to discuss a program before candidates.
National
The president confirmed that he has chosen the person who would join his reelection bid amid his break with Victoria Villarruel. He also renewed his call to eliminate the PASO primaries and made Central Bank reform his legislative priority.
National
The governor will send ministers and political organisers to five provinces to expand the Movement for the Right to the Future. His national project also depends on negotiations over mayoral re-election, Cristina Kirchner's situation and Buenos Aires electoral rules.
San Luis
The constitutional committees of both chambers examined a federal clause, rights involving algorithms and artificial intelligence, international agreements and a runoff system. The bill would also restrict a future Constitutional Convention to matters expressly authorized by law.
Mendoza
Luis Petri has intensified his Mendoza tours and positioned himself as LLA's potential successor to Alfredo Cornejo. He has not been asked to withdraw, remains in contact with Javier Milei and appears competitive in government-linked polls.
Santa Fe
The upper chamber resumes after four weeks and the restoration of its hall, which will bear the names of Aldo Tessio and Jorge Obeid. A future Electoral Code has broad support within Unidos, but senators and deputies have yet to organize the competing bills.
Santiago del Estero
The provincial La Libertad Avanza bloc seeks to bar candidates whose convictions were upheld by a reviewing court and adds criminal-record certificates, sworn statements and substance-use controls. The Electoral Tribunal would apply the system when candidate lists are certified.
Santa Fe
Peronists introduced their proposal while Maximiliano Pullaro's coalition remained unable to agree on how to link executive and legislative candidacies. The bill keeps five separate single ballots, retains the primaries, sets electoral thresholds and would remove lawmakers who abandon the alliance that elected them.
Córdoba
The December 2025 bill sought to ban informal parking fees and windshield cleaning at traffic lights, while providing penalties for failure to comply with the mandatory vaccination schedule. It would expand police powers and raised Security Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros's profile ahead of 2027.
National
The Casa Rosada seeks to turn dialogue with governors into an electoral platform for 2027, with funding, provincial calendars and rule changes as bargaining pieces. At the same time, Victoria Villarruel and Patricia Bullrich are developing profiles of their own within a governing coalition already debating its future.
National
Electoral reform and changes to the Central Bank remain without agreements, while other proposals are sidelined or face territorial resistance. The Executive expects 25 judicial nominations to be considered next week and keeps the foreign land-sale dispute scheduled for August 6.
