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Likewise, the members of the General Auditors Office of the Nation were appointed in order to complete the representation of the Senate in the control body. The Senate of the Nation held today the preparatory session provided for in Article 1 of its regulations, under the presidency of the head of the Chamber, Victoria Villarruel. The meeting, which began after 12 noon, included the ratification of the majority of the authorities and the appointment of three auditors of the AGN. Firstly, it was established that the ordinary sessions would be held on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2 p.m. The authorities then proceeded to vote, which yielded 45 affirmative votes, 24 negative votes and 1 abstention. In this framework, Senator Bartolome Abdala (La Libertad Avanza) was ratified as provisional president; Senator Carolina Losada (UCR) as first vice president; and the senator for Cordoba, Alejandra Vigo, as second vice president. On the other hand, Senator Carolina Moises (Federal Conviction) was appointed as first vice president, replacing Neuquen senator Silvia Sapag, whose term ended last December 10. Likewise, during the session the administrative and parliamentary authorities were ratified. Alejandro Fitzgerald will continue to serve as administrative secretary, a position for which he had been appointed in November of the previous year, while Agustin Giustinian was confirmed as parliamentary secretary. Likewise, Lucas Clark and Dolores Martinez remained in their positions as head of the Administrative and Parliamentary pro-secretariats, respectively. Meanwhile, the appointment of the deputy secretary of Operational Coordination was reserved for the next session.AUDITORS OF THE AGNFinally, the proposals of the political blocs for the appointment of the members of the Auditor General of the Nation (AGN) were incorporated into the Session Log, with the aim of completing the representation of the Senate in the control body. Within this framework, the appointments were approved with 70 affirmative votes and 2 negative ones: the lawyer Mariano Piazza as representative of the officialdom in the College of Auditors; Javier Fernandez, also a lawyer and former auditor, as a representative of the Justicialist bloc; and the former radical senator Luis Naidenoff as representative of the Radical Civic Union. Previous Next
