The government of Argentina's ultra-right-wing president, Javier Milei, published on Tuesday a decree to close a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund that does not require the approval of both houses of Congress, in a maneuver that is considered illegal by a large part of the opposition.
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00:00Argentine lawmakers filed on Monday a criminal complaint against President Javier Millet
00:05for the signing of an emergency decree DNE of agreement with the international monetary
00:11fund IMF.
00:13The head of state disclosed the decree aimed at cancelling non-transferable treasury bills
00:19held by the central bank, a measure with which he intends to avoid passing through Congress
00:24anything that implies increasing the foreign debt.
00:27Used only for agreements, the DNEU grants the Office of Economy the power to apply
00:33the necessary instruments to comply with the fund's requirements.
00:37In this context, analysts and experts have qualified the document as nonsense that does
00:42not withstand the slightest analysis.