Ruling party La Libertad Avanza (LLA) has intervened the Congressional Budget Office (in Spanish, OPC), the state agency responsible for advising members of Congress on economic and budgetary matters. 

The agency was created in 2016 and is composed of experts selected through a public competitive process. It is backed by both chambers of Congress to ensure its transparency and independence from the executive branch. 

In early June, LLA lawmakers established a Parliamentary Oversight Committee (in Spanish, CSP) within Congress. This committee ruled that technical offices such as the OPC may not carry out unplanned activities without prior, formal authorization from the committee.

This means that requests for specific reports on economic issues that opposition lawmakers might submit will be subject to the political approval of the commission. 

In other words, ruling party lawmakers. 

Milei’s ire with the OPC

The OPC’s functions include analyzing the cost of bills under consideration in Congress, reviewing the status of public accounts, studying tax changes, and assessing the evolution of the national debt. 

Although the reports are not binding, they are often key references during........

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