Everything about The Argentine Senate totally explained
The
Argentine Senate is the upper house of
parliament in
Argentina. It has 72 senators: three for each
province and three for the
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Senators are elected by direct election on a provincial basis, with the party with the most votes being awarded two of the province's senate seats and the second-place party receiving the third seat. Currently one-third of the members are elected every two years to a six-year term: in other words, one-third of the provinces hold senatorial elections every two years. There are no restrictions on repeated re-election.
The Senate is presided over by the Vice-President of the Republic, who has the casting vote in the event of ties.
Requirements
According to Section 55 of the
Argentine Constitution, candidates for the Argentine Senate must
- be at least 30 years old
- have been a citizen of Argentina for six years
- be native to the province of his office, or have been a resident of that province for two years.
Composition
» See List of current members of the Argentine Senate
Although there are, as of December 2007, 18 party blocks in the Senate, in reality these act as a smaller number of groupings.
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Some of the provincial electoral fronts and the
Plural Consensus of dissident radicals support the majority
Front for Victory block. There is speculation that the Plural Consensus block may grow if the other FPV-supporting senators join. The
Socialist Party senator and the two existing
ARI senators are expected to work closely with the new
Civic Coalition senators, but they've not formed a single block. There are three sets of 'dissident' Peronists, and various provincial parties, mainly of the right, who work with other blocks as occasion arises. This has left the second largest block, the
Radical Civic Union, rather isolated with its eight remaining senators.
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Leading senators
The Senate is presided over by the Vice-President of the country, currently
Julio Cobos. Day to day leadership of the Senate is conducted by the 'Provisional President', who has been
Front for Victory (FPV) Senator
José Pampuro since 2006.
Other positions include:
Senate Vice-President - Sen. Juan Carlos Romero (FPV)
First Vice-President - Sen. Juan Carlos Marino (UCR)
Second Vice-President - Sen. Roberto Basualdo (Alliance Front of Production and Labour)
Administrative Secretary - Carlos Machiaroli
Parliamentary Secretary - Juan Estrada
Leader of the PJ Front for Victory block - Sen. Miguel Ángel Pichetto
Leader of the UCR block - Sen. Ernesto Sanz (External Link)
2005 election
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