The government of Javier Milei is moving forward with a profound process of deregulation of the State. Within this framework, Federico Sturzenegger presented a battery of proposals under the name of “Lei Hojarasca”, whose objective is to eliminate obsolete, unconstitutional or directly useless regulations
.The initiative aims to clear the Argentine legal system of regulations inherited from authoritarian governments, unnecessary bureaucratic structures and political privileges that, according to the official, affect individual freedom and economic development.
The laws that seek to eliminate because they restrict freedoms
One of the central axes of the package is the repeal of rules that violate basic rights and individual freedoms
.Among the most striking cases are:
A 1951 law that punished Argentines for reporting human rights violations abroad Regulations of military governments that controlled the newspaper paper or imposed cultural content Laws that allowed the police to arrest people without cause under the excuse of “background checks” Regulations that enabled State intervention in private meetings
Explicit political privileges are also included, such as a law that granted free movement and parking to legislators, something considered incompatible with a modern democracy.
Obsolete rules that no longer make sense in the 21st century
Another block points to laws that have been completely outdated by the passage of time or
technological progress.Among them:
19th century regulations with tax benefits without current justification
Regulations on medical technology replaced by modern frameworks
Legislation on mineral coal in a context of global energy transition
Administrative obligations such as the microfilming of documents, now totally superseded
Even a law appears that “authorizes color television”, reflecting the level of cumulative regulatory backlog
.The focus on eliminating unnecessary red tape and paperwork
The project also seeks to dismantle state structures without real utility and reduce
costs for the private sector.Among the examples:
Absurd obligations such as reporting work interruptions
State sweepstakes where bureaucracy costs more than the prize
Public funds with no verifiable impact
