After a meeting of more than two hours at Casa Rosada, the national government decided to add the handling of the Juvenile Criminal Law to the agenda. The extraordinary sessions will take place in Congress during the month of February.
The meeting of the political committee served to organize the Executive's legislative strategy and redefine priorities ahead of the formal start of parliamentary activity, which will begin next Monday, February 2.
Although the central focus will continue to be the labor reform, the ruling party decided to also move forward with the discussion of juvenile criminal legislation, an issue that had been put on hold at the end of 2025.
Reduction of the age of criminal responsibility
The initiative that the government seeks to address during the extraordinary sessions proposes to reduce the age of criminal responsibility and is part of a partial reform of the Criminal Code. The bill contemplates allowing the prosecution of minors starting at 14 years of age, while a comprehensive criminal reform would be postponed until the regular period, starting on March 1.
Officials in the Executive acknowledge that the discussion about the age of criminal responsibility had been evaluated previously, but it was pushed aside in order to concentrate political efforts on the labor reform.
However, the issue has once again gained centrality in recent weeks, in a context marked by acts of extreme violence. This is the case of Jeremías Monzón, the 15-year-old who was tortured and murdered in Santa Fe.
Official announcement and international debate
The decision was confirmed by the Chief of Cabinet, Manuel Adorni, through a message on the social network X: "Gathered at Casa Rosada since early. The Juvenile Criminal Law will also be part of the agenda of the extraordinary sessions. End."
