Tuesday July 8 marks the end of President Javier Milei’s one-year period with the delegated legislative powers that Congress granted him in 2024. The libertarian economist issued a flurry of decrees in the hours leading up to the deadline, making decisions over numerous government functions that, otherwise, would have required he obtain congressional approval.

Between Monday and Tuesday, Milei cut or modified over 20 state offices and institutions regulating industry, agriculture, transport and energy.

One of the most important decrees published Tuesday in the Official Gazette was the resolution dissolving the National Highway Directorate, the Road Safety Agency, and the National Transit and Road Safety Commission, as well as the concession of 9,120 kilometers of roads.

According to Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni, the government decided to eliminate the offices related to road safety and highway regulations because of the “corruption in public works,” naming Cristina Kirchne

© Buenos Aires Herald