The thing with the Land Law is this: In December 2023, the Government signed DNU 70/23, which, among many other things, repealed the Land Law. Like many of the chapters of that DNU, the article repealing the Land Law was judicialized: The Center of Ex-Combatants of La Plata filed an amparo claiming it was unconstitutional. In January 2024, federal judge Ernesto Krepak issued a precautionary measure suspending that article until the issue of constitutionality was resolved. Then, the Federal Court of La Plata declared the article unconstitutional and told the Government that if they wanted to repeal the Land Law, they would have to go through Congress. They could not do it by DNU. The Government then presented to Congress the Law of Inviolability of Private Property with a chapter to repeal the most restrictive points of the Land Law. What happened is what we all know: mass mobilization in the streets, expressions from popular artists and football players, the Malvinas flag at the World Cup, and all the pressure that caused the ruling party to lose votes and have to withdraw the chapter. Now what the Supreme Court of Justice (made up of 3 people) has done is overturn the ruling of the Federal Court of La Plata and restore the validity of the chapter of DNU 70/23 that repealed the Land Law. They were careful not to comment on the substantive issue because they have been procrastinating on resolving the constitutionality of the entire DNU for almost three years. The rationale is that the Center of Ex-Combatants of La Plata does not have procedural standing to file an amparo against the decree. They let time pass to let the dust settle and achieved, with a requested ruling, what they could not do democratically, which is to sell Argentine lands to foreigners. (translated)







