In a chaotic session, and after undergoing significant modifications in committee, the La Libertad Avanza party was forced to withdraw its "Inviolability of Private Property" bill. The opposition, favoring dialogue, forced the delay, while Patricia Bullrich offered little resistance in the chamber. The section that would allow the transfer of rural land in border areas and effectively dismantle the Fire Law came under intense scrutiny.

The strategy of expediting the transfer of Patagonia's common lands suffered an unexpected setback in Congress. According to various Argentine media outlets, the Senate postponed the approval of the "Inviolability of Private Property" law, a key project for the Casa Rosada (the presidential palace) that seeks to completely deregulate the land market.

Official defeats in the committees

The original text sent by the Executive Branch had already been watered down since the joint committee meeting in May, where the ruling party had to concede significant changes due to opposition rejection. The first major setback for the Casa Rosada (the presidential palace) was the complete elimination of the chapter drafted by Minister Federico Sturzenegger that aimed to dismantle the National Registry of Popular Neighborhoods (ReNaBaP). Furthermore, regarding evictions, the opposition managed to mitigate the most aggressive provisions of the initial bill by forcing an explicit distinction in the text between tenants and squatters, thus halting the implementation of expedited, automatic evictions.

Furthermore, the ruling incorporated a controversial amendment to its third article, granting governors the power to waive restrictions and authorize, on behalf of the provinces, the sale of rural land to private individuals and foreign companies. This concession not only eliminates the historical limits of the Land Law but also creates a window of complete legal opacity by allowing provincial leaders to request the purchase of land in border security zones by foreign states through simple cooperation agreements—a discretionary mechanism viewed with deep distrust for undermining the centrality of the Republic's defense and territorial integrity.

The attack on native forests and borders

Despite the modifications to the bill, the ruling party's leader in the Senate, Patricia Bullrich , confirmed that the project maintains the greatest possible power for provincial governors to sell land. Regarding critical border security areas, she insisted that any intervention would proceed through the district with prior authorization from the national government.

What triggered environmental and sovereignty alarms in this last session is that the government's bill effectively eliminates the Fire Law passed during the previous administration. Milei's initiative seeks to eradicate the 60-year prohibition on the use or transfer of ownership of land affected by native or planted forest fires. If approved, this would create a direct incentive for the intentional burning of water-rich lands in Patagonia for their subsequent subdivision and acquisition by foreign entities.

The resistance of legal veils

This postponement in the Senate demonstrates that, despite the legal framework that the Executive Branch is trying to build with the RIGI and the Glaciers Law, the total handover of the territory still encounters institutional limits.

While reports such as the one from the Office of Administrative Investigations (PIA) warn that the mere irregular possession of border lands by foreigners—as is the case with Chilean magnate Ibáñez Bulnes in Santa Cruz, the Arabs in Cerro Carreras, or Joe Lewis in Río Negro—constitutes a flagrant violation of territorial integrity, the ruling party is forced to recalculate its strategy in Congress. Patagonia remains on the radar of international corporate plunder, but legislative resistance has managed to buy time in defense of national sovereignty.