The 1994 amendment to the Constitution of Argentina was approved on 22 August 1994 by a Constitutional Assembly that met in the twin cities of Santa Fe and Paraná. The calling for elections for the Constitutional Convention and the main issues to be decided were agreed in 1993 between President Carlos Menem, and former president and leader of the opposition, Raúl Alfonsín.
Constitutional Assembly election
On 10 April 1994 the conventional constituent elections were held. The Justicialist Party led by President Menem won the elections with 38.50% of the votes. Radical Civic Union came second with 19.74% votes, while two newly born forces each obtained 13%: the progressive peronist Broad Front, led by Carlos Álvarez, and the rightist Movement for Dignity and Independence, led by the carapintada military man Aldo Rico.
Out of a total of 305 constituents, the Justicialist Party obtained 137 representatives, Radical Civic Union 74, Broad Front 31, Movement for Dignity and Independence 21, Union of the Democratic Center 4, Socialist Party 3, Republican Force 7, Progressive Democratic Party 3 and various provincial parties 28.
Ratification
The Constitutional Reform Convention was chaired by Osvaldo Mercuri of the Justicialist Party.
On 22 August 1994, after three months of deliberations in the cities of Santa Fe (traditional seat of constitutional conventions) and Paraná, the reform of 43 articles was finally approved in Santa Fe. The deliberations did not end without altercations; for instance, Monsignor Jaime de Nevares resigned his seat, claiming the convention to be "vitiated with absolute nullity".
Main points
Amongst the most important points of the reform are:
- Argentina ratifies its legitimate and non-prescribing sovereignty over the Falkland Islands under Temporary Provisions.
- The international legislation on human rights, and every other international treaty ratified or to be ratified by Argentina, was deemed to hold an equal status to the Constitution as supreme law.
- The length of the presidential term was shortened from six to four years. The reelection of the president and the vice-president was allowed once consecutively, and the requirement for the president and vice-president to be Roman Catholics was removed.
- The presidential elections, formerly by the indirect vote of an electoral college, became a direct election, with a modified two-round ballotage system.
- The terms of senators were also shortened, from nine to six years. It was also established that every district was to elect three senators (up from the previous two) by direct elections (instead of being elected by provincial legislatures).
- The capital city, Buenos Aires, was given the special status of Autonomous City (Ciudad Autónoma), and its population was given the right to elect a Chief of Government (i.e. Mayor).
- The doctrine of de facto government was repealed, and it was established that any further attempt at breaking the constitutional order was to be deemed illegal, and severe penalties were to be established for the perpetrators and the right to resist a coup d'état was validated.
- The office of Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers was established, with the intention of attenuating the strong Presidential character of the Argentine government
- An independent institution, called the Judiciary Council (), was established with mandate to administer, regulate and control the functioning of the judiciary, to select the candidates for Federal Justices, and to initiate impeachments to depose them. It is composed of members from both houses of the National Congress, officials selected by the President, and representatives from the legal profession, judges and the academics.
- The issuing of Necessity and Urgency Decrees was regulated.
- An independent office, that of ombudsman, was created.
Other specific provisions
In order to provide an effective protection to individual rights, the 1994 amendment has introduced actions called: "amparo" (injunctions), "hábeas corpus", and "hábeas data". "Amparo" gives the possibility to any person to request that a judge declare the unconstitutionality of an act or ruling on which an action or omission of public authorities or private individuals is based that, in an actual or imminent manner, causes damage or restrains a right recognized by the Constitution, the law, or an international treaty. This action requires that no other effective judicial means be available. "Hábeas corpus" is an action that can be filled to protect the right of physical freedom when it is threatened, limited, modified, or injured, or in case of illegitimate aggravation of conditions of detention. "Hábeas data" is an action that can be filled by any individual to take notice of any information referred to him, registered in public or private registers, and to request its suppression, rectification, confidentiality, or updating.
Another innovation introduced by the 1994 amendment is the right of citizens to introduce bills before the House of Deputies that must be considered by Congress within the next twelve months. A further innovative provision is the recognition of the right of every inhabitant to a healthy environment in article 41 that establishes that
Additionally, there are precise provisions referring to protection of consumers rights, defense of competition, control of natural or legal monopolies, and of public services' quality and efficiency.
Members of the Constitutional Assembly
Among the convention members who defended the Pact of Olivos were the Peronists Augusto Alasino, Carlos Corach and Antonio Cafiero, and the Radicals Enrique Paixao, Jesús Rodríguez, César Jaroslavsky and Elisa Carrió.
The following are the people elected as convention members who formed part of the Constituent Convention that carried out the Argentine constitutional reform of 1994:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Surname and given names
! District
! Party
|-
|Abraham, Olga Catalina
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Achem, Antonio
|San Juan
|Renewal Crusade
|-
|Acuña, Augusto César
|Catamarca
|Civic and Social Front
|-
|Aguad, Oscar Raúl
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Aguilar Torres, Luis María
|Santa Cruz
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Aguirre, Mauro
|Mendoza
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Alasino, Augusto José María
|Entre Ríos
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Albamonte, Alberto Gustavo
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Alegre, Miguel Ignacio
|Corrientes
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Alfonsín, Raúl Ricardo
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Alsogaray, Álvaro Carlos
|Federal Capital
|Union of the Democratic Centre
|-
|Álvarez, Carlos
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Amena, Jorge Daniel
|Tierra del Fuego
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Ancarani, Hilda Norma
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Andrade Muñoz, César G.
|Tierra del Fuego
|Popular Fuegian Movement
|-
|Araoz, Julio César
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Arellano, María Cristina
|Santa Cruz
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Arias, Joaquín Ignacio
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Armagnague, Juan Fernando
|Mendoza
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Arnold, Eduardo Ariel
|Santa Cruz
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Auyero, Carlos Alberto Camilo
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Avelín de Ginestar, Nancy Barbarita
|San Juan
|Renewal Crusade
|-
|Azcueta, María Cristina
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Babbini, Bibiana
|Formosa
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Baldoni, Hugo Domingo
|Entre Ríos
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Balestrini, Alberto Edgardo
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Barberena, Juan Atilio
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Barcesat, Eduardo Salvador
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Barra, Rodolfo Carlos
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Barreiro de Roulet, Elba Pilar
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Bassani, Ángel Marcelo
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Battagion, Richard Gustavo
|Mendoza
|Democrat
|-
|Baum, Daniel
|Neuquén
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Bava, Pablo Juan Ángel
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Bello, Claudia Elena
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Benzi, María C. de Los Ángeles
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Bercoff, María Graciela
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Berhongaray, Antonio Tomás
|La Pampa
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Bertolino, Enrique Antonio
|Santiago del Estero
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Biazzi, Ricardo Roberto
|Misiones
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Bogado, Floro Eleuterio
|Formosa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Bonacina, Mario Héctor
|Santiago del Estero
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Borini, Rodolfo Eduardo
|Entre Ríos
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Bosio, Néstor Mario
|La Pampa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Brassesco, María Inés
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Bravo, Alfredo
|Federal Capital
|Socialist Unity
|-
|Bravo, Leopoldo
|San Juan
|Bloquist
|-
|Britos, Oraldo Norvel
|San Luis
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Brollo, Federico Guillermo
|Neuquén
|Neuquén People's Movement
|-
|Brusca, Vicente Mario
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Bucco, Jorge Luis
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Bulacio, Rafael Alberto
|Tucumán
|Republican Force
|-
|Bussi, Antonio Domingo
|Tucumán
|Republican Force
|-
|Busti, Jorge Pedro
|Entre Ríos
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Caballero Martín, Carlos
|Santa Fe
|Progressive Democrat
|-
|Cáceres, Luis Alberto
|Santa Fe
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Cafiero, Antonio Francisco
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Cafiero, Juan Pablo
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Cappelleri, Pascual
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Carattoli, Héctor Jorge
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Cardesa, Enrique Gustavo
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Cardinale, Pablo Antonio
|Santa Fe
|Progressive Democrat
|-
|Carrettoni, Jorge Carlos
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Carrio, Elisa María Avelina
|Chaco
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Casari de Alarcia, María L.
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Casco, María del Carmen
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Castillo Odena, Tomás E. R.
|Corrientes
|Liberal Autonomist Pact
|-
|Cavagna Martínez, Mariano A.
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Ciaurro, Antonio
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Colombo, María Teresita del V.
|Catamarca
|Civic and Social Front
|-
|Conesa Monez Ruiz, Horacio E.
|Jujuy
|Republican Force
|-
|Corach, Carlos
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Cornet, Roberto Julio
|Córdoba
|Union of the Democratic Centre
|-
|Courel, Carlos Alberto
|Tucumán
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Cullen, Iván José María
|Santa Fe
|Union of the Democratic Centre
|-
|Daher, Zulema Beatriz
|Salta
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Dalesio de Viola, Adelina
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
|-
|De Bernardi, Eduardo
|Chubut
|Justicialist Party
|-
|De Jesús, Juan
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|De la Rúa, Jorge Enrique
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|De Nevares, Jaime Francisco
|Neuquén
|Broad Front
|-
|De Sanctis, Guillermo Horacio
|San Juan
|Front of Hope
|-
|De Vedia, Enrique
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Del Castelli, Mario
|Misiones
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Del Bono, Jorge Alejandro
|San Juan
|Front of Hope
|-
|Del Bono, Tulio Abel
|San Juan
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Del Campo, Carlos Alberto
|Córdoba
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Del Castillo, Fernando Raúl
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Delich, Francisco José
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Dentice, Enrique Salvador
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Di Landro, Oscar Jorge
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Di Tulio, Héctor Horacio
|Santa Cruz
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Díaz, Rodolfo Alejandro
|Mendoza
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Díaz Araujo, Edgardo Alberto
|Mendoza
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Díaz Giménez, Héctor Antonio
|Catamarca
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Díaz Lozano, Julio César
|Tucumán
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Dressino, Ana María
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Dubini, Isidro Ramón
|Entre Ríos
|Broad Front
|-
|Duhalde, Eduardo Alberto
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|El Bacha, Leticia
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Elordi, María de Las Mercedes
|Entre Ríos
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Escobar, Jorge Alberto
|San Juan
|Front of Hope
|-
|Escudero, José C.
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Espindola, Zulma Celina
|Formosa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Estabillo, José Arturo
|Tierra del Fuego
|Popular Fuegian Movement
|-
|Estévez Boero, Guillermo E.
|Santa Fe
|Socialist Unity
|-
|Etchenique, Roberto Alejandro
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Fabio, José Domingo
|Misiones
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Falbo, María del Carmen
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Falco, Domingo Julio
|San Luis
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Farías, María Susana
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Feijoo Do Campo, María del C.
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Felicevich, Sara Lía
|Chubut
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina
|Santa Cruz
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Fernández Meijide, Graciela
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Ferreyra de Las Casas, Ignacio
|Chubut
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Ficoseco, José Carlos
|Jujuy
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Figueroa, María Cristina
|Salta
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Fonzalida, Nicolás Lázaro
|La Rioja
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Frontera, Rodolfo
|Santa Fe
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Galarza, Edith
|Neuquén
|Broad Front
|-
|García, Daniel Oscar
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|García, Francisco Sixto
|Chaco
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|García Lema, Alberto M.
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|García Vda de Barroso, Ida G.
|San Luis
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Giacosa, Luis Rodolfo
|Salta
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Giordano, Evaristo José
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Gómez de Marelli, Nilda Mabel
|Misiones
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|González, Elsa Gladis
|Chaco
|Justicialist Party
|-
|González, Rafael Alfredo
|Chaco
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Gorleri, Horacio Carlos
|Formosa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Guerrero, Antonio Isaac
|Tucumán
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Guinle, Marcelo Alejandro
|Chubut
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Guz de Equiza, Elba Rosa
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Guzmán, María Cristina
|Jujuy
|Jujuy Popular Movement
|-
|Guzmán, Ricardo Gaspar
|Catamarca
|Civic and Social Front
|-
|Harvey, Ricardo J. G.
|Corrientes
|Liberal Autonomist Pact
|-
|Hernández, Antonio María
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Hernández, Santiago Antonio
|Río Negro
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Hernández, Simón Fermín
|Catamarca
|Civic and Social Front
|-
|Herrera, Humberto Antonio
|Santiago del Estero
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Hitters, Juan Carlos
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Honcheruk, Atlanto
|Chaco
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Humada, Julio César
|Misiones
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Ibarra, Aníbal
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Insfran, Gildo
|Formosa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Iriarte, Luis
|Tucumán
|Republican Force
|-
|Iribarne, Alberto J. B.
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Irigoyen, Roberto Osvaldo
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Iturraspe, Juan Bernardo
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Jándula, Jorge Eduardo
|Salta
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Jaroslavsky, César
|Federal Capital
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Juañuk, Emilia Itatí
|Misiones
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Kammerath, Germán Luis
|Córdoba
|Union of the Democratic Centre
|-
|Kent, María del Pilar
|Catamarca
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Kesselman, Pedro J.
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Kirchner, Néstor Carlos
|Santa Cruz
|Justicialist Party
|-
|La Porta, Norberto L.
|Federal Capital
|Socialist Unity
|-
|La Rosa, Carlos Salvador
|Mendoza
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Larreguy, Carlos Alberto
|Río Negro
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Leiva, Rina Martha
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Lipszyc, Cecilia Norma
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Llamosas, Esteban Miguel
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Llano, Gabriel Joaquín
|Mendoza
|Democrat
|-
|Llaver, Santiago Felipe
|Mendoza
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Lludgar, Rosa Emilia
|Santiago del Estero
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|López de Zavalía, Fernando J.
|Tucumán
|Republican Force
|-
|Lorenzo, Carlos Alberto
|Santa Fe
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Lucero, María Zunilda
|San Luis
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Luna, Julio Alberto
|La Rioja
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Maeder, Ernesto Joaquín
|Chaco
|Chaco Action
|-
|Maestro, Carlos
|Chubut
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Manfredotti, Carlos
|Tierra del Fuego
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Maqueda, Juan Carlos
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Marcolini, Nora María
|Chubut
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Marcone, Hugo Dante O.
|Jujuy
|Republican Force
|-
|Marín, Claudio Miguel Ángel
|Misiones
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Marín, Rubén Hugo
|La Pampa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Márquez, Pablo Antonio
|Mendoza
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Martínez, Esteban
|Tierra del Fuego
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Martínez, María de Las Mercedes
|Formosa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Martínez Llano, José Rodolfo
|Corrientes
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Martínez Sameck, Pablo E.
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Martino de Rubeo, Marta N.
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Marucco, Hebe Aurora
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Masnatta, Héctor
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Massaccesi, Horacio
|Río Negro
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Matilla, José
|La Pampa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|May Zubiría, Diego
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Mayans, María Susana
|Jujuy
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Maza, Norma Beatriz
|Santiago del Estero
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Mazzeo, Iris Artemisia
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Meana García, María Nelly
|Río Negro
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Melo de la Barba Susana Beatriz
|Entre Ríos
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Méndez, María T.
|Tierra del Fuego
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Menem, Eduardo
|La Rioja
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Mercado Luna, Ricardo Gastón
|La Rioja
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Merlo, Mario Raúl
|San Luis
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Mestre, Ramón Bautista
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Míguez Bonino, José
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Miranda, Julio Antonio
|Tucumán
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Moine, Mario Armando
|Entre Ríos
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Molina, Pedro Eustacio
|Santa Cruz
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Montes de Oca, Luis G.
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Moreno, Ricardo María Diego
|Catamarca
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Muruzabal, Hilario Raúl
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Musalem, Alfredo
|Salta
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Natale, Alberto Adolfo
|Santa Fe
|Progressive Democrat
|-
|Navarro, Argentino Miguel
|Misiones
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Nuñez, José Luis
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Oliveira, Alicia
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Olmedo, Mario Antonio
|Formosa
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Olsina, María Luján
|Mendoza
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Orsi, René Saúl
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Ortega, Ramón Bautista
|Tucumán
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Ortemberg, Raquel Elisa
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Ortiz, Jorge Oscar
|La Pampa
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Ortiz Pellegrini, Miguel Ángel
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Paixao, Enrique
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Pando, Ana María
|Corrientes
|Liberal Autonomist Pact
|-
|Pardo, Ángel Francisco
|Corrientes
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Parente, Rodolfo Miguel
|Entre Ríos
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Péculo, Alfredo
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Pedersoli, Juan Mario
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Peltier, Teresa Camila
|Mendoza
|Democrat
|-
|Peña, Daniel Alberto
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Perette, Pedro
|Entre Ríos
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Pettigiani, Eduardo Julio
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Picinato, José Alejandro
|Santiago del Estero
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Piccinini, Alberto José
| Santa Fe
|Broad Front
|-
|Pierri, Alberto Reinaldo
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Pitte de Landa, María A.
|Tucumán
|Republican Force
|-
|Pizzurno, Ana María
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Ponce de León, Rodolfo O. J.
|Río Negro
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Pontussi, Ennio Pedro
|Salta
|Renewal
|-
|Pose, Guillermo Alfredo
|Mendoza
|Democrat
|-
|Prieto, Hugo Nelson
|Neuquén
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Puchmuller, Alberto Francisco
|San Luis
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Puerta, Federico Ramón
|Misiones
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Puiggros, Adriana Victoria
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
|-
|Quiroga Lavie, Humberto
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Raijer, Beatriz Irma
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rampi, Pascual Ángel
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rébora, Luis Armando
|Córdoba
|Broad Front
|-
|Regazzoli, Zelmira Mireya
|La Pampa
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Repetto, Víctor Roberto
|Santa Fe
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Reutemann, Carlos Alberto
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Revidatti, Gustavo A.
|Corrientes
|Liberal Autonomist Pact
|-
|Rico, Aldo
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
|-
|Robles, Miguel Ángel
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rocamora, Alberto Luis
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rocha de Feldman, Dora
|Chubut
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rodríguez, Jesús
|Federal Capital
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Rodríguez de Tappata, Anahí Silvia
|Río Negro
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rodríguez Saa, Adolfo
|San Luis
|Justicialist Party
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|Rodríguez Sañudo, Hugo B.
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
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|Romero, Juan Carlos
|Salta
|Justicialist Party
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|Romero, Nilda
|Buenos Aires
|Radical Civic Union
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|Romero Feris, José A.
|Corrientes
|Liberal Autonomist Pact
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|Roque, Blanca Lelya
|Córdoba
|Radical Civic Union
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|Rosatti, Horacio Daniel
|Santa Fe
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Rovagnati, Dina Beatriz
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
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|Rubio de Mingorance, Elena
|Tierra del Fuego
|Popular Fuegian Movement
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|Rufeil, José Tanus
|Córdoba
|Justicialist Party
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|Russo, Federico Pedro
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
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|Sachs de Repetto, Dora H. N.
|Federal Capital
|Radical Civic Union
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|Salazar, Evangelina
|Tucumán
|Justicialist Party
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|Salazar, Víctor Hugo
|Federal Capital
|Radical Civic Union
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|Salcedo, Carmen Inés
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
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|Salinas, Isabel Marta
|La Rioja
|Justicialist Party
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|Salum, Humberto Elías
|Jujuy
|Radical Civic Union
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|Sánchez de De María, Susana B.
|La Pampa
|Radical Civic Union
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|Sánchez García, María V.
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Santander, Mario Armando
|La Rioja
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Sapag, Luz María
|Neuquén
|Neuquén People's Movement
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|Saravia Toledo, Fernando
|Salta
|Renewal
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|Schiavoni, Domingo José
|Santiago del Estero
|Justicialist Party
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|Schiavoni, Ester Aída
|Neuquén
|Justicialist Party
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|Schiuma, Stela Maris
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
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|Schroder, Juan
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
|-
|Sequeiros, Néstor Adrián
|Buenos Aires
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
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|Serra, José María
|Santa Fe
|Broad Front
|-
|Serrat, Teresita Beatriz
|Entre Ríos
|Justicialist Party
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|Servini García, Clara C.
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Skidelski, Carlos Rubén
|Chaco
|Justicialist Party
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|Solanas, Fernando "Pino"
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
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|Spina, Carlos Guido
|Santa Fe
|Radical Civic Union
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|Stephan, Sergio
|Jujuy
|Jujuy Popular Movement
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|Tizon, Héctor Eduardo
|Jujuy
|Radical Civic Union
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|Torres Molina, Ramón
|Buenos Aires
|Broad Front
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|Valdés, Eduardo Félix
|Federal Capital
|Justicialist Party
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|Vallejos, María Cristina
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Varese, Luis Segundo
|San Juan
|Renewal Crusade
|-
|Vásquez, Alejandro Jorge
|Federal Capital
|Movement for Dignity and Independence
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|Vega de Terrones, Ana María
|Salta
|Renewal
|-
|Velarde, Marta Sylvia
|Santiago del Estero
|Justicialist Party
|-
|Verani, Pablo
|Río Negro
|Radical Civic Union
|-
|Viudes, Isabel Josefa
|Corrientes
|Justicialist Party
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|Viviant, Alfredo Ramón
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
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|Viyerio, Eduardo Alfredo
|Chaco
|Radical Civic Union
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|West, Mariano Federico
|Buenos Aires
|Justicialist Party
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|Winter, Jorge Enrique
|Chaco
|Chaco Action
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|Yoma, Jorge Raúl
|La Rioja
|Justicialist Party
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|Zaffaroni, Eugenio R.
|Federal Capital
|Broad Front
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|Zavalía, José Luis
|Santiago del Estero
|Radical Civic Union
|}
Controversy over the partial unconstitutionality of the reform
Various objections have been raised to the 1994 constitutional reform. The most institutionally significant is the declaration of partial nullity of the Constitution, issued in the cases of Supreme Court members Carlos Fayt (1999) and Elena Highton de Nolasco (2017), resolved by the Supreme Court in the first case, and in the second by a court of first instance in a final ruling, due to the lack of appeal by the State. In both cases, the Judiciary held that the constitutional reform establishing the age limit for judges at 75 years (art. 99, subsection 4) was unconstitutional and absolutely null, because Law No. 24,309, which declared the need for reform, did not authorize the modification of the lifetime tenure of judges.The "Fayt" and "Highton de Nolasco" cases opened the possibility that other provisions of the Constitution could be declared unconstitutional by judges.Another line of objections to the constitutional reform focused on the alleged unconstitutionality of Article 2 of Law No. 24,309, which declared the need for reform, where the Core of Basic Agreements was established, due to the requirement that it had to be approved or rejected as a whole, without the constituent convention members being able to modify its content. This challenge had two notable expressions, with objections presented by convention members José Antonio Romero Feris (conservative) and Héctor Polino (socialist).