Inspired by Lava Jato, the Macri government is accelerating its plea bargain law.

247 - At a time when Argentina is accelerating investigations into alleged corruption linked to Kirchnerism, the government of Mauricio Macri is pushing forward a plea bargain law similar to that in Brazil, to encourage corrupt politicians and businessmen to denounce their accomplices and enable a process of arrests similar to that which occurred in Operation Lava Jato.

"We're not going to have a process like Brazil's because there the entire political class was affected, and here we have a president who has just taken office, and there are only cases of corruption on the other side, but we believe it will be important to improve the fight against corruption," Argentina's Vice President Gabriela Michetti told the newspaper El País.

The law is already ready for swift approval in Congress. The Executive branch, which gained significant political breathing room from the latest Kirchner corruption scandal that left it deeply shaken, dreams of having one of them directly accuse the Kirchner inner circle, and especially former president Cristina Kirchner, who, despite being in a slump, remains an important political rival for the Macri administration.

Argentina already has a legally recognized whistleblower system, but for cases involving drug trafficking, terrorism, and human exploitation, although there hasn't been much progress. Now it's being extended to corruption, but only if the person involved provides relevant information that could advance a case. Read more in El País.