Argentine Congress aims to 'democratize' courts

[Zorro]

Legislators shouted at each other all day and into the night Wednesday while a nervous crowd held vigil outside as congress bitterly debated major changes to Argentina's system.

President Cristina Fernandez said the measures her allies were pushing through would finally make the nation's courts more democratic and responsive to the will of the people. Her opponents called it a thinly disguised effort by the president to become all powerful by effectively ending the separation of powers.

While lawmakers yelled in the Senate and House of Deputies, a crowd of politicians, civic organizations, unions and other groups gathered outside Congress. Many praised the proposals as much needed reforms; others predicted the end of the country's democracy. Judicial workers went on strike nationwide.

Criticism rained in from overseas as press freedom and human rights groups warned that free speech and the right to challenge government policies would be weakened if her majorities in both houses insisted on approving the changes.

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