Current Government
The current chief of state and head of government is President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
This government is considered corrupt by about half of the population and is currently dividing society in half, half of it follows the government and the other half does not. The current government policies instigate hatred between the 2 sides of society.
On November 8 of 2012, over a million people marched to plaza de mayo, complaining against the corruption in the government and asking for democracy to be respected and for the government to stop trying to divide society.
The Legislative Branch is a bicameral Congress, which consists of the Senate (72 seats), presided by the Vice-President, and the Chamber of Deputies (257 seats), currently presided by Eduardo Fellner of the Province of Jujuy). The General Auditing Office of the Nation and the Ombudsman are also part of this branch.
The Judiciary Branch is composed of federal judges and others with different jurisdictions, and a Supreme Court with nine members, appointed by the President with approval of the Senate, who may be deposed by Congress. Two posts are currently vacant.
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