The government wanted the Supreme Court to rule fast by means of an extraordinary complaint (known as a per saltum). But the Supreme Court (currently working with four members pending the swearing in of a fifth justice) met on Tuesday. The Supreme Court is reportedly not interested in taking responsibility for an issue that ultimately falls squarely in the court of government policy. Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay had announced early this year an annual inflation rate target of 25 percent. You can’t spin much with utility rate hikes and inflation.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 17, 2016 06:09 UTC