Argentine President Javier Milei announced on Tuesday that he will send a package of electoral reforms to Congress, proposing to abolish the country's compulsory open primary system known as the PASO (Primarias Abiertas Simultáneas y Obligatorias), overhaul campaign financing, and introduce a "clean record" law barring candidates convicted of corruption — modelled on a similar measure in Brazil. The announcement, made characteristically via a capitalised post on X while Milei was returning from his third visit to Israel since taking office, follows weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations and comes after a previous attempt to scrap the primaries failed in Congress last year for lack of support. The reform push arrives at a politically sensitive moment for Milei: despite falling poverty rates and relative economic stability, his approval rating has declined sharply, with 57.4% of Argentines now disapproving of his government according to a recent AtlasIntel poll, amid ongoing scandals linked to a cryptocurrency promotion controversy and an alleged illicit enrichment probe involving his cabinet chief.