BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Argentina's Congress voted to dissolve the Intelligence Secretariat agency, replacing it with a new Federal Intelligence Agency on Thursday.
The new agency is expected to be operating in 90 days.
Lawmakers in Argentina's lower house voted 131 to 71 in favor of the bill, which has passed the Senate. Opposition to the bill centered around the lack of transparency and the shift of oversight of all wiretaps from the agency to the attorney general's office.
Some lawmakers fear the current attorney general and President Cristina Kirchner's government are too closely tied. The new agency will be held accountable to Congress.
Kirchner first announced the plans to dissolve Argentina's intelligence agency in January. The announcement came after federal prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead in Argentina.
Nisman had accused Kirchner of a coverup related to the 1994 bombing of the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Jewish center in which 85 people died.
Argentina's government said that Nisman's accusations and death were linked to a power struggle in the intelligence agency.
Nisman was found dead on Jan. 18 by his mother. He was to appear in a congressional committee hearing the next day to present a criminal complaint against Kirchner.
