Milei Holds Cabinet Meeting Amidst Reports of Shake-Up and Strategy Review
President Javier Milei convened โคa two-hour cabinet meeting today, following a challenging electoral performance and fueled by speculation regarding potential personnel changes and a reassessment of โคelectoral strategy. The meeting occurred amidst โreports that โthe wing aligned with presidential advisor Santiago Caputo is pushing โขfor modifications within the government structure.
Several key figures were absent from the initial meeting in Gonnet, including Eduardo “Lule”โ Menem,โค right-hand man to Karina Milei in the national assembly, and Minister of Economy Luis โข”Toto” Caputo. Menem has been linked to audios โคattributed to โformer National Disability Agency head diego Spagnuolo, which reference alleged coimas.
The reported changes are said to targetโ the menem cousins, already facingโ internal questioning regarding their provincial electoral strategiesโฃ andโข Martรญn Menem’s management of โcongressional affairs.โ Libertarian โYouTuber Daniel Parisian,known asโ El โGordo Dan and aligned with Caputo,publicly called for the removal of Sebastiรกn Pareja,the official in charge of the Buenos Airesโค province,following the electoral โsetback. Parisian wrote online, “Dt orders the team. Here we will continue to bank until the end. But theโค team is already ordered. Ordene the teamโ and we will overcome.”
While Argentine โactions experiencedโฃ a meaningful fall on Wall Streetโค and โคmarket nervousness increased, President Milei attended a subsequent meeting with representatives from the Inter-American Growth Bank (IDB) โafter 11:30 โAM.
Chief of Cabinet Guillermoโ Francos, also absent from the Gonnet gathering, addressed the media,โ acknowledging conversations with his Buenos Aires counterpart, Carlos Bianco,โ regarding potential changes. However,he โsuggested postponing any decisions until โฃDecember,contingent on the anticipated transitions of Patricia โBullrich to the Senate,Luis Petri to the Chamber of Deputies,and the departure โฃof Manuelโ Adorni,who was elected a Buenosโ Aires legislator in the May 18 elections.
“We are โคgoing to โขanalyze all thisโฃ and โฃtry to focus on the October elections in the way โit allows โฃus to โobtain a triumph ther,” Francos stated. He downplayed โฃimmediate speculation โฃabout ministerial changes,adding,”That is an issue that the president hasโค to resolve,he has not yet expressed.”
Sandra Petovello was also absent fromโ the Libertad Bunker yesterdayโฃ but attended the Casa rosada cabinet meeting, reportedly making advancements in La Plata. Francos excused his absence from the Gonnet meeting due to a family matter.