Javier Milei pays a very high price in Argentine public opinion for these hours by supporting the Chief of Ministers, Manuel Adorni. Your contractor just revealed that paid 209,000 euros in black to remodel a house in an expensive urbanization. The aggressive presidential spokesman wanted to have a pool with a waterfall and marbles in the style of the movie Scarface. When the builder, Matías Tabar, an enthusiastic Milei voter, wanted to issue an invoice, he was met with the resounding refusal that has just come to light. The revelation further compromises the situation of a senior official with previous suspicions of illicit enrichment. Tabar admitted it in court and it was explosive. According to the portal At Policy Online, the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, He asked Karina Milei, who is considered the true ruler, to fire Adorni before the situation contaminates a financial center that is increasingly less confident in the effectiveness of the anarcho-capitalist program. Always according to that publication, “the Boss”, as they usually call her, has tested the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Martín Menem, as a possible replacement for the head of ministers. Menem is dotted with the scandal of overpricing in the purchase of medicines from the National Disability Agency (Andis) which, according to the complaint, resulted in generous commissions for the Milei brothers’ entourage. The president’s former personal lawyer, Diego Spagnolo, then head of Andis, is alone and abandoned in the eye of the storm for that case.
As one scandal seems to cover up anotherthis is the stellar moment of an Adorni whom Milei has supported to the insults of “murderers” and “corrupt” during his presentation in the legislature last week. On Monday he again accepted a press conference with which the ban on journalists from entering the Executive headquarters ended. But the powerful official dedicated himself to the sport of evasion. He did not answer anything they asked him about his properties and lifestyle, which is not in keeping with his past as a television talk show host and digital activist. It is estimated that between international trips with his family and property purchases he has spent 683.000 euros. A fortune for someone who earns a salary of around 2,100 euros and who used to present himself as a champion of transparency and modesty in the management of money. “I have given the explanations that I have to give to society and the Chamber of Deputies. If I had to give more explanations, I will give them in the competent area, which is justice,” he shielded himself without knowing that the contractor had begun to speak. “Did Milei and Karina know or Adorni didn’t tell them everything?”asked Carlos Pagni, the newspaper’s main columnist. The Nation. “If he had not been aware of these irregularities, it cannot be ruled out that Milei would get up, get the chip on him and throw him out in a bad way.” If it doesn’t happen, “the questions are going to become more difficult and difficult to answer for an ruling partywhich pays an additional cost by being framed in a kind of attempt to regenerate a democracy that had reached a zero degree of charm in the eyes of the people, not only due to poor economic performance but also due to corruption.
Other cases
But the sum of episodes accumulates. In addition to the criptogate that points directly to the presidentreported as a recipient of five million dollars to support the million-dollar scam with digital assets, a festival of irregular expenses is currently being held at Nucleoeléctrica Argentina, the company that operates the nuclear power plants in this country with the intention of privatizing it. Its officials, it was known, lived a good life. Their corporate credit cards were full of payments for five-star hotels, spending on luxurious beaches, hair salons, duty-free stores, and even cash withdrawals.
Last week, Carlos Frugoni, an important manager of the Ministry of Economy who finally had to resign after it was known that he had not declared seven properties in Miami, was in the pillory. The head of the treasury, Andrés Vázquez, had not done so either and is being investigated by the same agency he directs.
Polls reflect the perception of the festival of scandals. Last week, the Milei’s unpopularity had broken the 60% barrier in an Atlas Intel survey which, in addition, placed the Trotskyist deputy Myriam Bregman, on the podium of citizens’ preferences. Hours ago, the consulting firm Zuban Córdoba released its new study. 71.2% of those interviewed consider that “a change of Government is needed.” The bad mood has an unmistakable background: the economy, with the fall in consumption, the closure of companies and the lack of horizon. Under other circumstances, it is likely that the episodes would have had another level of social tolerance. Milei won the parliamentary elections last October despite the fact that his main candidate from Buenos Aires, José Luis Espertwas forced to abandon the race when his relationship with a drug trafficker extradited to the United States was proven.
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