2024-01-27 19:07:28
The news shook the end of the political week and was soon put in the background due to the modifications announced by Luis Caputo to the Omnibus Law, in a press conference late this Friday, January 26. But the resignation of Guillermo Ferraro to the Ministry of Infrastructure, a month and a half into the government of Javier Miley, is still news. Now an official statement ensures that the official is retiring for “personal reasons” and confirms that his portfolio will be absorbed by Economy, which leaves a total of 8 ministries.
This comes from a statement from the Office of the President of the Argentine Republic, spread on social networks this Saturday followingnoon. “In the coming days, the Minister of Infrastructure Guillermo Ferraro will present his resignation for personal reasons,” the text maintains.
The official organ aims to deny the versions that circulated on Friday and explained Ferraro’s departure as retaliation for an alleged leak of presidential statements to the press. “I’m going to leave you without money, I’m going to melt you all down.”“, would have been the hypothetical phrase of Javier Milei, pronounced in a cabinet meeting in the midst of the dispute with the governors over the Omnibus Law.
Real or not, the supposed presidential prayer was in line with Caputo’s statements that warned of the possibility of a greater adjustment if the official regulations were not approved. In addition, it provoked the response of several governors and other leaders. “We are not going to accept any type of pressure,” said the president of Río Negro. Alberto Weretilneck.
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Other voices from the ruling party pointed to the functioning of the portfolio in charge of Ferraro and the lack of approval of the Chief of Staff Nicolas Posse.
8 ministries left
The official statement also confirms that the Ministry of Economy will absorb Infrastructure, thus fulfilling Milei’s original intention of maintaining only 8 national ministries.
“In this framework, progress will be made in the original plan to merge the Infrastructure area within the Ministry of Economy. This measure will generate greater coherence in the economic policy of the National Government, and will allow it to continue adapting the budget to the current crisis context. In this way In this way, the provision of 8 ministries that President Javier Milei had planned during the electoral campaign will be resumed,” the text states.
During the campaign, Javier Milei had promised to eliminate several of the ministries of the previous government and concentrate all the functions of the State in only 8 portfolios. Upon taking office, however, there ended up being 9 since Health was added to the planned offices of Defense, Justice, Economy, Human Capital, Foreign Relations, Infrastructure, Security and Interior.
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