Manuel Adorni He headed the first Cabinet meeting since he became head of the Cabinet of Ministers. The meeting lasted just under two hours and was held in the Eva Perón Room of the Casa Rosada, with the presence of the entire Government leadership, including the next ministers. Alejandra Monteoliva (National Security) and Carlos Presti (Defense).
In the Government they classified it as the first meeting that Adorni presides over despite the fact that Javier Milei was there. “He is going to accompany him,” libertarian sources said in advance to Infobae. Many even saw that the presence of the President was to support the figure of his spokesperson within the framework of this new role that is presented to him.
The premise of the summit was to discuss the progress of the main topics that will be covered in the extraordinary sessions of Congress, but that this would then lead to a second part in which Adorni gave an introduction to ministers and presidential secretaries on how he plans to monitor management in each of the Government portfolios.
“It will be a first introductory meeting. Some particular topics will be discussed and then The dynamics of the Cabinet will be defined from now on“, an unobjectionable source explained in advance to Infobae.
As this medium announced, Adorni let it be known that he plans to make a kind of intense monitoring of each of the ministries to see if they are being able to energize the policies and management objectives as they are expected to do for this second part of Milei’s presidency. These Cabinet meetings will take place approximately every 10 days.
Two leaders who were at the summit said that “the climate was very constructive.” The Government sought to convey this atmosphere through a video published in the President’s Office – Milei’s official account as head of State – in which he hugged each of the members of the Cabinet, including some more demonstrative ones such as Luis Petri, Diego Santilli and Pablo Quirno.
Before this expanded meeting, Adorni had already held face-to-face meetings with each of the ministers to learn about the particularities of their portfolios.
This occurred before it was announced this Saturday that Alejandra Monteoliva and Carlos Presti will replace Patricia Bullrich and Luis Petri in the ministries of National Security and Defense, respectively. The novelty of this meeting is that Both the two outgoing and the two incoming officials were present this Wednesday at the Casa Rosada.
Monteoliva could be sworn in next week, while Presti’s entry could occur a few days later because Milei wants Petri to remain his acting minister at the time of the F-16 handover ceremony, which is considered a milestone in the management of the Mendoza-radical leader.
Adorni was placed as Chief of Staff by Javier and Karina Milei for one main purpose: to be the eyes of the libertarian brothers in the administration, having a much more zealous follow-up than there was in the Guillermo Francos stage, but making the controls on the measures that were made during the Nicolás Posse stage more flexible.
This Wednesday’s meeting had already been reported last week. On that occasion, it was reported that Adorni wanted to carry out some kind of audits of the ministries to validate that they were functioning as expected. The use of the term “audit” did not sit well with some ministers. Particularly in those who have been around longer. “To some of us the word seemed quite strong. It could have been said that the dynamization of management was sought,” said a libertarian figure yesterday to Infobae. Even so, this same authority highlighted that the climate in the Cabinet is better than before the general elections.
Meanwhile, The May Council held its last formal meeting this Wednesday before the legislative changewith the aim of reviewing the reforms that will be presented in the National Congress on December 15.
For the first time, Manuel Adorni led the meeting as Chief of Staff, coordinating the six counselors in the Casa Rosada. The final document being discussed will not include the redistribution of co-participating funds or the pension reform, despite the fact that both topics appear in points 5 and 9 of the agreement signed in Tucumán.
These issues could be addressed in future negotiations, once progress is made in the dialogue with the governors, a task that involves Diego Santilli as Minister of the Interior.
The meeting took place in the Hall of Shields of the Ministry of the Interior and had the participation of Federico Sturzenegger (Executive), Alfredo Cornejo (provinces), Carolina Losada (Senate), Cristian Ritondo (Deputies), Gerardo Martinez (UOCRA) and Martin Rappallini (UIA).
Until Tuesday afternoon, the councilors had not received the final drafts promised by the Executive, extending the wait until “between Tuesday and Wednesday.” A Casa Rosada official confirmed to Infobae that the final version of the reform was not yet closed and that pending work on the text persisted.
In parallel, the advisor Santiago Caputo held a weekly meeting with Luis Caputo (Economy), Julio Cordero (Job), Juan Pazo (ARK), Carlos Guberman (Treasury) and Federico Sturzenegger to advance the technical aspects of the projects, although the exchanges were interrupted by the dissemination of information to the press.
From Balcarce 50 they anticipated that the deadline for the presentation of the document also includes the treatment of the 2026 Budget and the Glacier Law during December, while reforms such as the Penal Code, tax and criminal law will be postponed until February.
