be expelled from the government for a year Allegations of betrayal between brothers Javier Millay and Karina Millay Never get tired of denying, Victoria Villaruel finds herself increasingly isolated. Like a medieval knight’s tale, today’s Senate presidency is a crenelated castle tower where the vice president spends his days as a political prisoner for the government he helped build.
The team has become increasingly isolated in recent days following the resignation of coach Guillermo Francos.. In Villaruel’s most intimate environment, they realize that with the sudden resignation of his former chief of staff, the vice president has lost his last interlocutor in the executive branch.
Yet in the midst of the darkest night a light flickers, Diego Santilli’s appointment as new Interior Minister opens a window of hope. “I have a good relationship with Diego and have known each other since we were both national politicians,” he says. nation A person who has permanent access to the Vice President’s office on the first floor of the Legislative Palace.
Indeed, the two leaders they shared the House of Commons for two yearsuntil Villaruel became Millay’s Vice President on December 10, 2023. They sat together on a bench at the back of the venue. Two voices of limits And they are also ridiculed by the majority.
Moreover, the first team of collaborators who accompanied Villaruel to the Senate included leaders and officials who were branded “Santilistas” by their internal rivals, as well as from the Casa Rosada at the start of the regime, when belonging to the Pros was a bad word and synonymous with “the damn political caste.”
In fact, the vice president’s right-hand man at the time was a current national lawmaker. Guillermo MontenegroI turned pro with the help of Federico Pinedobut joined the Santilli-led space in the middle of the last decade. Shortly thereafter, in 2022, the lawyer, currently a liberal member of the House of Representatives, will join the Democratic Party of Buenos Aires, where Villaruel was president, as general secretary.
Montenegro fell into disrepute soon after taking office on issues that were never clear, and in early 2024 he was expelled from the Senate President’s inner circle, even though he did not hold any specific office. since then, One by one, the officials fell. They came from Montenegrin hands, “Accused” of belonging to a “Santilista” or professional group.
What happened in this process was david coen He had to leave the Office of Institutional Relations. followed the same path Diego El Hadjwhen the Vice President of the General Directorate of Publications decided to renew the team and applied a quiet but fierce purge, its main victims were the so-called “Billaruelin”, Juan Martin DonatoDirector of Citizen Services.
With the exception of Mr. Cohen, who is considered a trusted figure and has close ties to Mr. Santilli, the remaining people removed have no ties or direct ties to the current national vice president, so it is unclear how these removals will affect the vice president’s relationship with the future interior minister.
A priori, Mr. Santilli does not appear to be a feared opponent for Mr. Villaruel, even though one of the central tasks of Colorado’s political portfolio is to coordinate action and negotiate support in both houses of Congress. This is a mission that Casa Rosada took on from the Vice President some time ago.
existence of Nadia Marquezthe senator from Neuquen who will be sworn in on December 10th, and most importantly, Direct relationship between Karina Millay and Villaruel’s enemies, the Menem cousins (Martín and Eduardo).
They watched on a sand table on the first floor of the House of Councilors. Marquez to A rival to consider more than Patricia Bullrich. Despite the fact that the minister had already donned the suit of the future leader of the ruling party in the Senate and, from almost the same night on October 26, began concentrating on calls to MPs with the intention of expanding the Libertarian seats and concluding agreements with radicals and local MPs in order to reach a majority of at least 37 votes that would guarantee legal sanctions against the government.
Those around Marquez deny it. -Although it is not completely excluded- that the current Vice President wishes to serve as interim President; They assure that it has been disseminated in various media and that its place can be occupied by: Agustin Cotosenator from Tierra del Fuego.
Those who know Cotto describe him as both extremely talented and highly unpredictable. At any rate, this historian is the chairman of the state legislature and the person who heads the list of senators from the southernmost state. Millay’s fanHe called him “Commander in Chief” and “Chainsaw” He has threatened to challenge Villaruel over the administration of the Senate.
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