An eccentric president dissociated from the reality of the country

The prestigious Time magazine also chose him for the cover of its latest edition. He described him as an “eccentric”, “with a volcanic temperament” and “the appearance of a mad scientist”, analyzed his “radical plan to transform Argentina” and questioned his attacks on the media, a point that must be followed closely. close up.

In short, in all this short time in office, President Milei opened Argentina to the eyes of the world. His way, but he did it. And this undoubtedly serves, at least, for the world’s great businessmen to set their sights on a country that seeks to escape the tragic populist experiences of recent years. Then we have to see how much of all this translates into real investments that can boost the demand for work and generate wealth. economic in a population that is going through critical times.

But in the face of this important international recognition, There is the reality of a country immersed in one of its most important crises and where the first symptoms of poor management emerge. In a few days, while the President was traveling around the world, everything happened: changes in the Cabinet, industries were left without gas, problems in the distribution of food, complaints of corruption, and many other issues that, until recently, , they had the Government on the offensive, setting the agenda, and today it is clearly seen in a strategic defensive retreat.

The arguments blaming the opposition for the lack of gas and the distribution of food did not have the effects that they could have had in previous months. The reality is that these two specific problems were generated by lack of efficiency in the management of competent areas of the Government. There are no other culprits.

“Encapsulate” the problem

The disruptions due to the lack of gas would already be solved, according to government spokespersons. “Money problems can be solved with money,” said a source from the Ministry of Economy when asked about the issue. This week Cammesa went out to tender urgently for shipments of diesel and fuel oil that will cost the Treasury about 500 million dollars, an expense that was not originally planned.

But The questions that arise with food storage are somewhat more complicated to resolve. Everything indicates, in this case, that the problem is not money…and it cannot be solved with money.

The irregularities appeared in the orbit of the offices of the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello, a super organization that Javier Milei created in his objective to reduce bureaucracy, reduce the State and cover in one place the Social, Health and Social policies. Job.

In a first case A complaint appeared, linked to certain social movements, that accused the minister of retaining food in warehouses that were close to their expiration date and, therefore, would not be able to be distributed in the canteens that were demanding them. Immediately, officials from that portfolio came out to deny these versions, but just 24 hours later – and with Justice already acting – the official voices came out to rectify the information and confirmed that in those aforementioned warehouses there were hundreds of thousands of kilos of milk. in powder that had an expiration date this month and that were now going to be distributed to different parts of the country with the logistical help of the Argentine Army. All official nonsense.

A few hours after this complaint, Serious irregularities came to light in the agency that controlled this food distribution. The until then Secretary of Children and Adolescents Pablo de la Torre was fired by Minister Sandra Pettovello because, after an audit, mismanagement was detected in the contracts of officials in his environment. As officially reported, the official was accused of hiring million-dollar personnel outside the State, through what is known as the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI). The investigation indicates that this money not only went to salaries not registered in the State, but also to swell an illegal circuit of political collection that was handled precisely Pablo de la Torre, until this virtual week number two of the super Ministry and younger brother of Joaquín De la Torre, a former mayor of San Miguel and baqueano of the power of the Buenos Aires suburbs.

Now, The primary objective of the Government is to care for the figure of Sandra Pettovello in the face of a possible judicial offensive that could come against them. “This problem should be ‘encapsulated’… let it stay there, let it end with the departure of De la Torre,” said a political source linked to La Libertad Avanza.

All this shows that, without a doubt, Today President Javier Milei navigates between these two Argentinas.

Meanwhile, the new Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos, scored his first parliamentary victory this week, by obtaining the opinion of the Bases Law. However, the experienced Francos knows that it was a very weak victory and that the true result will be known within two weeks, in the Senate of the Nation.

After this first stage of the Base Law, with four weeks where the Government had to resign much of the original document, The ruling party obtained the signatures but the dissidence presented in the opinion is more than 50% and this anticipates a session in which there will surely be more changes. The key to its approval in the coming weeks, and returning to Deputies with the changes made, will be in the attitude taken by the senators who are not aligned with La Libertad Avanza nor are they with the 33 of the Unión por la Patria.