In a new move that reeks of impunity, national deputy Nicolás del Caño (PTS in FITU) on Monday exposed an agreement between Javier Milei’s government, the PRO and the UCR to save chief of staff Manuel Adorni from the censure motion that was to be debated this Tuesday in the Chamber of Deputies. According to the legislator’s denunciation on social media, tomorrow’s session would lack a quorum thanks to a maneuver orchestrated from the Casa Rosada.
“A cascade of impunity. LLA in the Chamber called an informative meeting of the Constitutional Affairs committee for next week. They say Milei agreed with the PRO, the UCR and provincial allies to save Adorni and that tomorrow there will be no quorum to advance the censure motion. In the end, those who demanded clean records are dirtier than a potato,” Del Caño wrote on social network X.
The left-wing deputy’s denunciation once again highlights the hypocrisy of the ruling alliance. While the ruling party and its dialoguing opposition partners preach transparency and “clean records” for candidates, in practice they weave agreements to protect an official who has accumulated complaints over his management of the Cabinet. The censure motion, promoted by the hardest-line opposition, sought to put a brake on Adorni, but the Executive did not hesitate to resort to the old vices of the political caste to avoid the debate.
The ruling party’s move is not minor: by calling an informative meeting in the Constitutional Affairs committee for next week, it manages to postpone the treatment of the censure and, in passing, ensure that there is no quorum in the chamber tomorrow. A maneuver that Del Caño did not hesitate to describe as “a cascade of impunity.” And it is no wonder: while the government campaigns against traditional politics, in practice it reproduces its worst practices.
The FITU deputy also targeted the groups that now sit at the same table as LLA. “Those who demanded clean records are dirtier than a potato,” he stated, in a direct allusion to the PRO and UCR, which for years raised the banner of republican ethics and now lend themselves to the game of a government that does not hesitate to use Congress as an operetta stage.
The censure motion against Adorni had been presented by the left and sectors of dissident Peronism, after the chief of staff accumulated a series of controversies over his statements and actions at the head of the Executive. However, the anticipated lack of quorum for this Tuesday makes it clear that, when it comes to defending their own, behind-the-scenes agreements prevail over parliamentary debate.
The scandal adds to a hot week in Argentine politics, where the ruling party seeks to shield its officials while the opposition denounces a pact of impunity. For now, tomorrow’s session hangs by a thread, and everything indicates that Adorni will breathe easy, at least for now, thanks to an agreement that reeks of old politics.
Para mí esto huele a un pacto de mufas entre Milei, PRO y UCR para salvar a Adorni de la censura. Los mismos que pedían ficha limpia ahora se tapan como una manada de cagones. ¡Están más sucios que una papa! Yo creo que hay que rajar a estos gorilas del gobierno ya.
para mi el del caño es un bobo q siempre llora milei y los demas hacen bien en bancar a adorni q labura re bien la izquierda es terrible fracasada quieren censurar al q piensa distinto viva la libertad carajo