Legitimacy of the ballot box it does not provide automatic control. That’s why maybe Javier Miley He turned to former President Mauricio Macri, a center-right leader, and Patricia Bullrich, who was Macri’s running mate for the presidency.

Bullrich will become Minister of Security for Miley’s government; and whoever may be his candidate for vice, Louis Petri will become Minister of Defense.

Louis Caputo remained in a key position in the Ministry of Economy. The last one was part Macri government in finance and as president of the Central Bank.

As far as is known, These designations were not Macri’s demands. but they may give preference to Miley’s management abilities.

With this type of control, you won’t have much room to maneuver: Miley’s plans will require more than just his officebut also political and institutional support, mainly in Congress.

In this area their force, La Libertad Avanza, is not even the first minority. His party holds only 40 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and only seven of the 72 seats in the Senate.

However, the legislative game is open to some reconfiguration of majority forces that could yield something. additional support for Milei projects.

Miley plans to call on Monday, his first day in government, for a special session to discuss an ambitious reform package that includes staff cuts to reduce the budget deficit and curb annual inflation to more than 140%.

Absence from the award ceremony

The President-elect of Argentina invited the President of Brazil left Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvafor his inauguration on Sunday, despite tensions between both leaders, Brazil’s Foreign Ministry said this Sunday.

Officials appointed by Miley say they instead excluded Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, as well as the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela and Iran, from invitations to the inauguration ceremony.

Miley also stated that he would not promote “relations with the communists, not with Cuba, not with Venezuela, not with North Korea, not with Nicaragua, not with China“.

RFI