Argentina cabinet chief resigns after corruption allegations
The resignation deepens pressure on Javier Milei’s anti-corruption agenda as prosecutors investigate alleged illicit enrichment tied to luxury travel and property purchases.
- Cabinet chief Manuel Adorni, a close confidant of Argentine President Javier Milei, resigned yesterday, June 27, amid mounting political pressure from corruption investigations.
- Investigations focused on allegations of illicit enrichment, specifically questioning personal trips including a first-class holiday to Aruba and a private jet flight to Uruguay during Carnival season.
- Adorni acknowledged recently that he maintained undeclared savings for years, correcting asset declarations from 2023 and 2024 to reflect about half a million dollars previously unreported.
- In his resignation letter, Adorni maintained innocence, asserting he leaves with a "clear conscience" and vowing to contest charges in court.
- President Milei's prior defense—"no way will Adorni leave"—contrasts sharply with the scandal now complicating administration stability amid a 39 per cent approval rating according to Opina Argentina.
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Manuel Adorni, formerly presidential spokesman and faithful to the first hour of the ultraliberal president, left the government, forced for more than three months by leaks in the press on his lifestyle or his heritage.
Milei's government seeks to close a political crisis after cabinet chief Adorni resigns
The resignation of Manuel Adorni as cabinet chief of the Argentine government represents an attempt by President Javier Milei to close a political crisis that dominated the public agenda for more than four months, though analysts warn that the impact on the government's credibility will persist as the judicial investigation into the former official's alleged illicit enrichment advances. Adorni, who denies any act of corruption, submitted his resignation on Saturday in a letter released on the social network X.
Following the resignation of Manuel Adorni, Interior Minister Diego Santilli was appointed as the new Chief of Staff of Ministers of the Nation.
This is a tough blow for Javier Milei. Manuel Adorni, head of the cabinet of ministers and close to the Argentine President, resigned on Saturday 27 June in the evening on the background of scandal, in particular related to charges of tax evasion. An investigation of the federal justice is under way.
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