Minutes after 11, Patricia Bullrich y Luis Petri They entered the bust room of the Casa Rosada with firm steps. “Management meeting,” said a smiling Minister of Security, accompanied by four advisors and her Secretary of Security, Alejandra Monteolivawho is increasingly mentioned as successor as of December 10, when Bullrich takes office as Buenos Aires national senator. At his side, and equally relaxed, Petri spoke in passing of “continuity” in the Ministry of Defense, which will also leave in December, in his case to take over as national deputy for Mendoza.
The off-road advisor’s office Santiago Caputoon the first floor of the house, was the destination of the two ministers, both winners in last Sunday’s legislative elections. The presence of Monteoliva, somewhat surprised by the presence of accredited journalists and without making statements, but without showing any problems in appearing with her political boss in the corridors of Balcarce 50, fuels rumors of an agreed succession in the Ministry of Security.
Minutes before 1:00 p.m., Petri left without making a statement, and a while later Bullrich did so. “The team is going to be the same, we will see if the head is Monteoliva or another person,” they told this newspaper close to the Minister of Security. Bullrich’s eventual successor had also said that “the team is going to be the same” before leaving the house.
In fact, there was talk of Monteoliva as Bullrich’s successor even before the resounding victory, with just over 50 percent of the votes, in the elections for Buenos Aires national senators, with twenty points of difference over the Fuerza Patria list headed by the camper. Mariano Recalde.
The victory obtained, praised by the president himself Javier Miley in the winning bunker, it would pave the way for Bullrich to choose Monteoliva, a security expert and his most trusted, as his successor. The project to unify the ministries of Security and Justice would also be shelved in this way, given that, as reported THE NATION-the minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona He agreed to the President’s request and will remain in office at least until February, despite having already written his resignation last week due to “personal and health issues.”
Yesterday the position of chancellor was also filled, with the assumption of Pablo Quirno in replacement of Gerardo Werthein. According to diplomatic sources, Quirno has already begun assembling his management team, which would include the former Secretary of International Economic Relations during the Cambiemos government. Horacio Reyser.
In relation to the Ministry of Defense, Milei stated in a recent interview that he will consult with Petri – winner by a wide margin at the head of the list in Mendoza – on the name of his successor. The Minister of Defense will remain, according to comments close to him, as an external “advisor” to whoever is his replacement. Radicalism, the party from which Petri comes, has a long tradition of providing ministers for that area, with of Lord Horacio y Oscar Aguad as recent examples.
It remains to be known, although Milei has already said that he will take a reasonable amount of time to make key decisions, the role that Caputo will occupy in the new scheme. A decision that could determine the future (or departure) of the chief of staff Guillermo Francosbusy on Wednesday morning, together with the Minister of the Interior, Lisandro Catalánin contacting the 19 governors who signed the May Pact for the meeting with Milei, scheduled for tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Balcarce 50.
A meeting to which the five Kirchnerist governors were not invited, in which the Minister of Economy will also participate, Luis “Toto” Caputoand in which the tax, pension and labor reforms will be put on the table, considered central for the President in the new stage of Congress, which will begin next December 10.
