\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t Right-wing party PRO, which has been President Javier Milei\u2019s strongest ally from the start of his administration, distanced itself from the government as the corruption scandal involving Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni continues to grow.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the party led by former Argentine president Mauricio Macri said that, while they supported the libertarian government, they would not \u201capplaud everything, even less so what is wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n
Adorni is being investigated for illicit enrichment after it was discovered he had purchased properties he failed to include in his assets statements, while he also made large expenditures such as expensive trips and a full home renovation paid in cash, which may not match his declared income.<\/p>\n
Milei has given his chief of staff his full support and has claimed in interviews he is \u201cinnocent.\u201d<\/p>\n
PRO also questioned the results of the government\u2019s economic policy.<\/p>\n
From allies to rivals? The communiqu\u00e9 hints that Macri\u2019s party could decide to run on its own in next year\u2019s presidential election, after they joined forces for the 2025 legislative race, which Milei\u2019s La Libertad Avanza (LLA) together with PRO won by a landslide.<\/p>\n
While PRO is not formally part of LLA, its voters were key to ensure Milei\u2019s win in the run-off against Peronist candidate Sergio Massa in the 2023 general elections.<\/p>\n
Since the start of the libertarian government, PRO has backed Milei\u2019s policies, especially in Congress, where they have voted favorably for all his bills, with very few exceptions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When they joined forces to compete together in 2025, PRO\u2019s candidates took a back seat to LLA\u2019s nominees, a decision that left Macri\u2019s party with significantly less Congress presence today.<\/p>\n
PRO\u2019s presidential candidate in 2023, Patricia Bullrich, who was appointed as security minister by Milei and later left PRO to join LLA \u2014 the party she now leads in the Senate \u2014 has been the only high ranking party member to publicly demand Adorni file his assets statement to put an end to the accusations against him.<\/p>\n
PRO\u2019s manifesto The statement highlighted, without naming any names, that LLA represented change at a time in which \u201cArgentina hit rock bottom\u201d during the final months of Alberto Fern\u00e1ndez\u2019s Peronist government (2019-2023), stressing that they supported it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome things started to change. But starting isn\u2019t the same as getting there. And you can feel that, too. Because there\u2019s a difference between the big numbers improving and your life improving,\u201d the statement \u2014 which they called a \u201cmanifesto\u201d \u2014 read, in reference to macroeconomic improvements that have not impacted in the day-to-day life of most Argentines.<\/p>\n
The document added that \u201cit hurts\u201d when \u201cthat pain goes unheard [\u2026] When no one leads by example [\u2026] When others\u2019 sacrifices aren\u2019t respected.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChange has two enemies: the same old populism, which makes many promises and destroys everything\u201d\u00a0 \u2014 a reference to Peronism \u2014 \u201cand those who stop change from the inside, with scorn, with arrogance, or by asking for sacrifices they are not willing to make,\u201d they said, seemingly referring to Adorni\u2019s apparently lavish lifestyle, while the government cut almost a third of public spending, and many Argentines lost purchasing power since Milei took office.<\/p>\n
PRO said they will \u201cconfront both\u201d and that \u201cthe next step\u201d is for change to reach Argentines\u2019 lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe next step is more roads, more hospitals, better education. And taking care of what has been done,\u201d they added, in an apparent jab at Milei\u2019s austerity measures, including stopping public works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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