Argentine Congressman: Chief of Staff Adorni will 'fall' before June 23 amid probes

Argentine Congressman Oscar Zago stated his bloc will provide the necessary quorum for Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni to be questioned in the Chamber of Deputies. Zago, a national deputy for the Movement of Integration and Development (MID), expressed frustration, saying, "We are going to provide quorum and we are going to support it so that at least he is brought in for an interpellation because we feel very taken for fools. He came and lied to us."

Adorni is currently under judicial investigation for alleged illicit enrichment. Zago believes Adorni will resign before June 23, stating, "He falls" before that date. This comes after Adorni's recent statements regarding his increased wealth, where he claimed to have invested $200,000 in cryptocurrencies, generated another $300,000, and kept it all "off the books."

Zago criticized Adorni's shifting explanations, noting, "The problem with the Chief of Staff is that he was lying and shamelessly. On one program he said one thing, on another he said another, and to the deputies he said something else about the same topic." While Zago doubts the opposition has the two-thirds majority needed for a no-confidence motion to remove Adorni, he believes the government will seek to minimize further political costs and expects Adorni's departure.