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Karina Milei and “Lule” Menem order intervention of LLA party in Formosa

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • La Libertad Avanza’s national executive committee intervened its Formosa organization for 18 months after the provincial president resigned and internal tensions intensified.
  • Buenos Aires legislator Diego Manuel Vartabedian, a trusted ally of Eduardo “Lule” Menem, will oversee the reorganization.
  • Party officials cited overdue financial reports, electoral authority requests and internal divisions that grew after LLA’s strong performance in the previous election.

La Libertad Avanza has intervened its organization in Formosa for 18 months, placing the provincial branch under the control of Diego Manuel Vartabedian, the same official overseeing the party’s intervention in San Luis. The decision follows the resignation of Formosa party president Esteban López Tozzi in March and a period of growing internal disorder.

The measure was approved unanimously by LLA’s National Executive Committee under the direction of Karina Milei and Eduardo “Lule” Menem. The party described the process as one of “reorganization and strengthening.” It is the second province where the libertarian party has imposed an intervention, after extending the one already in force in San Luis.

The situation of the party in Formosa is not serious, but it was necessary to intervene to regularize overdue financial statements, demands from the Federal Electoral Court over corrections to forms, and certified books that had not been submitted.

· Diego Manuel VartabedianThe appointed administrator explained why the national leadership intervened the Formosa branch.

The resolution cited the leadership vacuum left by López Tozzi and irregularities involving the legal requirements for the party to operate. Vartabedian told La Nación that the situation was not serious, but that the intervention was needed to bring overdue financial statements up to date and answer demands from the Federal Electoral Court over corrections to membership forms and uncertified books.

The departure of López Tozzi caused a great disorder.

· Diego Manuel VartabedianVartabedian described the effect of the provincial president’s resignation.

“The departure of López Tozzi caused a great disorder,” Vartabedian said, while praising the provisional work of vice president Marión Rodríguez, whom he called “a libertarian militant from day one.” He added that the goal was to normalize the party as soon as possible and then form new provincial authorities.

Libertarian leaders acknowledge that internal rivalries played a decisive role. Those tensions intensified after last year’s election, when LLA became the second political force in Formosa, a province governed by Peronist Gildo Insfrán for three decades. One party leader said LLA’s result of more than 36 percent in 2025 created new expectations for 2027, but also deepened the internal disputes. The intervention has drawn comparisons with Cristina Kirchner’s use of interventions in several Peronist provincial branches.

The idea is for the party to be normalized as soon as possible so that new authorities can be formed.

· Diego Manuel VartabedianThe administrator described the intended outcome of the intervention.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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