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Leila Gianni: “They have started isolating Milei. He needs to reconnect with Argentines”

From La Nación · () Spanish

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

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  • La Matanza councillor Leila Gianni said she left La Libertad Avanza because of economic disagreements and alleged misconduct within the party’s local organization.
  • She said President Javier Milei had become isolated and needed to reconnect with his voters.
  • Gianni accused Sebastián Pareja and local figures of irregular political and administrative practices, including alleged links to a proposed market on state land.

Leila Gianni says Javier Milei has begun to lose contact with the people who supported him. After announcing her departure from La Libertad Avanza, the La Matanza councillor told La Nación that the president had “started to become isolated” and needed to “reconnect” with Argentines, particularly his voters.

They have started to isolate him.

· Leila GianniGianni described what she sees as Milei’s growing distance from Argentines and his voters.

Gianni said her decision reflected both disagreements with Milei’s economic management and accusations involving the party’s Buenos Aires organization. “The microeconomy is not picking up,” she said, while criticizing Sebastián Pareja, the political organizer linked to Karina Milei in Buenos Aires, as well as local figures Luis Ontiveros and Lorena Ramos.

She accused the La Matanza organization of working in coordination with Peronist mayor Fernando Espinoza instead of representing local residents. Gianni also alleged that political operatives demanded money from people appointed to positions and failed to send election monitors to polling stations, which she said allowed manipulation of records and shortages of ballots. Those allegations were presented in the interview and were not independently established in the provided material.

He needs to reconnect with Argentines.

· Leila GianniShe said Milei should rebuild his connection with the public, especially his supporters.

Gianni identified a state-owned property in Villa Celina as the final trigger for her resignation. She said children who played football there were removed while Espinoza, together with councillor Enrique Cayuqueo and allegedly with Pareja’s cooperation, began paving the site.

The microeconomy is not picking up.

· Leila GianniGianni cited local economic conditions when explaining her criticism of Milei’s administration.

She further alleged that a plan to establish an informal market on the property involved an unauthorized file and payments from vendors. Gianni said vendors feared they would pay $5,000 and later be removed. She said she sent Milei a message explaining why she was leaving the party.

They are trying to establish that I am leaving with Espinoza.

· Leila GianniShe rejected claims that her departure from La Libertad Avanza was coordinated with Fernando Espinoza.
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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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