Macri pressures Milei to fire Adorni but won't back no-confidence vote

PRO party leader Mauricio Macri is urging President Javier Milei to remove Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni, who faces scrutiny for allegedly concealing savings in his financial disclosures. Despite this pressure, Macri has indicated that his party will not support any congressional moves, such as interpellation requests or no-confidence motions, aimed at ousting Adorni.

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President: those of us who are supporting the change want you to defend the change and not Adorni.

Macri's stance reflects a desire to distance his party from actions he believes would primarily benefit Kirchnerism. A message from PRO on social media stated, "Mr. President: those of us who support change want you to defend change, not Adorni." Sources close to Macri emphasize that they will not participate in what they consider a "circus" orchestrated by the opposition.

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It's useless; we are not going to lend ourselves to the K circus.

Macri's party views the constitutional mechanisms for removing the Chief of Staff as extreme and prefers to wait for the judicial investigation into alleged illicit enrichment to progress. They note that Adorni has not yet been formally charged. Macri's allies anticipate that Adorni's position is precarious and that his resignation is likely, even with Milei's support.

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He hasn't even been indicted yet.

Opposition parties, including Unión por la Patria, the Civic Coalition, and the Workers' Left Front, are reportedly planning to push for Adorni's interpellation and a potential no-confidence vote on June 23. However, PRO strategists believe the opposition lacks the required 129 votes to achieve a quorum. Even if a quorum is met, they argue, the motion would only proceed to a committee vote, where the ruling party holds a majority, rendering the effort futile. The decision, they maintain, rests solely with President Milei.

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Does Adorni make it?