The entry of Daniel Scioli into the Government of Javier Milei, with the position of super secretary, revived
two controversies
.
1) The
permanence of Kirchnerist officials
in the new administration, which came with promises of profound change.
2) The political journey of the former governor, which undoubtedly puts him in the
"caste"
category .
Perhaps taking advantage of this news, a Spanish consultant, closely linked in the country to the K world, produced a curious "Caste Index" and gave the libertarian government a striking 70.5%. What does this mean? That of 78 officials evaluated, 55 would belong to the "caste."
The analyst is
Alfredo Serrano Mancilla
, visible face of the
Latin American Strategic Center for Geopolitics (Celag)
, which gained media relevance in our country when it predicted the triumph of Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner in PASO 2019.
At the outset, the report explains the purpose of the study.
Says so:
"The idea of Casta has been used by Milei
to harshly criticize the political class in Argentina
. His argument is based on the following: for years the same people have always governed, and they are responsible for the current disaster that the country is experiencing" .
"Based on this thesis, he promised in the campaign to end the Caste in order to change Argentina. That is why from CELAG DATA we wanted to verify if he has fulfilled his electoral promise or if, on the contrary, it would be an electoral
fraud
".
Almost 80 officials/leaders under the microscope
"Our database - the report expands - is made up of your current
Government
in a
broad sense of the term
, that is, considering its main authorities:
Ministers and Secretaries, Presidential Spokesperson, Attorney, President of the Legislative Branch, Presidents and Directors
of the main public institutions (ANSES, YPF, INDEC, AFIP, Banco Nación, etc.)".
What parameter is taken to define who is caste and who is not?
"We assume, following the Milei doctrine, that
anyone who has participated in one way or another in the 'Old Politics' should be counted as Caste
. That is: who have been part of previous Governments, who hold public office in the Executive Branch , Legislative or Judicial (at the national, provincial or municipal level) or who held some type of responsibility in a political party
prior to the birth of La Libertad Avanza
."
"The Caste Index of the Milei Government is 70.5%:
seven out of ten people in its Government are Caste according to its own definition of Caste
. This value is out of a total of 78 people who occupy the highest level positions "Currently, there are 55 officials who were already part of other management periods in one way or another."
When you look at the table that lists each official, with their position and category (caste or non-caste), a curiosity arises.
The leadership of the Government is "non-caste" , always according to Celag's parameter: the
president himself
, the vice
Victoria Villarruel
and the chief of staff
Nicolás Posse
are listed there
.
Taking into account the internal power map,
Karina Milei
, sister of the president and in charge of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, can also be added to that leadership.
In addition, among the 23 "non-caste" there are important ministers such as
Sandra Pettovello and Diana Mondino
, the spokesperson
Manuel Adorni
and they even place
Martín Menem
, head of Deputies, there.
Other "non-caste" people with important positions are the head of the AFIP (
Florencia Misrahi
), the president of YPF (
Horacio Marín
).
Caste for all
Among the 55 "caste", there are from all parties and origins.
In addition to
Scioli , ministers such as
Luis Caputo
,
Patricia Bullrich
,
Luis Petri
and
Guillermo Francos
can be mentioned
.
Also to the massista
Flavia Royón
.
There are also secretaries like
Omar de Marchi
(from Mendoza, former setter of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta) or
Sebastián García de Luca
, from the Monzó team.
And there they include
Federico Sturzenegger
, former head of the Central Bank with Mauricio Macri and today Milei's star advisor.