Karina Milei
spent a good part of Thursday in Congress.
There she disembarked with the Minister of the Interior,
Guillermo Francos
, and the presidential spokesperson,
Manuel Adorni
, to take charge of the negotiations with the opposition.
Focused on unblocking the project, the Secretary General of the Presidency closely followed the hastening of the
publication of two decrees
with which she took a
strong position
regarding an internal dispute that broke out in the Government during January between
Santiago Caputo
, the all-terrain advisor. of President Javier Milei, and the Secretary of Communication,
Eduardo Serenellini.
With the endorsement of her brother, Karina Milei emptied Serenellini of power, who since she took office sought to gain influence in Milei's power scheme and altered the ecosystem of the Casa Rosada with a profile very different from that of her predecessor in office. Belén Stettler, a trusted person of Caputo.
"The Boss", as the President nicknames her, ensured that two decrees were published in the Official Gazette.
110/24, a DNU with which Milei, in article 3, takes away from the Secretariat of Communication and Press, headed by Serenellini, several functions
to grant them to the Chief of Staff, Nicolás Posse
.
Manuel Adorni, the presidential spokesperson, empowered after the changes in the Cabinet.
Behind, Karina Milei, who influenced the decision.
Photo: Federico López Claro
Among them,
the administration, control and guidelines of public media "and of those companies in the sector in which the Executive is a shareholder
. "
This newspaper had reported on a
growing bid among different actors in the Executive to retain control of the area
, with the expectation of influencing the privatization process that the Milei administration seeks to undertake.
Public TV is watched with special attention.
Meanwhile, in another simple decree, 111/24, which
absorbs the Undersecretary of Government Spokesperson and Communication", led by Manuel Adorni.
Until now,
Adorni did not have a signature to be able to advance with appointments without the endorsement of Serenellini
, a circumstance that, according to official sources, prevented him from advancing in his management.
At the same time, the decree that bears the signature of the President and the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos,
only keeps the Undersecretary of Communication and Press, Javier Lanari, under Serenellini's orbit
, as virtual number 2.
That is,
they took away the management of all administrative areas and influence over official advertising
, suspended for a year by Milei, but who is responsible for paying debts acquired during the administration of Alberto Fernández.
The curious thing is that Lanari, the only official in charge,
responds unconditionally to Adorni
.
"They keep getting his ear wet, they want him to leave alone, they are not going to kick him out, like they did with (Guillermo) Ferraro," says, with some malice, a mileista from the first hour.
Why so much bitterness?
As
Clarín
reported , the meetings that Serenellini organized during January with businessmen from different sectors, outside the universe of communication, industrialists, and even diplomats, had generated discomfort in the Cabinet.
But the idea was established that the official
was actually aiming to dispute with advisor Caputo
his interference with Milei.
"She is going for Santiago, she wants to get into Javier's head," said a member of the Cabinet.
The result, except for some naive person who did not appreciate Caputo's role at the President's small table, was predictable.
An unequal bid.
In any case, it is not clear if that was the intention of Serenelli, who in recent days, after the internal dispute emerged,
was conciliatory with his Cabinet peers
(he reduced the sectoral meetings and those he organized were accompanied by the minister of the area) and also closer with journalists, something he had not done before, to the point that he went on to visit the Accredited Room of Casa Rosada.
But
he could not overcome his relationship with Karina Milei
, who first blocked the appointment of the communication specialist Alejandro Perandones, whom Serenellini sought to position as his number 2 and whom he presented in a meeting of spokespersons as the man with whom they should consult from from that moment,
to the detriment of Adorni.
Then, while he was advancing in the drafting of the decrees, Karina made a symbolic gesture to express her discomfort: in Serenellini's absence, she had a long table
where the official led his meetings
removed from the office .
"It was not requested by official mechanisms," was the argument received by the teaching staff.
However, despite the impact,
Serenellini sought to be active this Friday
with a meeting, very early.
with the President at the Quinta de Olivos.
"Working from Olivos with @Jmilei," was the message he wrote on his Twitter, accompanied by a smiling photo with the president.
"He is not going to leave in any way," reaffirmed another very well-informed source from Casa Rosada.