Hours after
Clarín
's advance was confirmed that Javier Milei would ask Osvaldo Giordano, head of the ANSES, and Flavia Royón, Secretary of Mining, to resign due to the vote of the deputies of Córdoba and Salta on the Omnibus Law , the former Secretary of Mining highlighted: "
If the president understands that Gustavo Sáenz deserves punishment and I am from Salta
, well."
Royón was Secretary of Mining and Energy of Salta from May 2021 to August 2022. At that time she made the jump to the Nation and became the Secretary of Energy in the government of Alberto Fernández.
On December 27 of last year, in a decree published in the Official Gazette with the signature of Javier Milei and the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, he officially continued in the cabinet of the liberal president, but with a change of position: from Energy to Mining, a subject he handled in Salta.
Milei fired her from that position on Friday, from Rome, as a result of the vote of the Salta deputies on the particular treatment of the omnibus law.
"If this was an agreement with the governor (of Salta), I don't know. I am a deeply democratic person, I believe that Congress has its role, I am a technical person who was dedicated to his role," Royón stated this Saturday.
And he continued: "If the president understands that Gustavo Sáenz, the governor of Salta, deserves punishment and I am from Salta,
he has to have his team,
with people he trusts."
Regarding the previous versions that she would be fired, Royón remarked: "There was some news in the media. Of course I spoke with Minister Caputo, we had been working normally, I told him '
if you need my resignation, of course it is available'
.
The policy is Thus, the president has every right to assemble the team
with the people he considers, but there are deputies from Salta that I don't even know. I was a little surprised."
"I sent a message to Minister Caputo asking him to get together so we talked about it. What I said was:
'The truth is, I cannot be responsible for what the deputies of Salta have voted
.' On the contrary, a deputy can vote according to his criterion.
I was never in those political agreements or those negotiations
," said the now former official in dialogue with the program "El fin de la metaphor" on Radio Con Vos.
And he completed: "I made the resignation available yesterday afternoon and then the press release from the President's Office came out. You have to take it calmly. I do not come from the political sector, I have only been in public office since 2020, I have always been in the private sector, so I don't understand from the kitchen. The Omnibus Law was a political setback, but I was not involved."
This afternoon I put my resignation at the disposal of the President of the Nation, to whom I wish the greatest success in his efforts to achieve the development of our country in general and mining in particular.
— Flavia Royon (@FlaviaRoyon) February 10, 2024
On Friday, when Milei asked him to resign, Royón expressed himself on social networks: "This afternoon I put my resignation at the disposal of the President of the Nation, to whom I wish the greatest success in the management to achieve the development of our country in general and mining in particular".
And he concluded: "Convinced that it is one of the activities that will allow economic growth and with high local impact, I will continue working for the future of my province and my country. I am grateful for having been called and especially thank you to the work team that accompanied me" .