Vice President Victoria Villarruel ordered the removal of a bust of former president Néstor Kirchner that was in the Hall of Provinces of Congress.
"It was my order to remove it because Néstor Kirchner
was not a senator, he was not vice president and I am not his widow
," she stated Villarruel when asked about the sculpture.
The vice president also said that she sent the bust to the Unión por la Patria bloc "so that they can have it with them."
For now, the sculpture remains in a Congressional file.
"There is no need for it to be in a privileged place hindering, changing or discriminating against other spaces," Villarruel questioned in statements to the press, after a preparatory session in the Senate.
At this point, the official considered that "other spaces do not have their representatives or former presidents" in this room of Congress.
This decision by Villarruel was repudiated by the head of the Unión por la Patria block, José Mayans, during the session in the Upper House.
Renewal of authorities and crossing through Malvinas
The Senate ratified this Friday that La Libertad Avanza will continue to lead the provisional presidency of the Upper House, while, unanimously, it was also agreed to maintain the same authorities of the body that were elected in December, a few days after President Javier Milei took office.
The quorum was achieved after 10 o'clock with the presence of Villarruel and the ruling party of La Libertad Avanza, and also of blocks such as the PRO, radicalism, provincial parties and dissident Peronism.
The Frente de Todos interblock came down to the venue once the session had started and while the stanzas of the national anthem were being sung.
During the session, Villarruel had a discussion with the senator from the Frente de Todos, María Eugenia Duré, linked to the Malvinas issue.
Within the framework of the session, the legislator mentioned in her speech that the current president of the Upper House
"campaigned saying that she was the first daughter of a veteran"
of the South Atlantic conflict.
"I am going to ask you that when you refer to the Malvinas Cause, you have the respect of not using it for cheap politicking. I am the daughter of a war veteran and the Malvinas is not a campaign issue," Villarruel responded while the preparatory session was being held. who elected the authorities of the Upper House.
Duré, making use of a question of privilege against Villarruel, but also against President Javier Milei and Foreign Minister Diana Mondino for their behavior regarding the visit of the English Foreign Minister David Cameron to the islands, accused Villarruel of having campaigned with the fact. of being the daughter of a veteran.