The Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, announced this week that he will launch an internal audit of the ministers of the national government, generating tension in the cabinet due to the form and timing of the announcement. According to the media La Política Online, the leak of the operation occurred in several media outlets simultaneously, which amplified the annoyance of officials who had already begun to talk among themselves and with collaborators about the strategy.
In this framework, Adorni warned that he will review the performance of each portfolio, assigning a “control role” that some ministers considered unnecessary: a chief of staff “not an auditor, just going to work is enough,” was heard from one of the offices. The accusation revolves around a claim of bureaucratic excess and a sense of constant supervision that had not been made explicit until now.
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, is among the first group considered “organized” by Adorni’s team, which would imply that her portfolio would be left out of immediate scrutiny, in contrast to other areas that “are more disconnected” according to initial diagnoses. This differentiation only intensified the collective discomfort: “It leaves us all like idiots, it is not good for the government,” complained from a sector of the cabinet.
The scandal explodes when it is considered that Adorni came to the position supported by the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Milei, and that many ministers interpret this support as a sign that the audit has more of a political than a technical component. In that sense, some officials interpret that the objective could be linked to the 2027 campaign or to the strengthening of Adorni’s presence within the internal power map, beyond what strictly concerns daily management.
For the first formal meeting of the cabinet under his leadership, convened this week, a charged atmosphere is expected: long faces are already circulating among the ministers summoned to participate and uncomfortable questions are anticipated that could reveal fissures and resentments. The challenge for Adorni will be to demonstrate that his initiative responds to an improvement in management and not to a political surveillance mechanism that, as the cabinet’s own sources warn, “is already overdrawn.”
