The vice president Victoria Villarruel was at the center of a new controversy within the ruling party after demanding greater financing for the Senate, in a context marked by the adjustment of public spending promoted by the president Javier Milei in all areas of the State. Villarruel’s position was harshly questioned since The Right Diarywho accused her of betraying the spirit of libertarian retrenchment.
Adding to that criticism was Nicolas MarquezMilei’s biographer and a reference for the extreme right, who used his social networks to directly attack the vice president. In a message that generated strong repudiation, Márquez wrote: “Stop hiring marginal villagers with salaries far above what these lumpenes are worth.”
Villarruel’s response did not take long to arrive and was just as forceful. From her
The exchange once again exposed the internal tensions in the libertarian space, where Villarruel maintains an increasingly tense relationship with the sectors aligned with the hard core of mileism. The Senate’s budget demand was read by these sectors as a sign of political autonomy that clashes with the narrative of adjustment without concessions.
The crossing also revived a fact from the past that added personal spice to the dispute. According to Márquez himself in a recent radio interview, the two had a personal relationship many years ago. On that occasion, Milei’s biographer recognized the link and launched a phrase that circulated again on networks after the scandal: “Gentlemen have no memory.”
Thus, a discussion over the Senate budget led to a public confrontation full of insults, personal references and old stories, which once again stirred up the libertarian internal system and revealed the fissures within the ruling party.
