With the latest casualties within the government – the resignations of Victoria Donda at the head of INADI and Happy Cross to the Anti-Corruption Office – the list of officials who have been leaving the ranks of Alberto Fernandez since he began his administration.
The first casualty was at the end of 2020, when the minister Maria Eugenia Bielsawho was in charge of Territorial Development and Habitat, resigned from his position, which was occupied by the mayor of Avellaneda, and a man loyal to Cristina Kirchner, Jorge Ferraresi.
But the following resignation was one of the most scandalous first events of the current administration. At the beginning of 2021, the then Minister of Health Gines Gonzalez Garcia during the COVID 19 pandemic, he starred in a scandal that from then on became known as the “VIP vaccination”: several people had been vaccinated discretionally, skipping the times and steps that, by sanitary protocol, corresponded to them. (It should be noted that at that time vaccines were very scarce). The fact was so controversial that it prompted the resignation of the official, who was replaced that February by the current minister Carla Vizzotti.
The following month he resigned Marcela Losardowho was in charge of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and was replaced by martin soriawho holds the position to this day. Losardo is today the Argentine ambassador to UNESCO.
In April of that year, the then Minister of Transport Mario Meoni He also left his position, but not because he had resigned: he died in a traffic accident, being replaced by Alexis Guerrera who occupies the position as of today. Both men from Renewal Front.
But in November of that year, a new milestone led to numerous changes within the government. After the Legislative Elections, which were not favorable to the government, there was a string of resignations: the Minister of Science and Technology, Roberto Salvarezza; the security minister, Sabina Frederick; Nicholas Trottawho was in charge of Education; Daniel Arroyowho was in charge of Development; Luis Basterra(Agriculture, Livestock and fishing); Augustine Rossi (Defending); Felipe Solá (Foreign Relations) and santiago cafiero (Head of Cabinet): in total, 8 of the names that made up the original Albertista squad.
Then, in June 2022, Matias Kulfas, who until then held the position of Minister of Production, submitted his resignation after the dissemination of an off that allegedly had come from the portfolio he led and that attacked Energía Argentina. Upon leaving his post, the now former official not only criticized hard Kirchnerism, in particular for the tender for the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline, but also spoke in favor of reforming labor laws, reducing withholding taxes on agricultural exports and stopping subsidize electricity to the middle class.
But one of the worst blows for the government of Alberto Fernández was the resignation of the Minister of Economy, Martin Guzman, which marked a before and after in the internal government. Guzmán published an extensive letter of resignation from his position on his social networks on Saturday, July 2, while Cristina Kirchner, his main critic, spoke at an event in Ensenada.
Guzmán’s position was filled by Silvina Batakis who took office in July but left office the same month, having lasted only a few days. His place was occupied by the now Minister of Economy Sergio Massabut shortly after learning about his assumption, the then Secretary of Strategic Affairs Gustavo Beliz He resigned.
Then, in October, the then Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gomez Alcortapresented his resignation after almost three years of management in rejection of the operation that the federal security forces carried out to evict a Mapuche community in Río Negro after incidents unleashed by the territorial conflict in that region.
Now, with the resignations of Donda and Crous, two new names are added to the list of officials who decided to resign.
