Overview
- Menem used television interviews on Friday to say Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof “should be ineligible” for public office and to call him the worst economy minister in Argentine history.
- He publicly committed his bloc to work for President Javier Milei’s re-election and said the campaign will focus on showing government management rather than attacking opponents.
- Menem defended the national government’s macroeconomic record by citing primary and financial surpluses, higher Central Bank reserves, cheaper debt and predicted June inflation would likely fall below 2 percent.
- He praised Diego Santilli’s appointment as chief of cabinet as a political boost and framed Manuel Adorni’s exit as a legal matter that the government must put behind it.
- The remarks reflect a partisan push to convert economic talking points into electoral advantage in a highly polarized context where Buenos Aires province is decisive, and the claims noted by Menem remain assertions that other analysts may contest.