The president emphasized that Santilli will be the one to speak with them, underlining the need for a single channel to avoid the dispersion that characterized previous interactions with figures like Eduardo 'Lule' Menem or the former Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos.
The context of these contacts is framed within the call for extraordinary sessions of the National Congress, scheduled between December 10 and 31, with a possible extension to January and February to ensure the passing of the 2026 Budget.
This stance, which excludes representatives of over 40% of the Argentine population, has drawn criticism for its federal bias, but the Executive justifies it as a measure to speed up consensus with the 20 allied governors, which include figures like Gustavo Sáenz (Salta), Gerardo Zamora (Santiago del Estero), Alfredo Cornejo (Mendoza), and Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe).
In parallel, the Government is preparing a new meeting with these governors, whose tentative date is being considered for next week, depending on Milei's schedule, who today swore in Adorni in a brief ceremony at the Casa Rosada before traveling to the United States.
«We are going to work as a team with Deputies and Senators, taking advantage of the new composition of Congress,» declared Santilli after his first Cabinet meeting at the Casa Rosada, where he shared the table with Adorni and the rest of the renewed Executive.
The strategy of excluding the four Kirchnerist governors — Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja), Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego), and Gildo Insfrán (Formosa) — responds to a clear political decision: not to delay discussions with actors who did not adhere to the May Pact or support key government initiatives, such as the Bases Law.
The provinces demand greater predictability in fund transfers and explicit criteria to settle cross-debts, in a scenario where the ruling party seeks to anchor measurable commitments to avoid surprises in the legislative chamber.
The appointment of Adorni, a combative presidential spokesperson, and Santilli, with territorial experience forged in the Buenos Aires administration, responds to the unified demand of allied governors, expressed seven days ago by Sáenz: the need for a single interlocutor to channel management and partisan demands.
Buenos Aires, November 5, 2025 – Total News Agency-TNA-.
Just hours before his formal assumption, the new Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, and the Minister of the Interior, Diego Santilli, have deployed an initial agenda of contacts with provincial governors aligned with the national government, aiming to pave the way for the approval of pending structural reforms that form the core of the second stage of the economic plan driven by President Javier Milei.
Santilli was firm on the matter in a recent interview, ruling out any dialogue with Kicillof: «He did not adhere to the May Pact and raised taxes after the elections. However, the challenge lies in balancing reformist ambition with year-end social sensitivity, preventing the delegation of powers from being perceived as indefinite 'superpowers'.
Although Adorni was sidelined from the new political table — integrated by Karina Milei, Patricia Bullrich, Martín Menem, and Santilli himself — his role in the Chief of Staff's office focuses on parliamentary articulation, translating provincial agreements into precise legislative drafts.
«I wish him the greatest success in strengthening the federal bond,» tweeted the outgoing Lisandro Catalán, former Secretary of Provinces, when passing the baton to Santilli.
This renewed emphasis on federal dialogue comes at a time of consolidation for the Government, following the October electoral victory that strengthened its base in Congress. Santilli, in particular, has emerged as the central axis of these dialogues, assuming the role of main interlocutor as announced by Milei himself on his X account last Sunday.
Adorni and Santilli, in their debut, have promised 'dialogue and joint work,' but the true test will be their ability to turn these initial bridges into concrete votes in a Congress where arithmetic is no longer a luxury, but an imperative necessity. Milei, in recent statements, celebrated the 'absolute consensus' around labor reforms, attributing the progress to the fiscal discipline of the first stage.
This move, which seeks to consolidate federal consensus at a key legislative transition moment, deliberately excludes opposition governors aligned with Kirchnerism, prioritizing efficiency in negotiations over political breadth.
The first polls, confirmed by sources close to the Executive, reveal a series of bilateral communications initiated in the last 48 hours, in which Adorni and Santilli have received specific demands from provincial leaders on issues of coparticipation, public works, and financial assistance.
These exchanges, which extended from Monday afternoon until today, mark the start of a coordination that the Government describes as 'pragmatic and focused'.
This 'imperative roadmap,' as the ruling party calls it, includes three emblematic projects that Milei aspires to turn into law before the end of the year: a labor modernization to flexibilize the labor market, a fiscal reform oriented towards tax reduction, and a new Criminal Code with a focus on zero tolerance for crime.
Sources from the Interior anticipate that the meeting could replicate the format of last week's conclave in the Eva Perón Hall, with an emphasis on technical bilaterals beforehand to align positions on the 2026 Budget. This instrument, which contemplates cuts in residual public works and adjustments in non-automatic transfers, will be the first test of the negotiating ability of the Adorni-Santilli duo.
