Buenos Aires, November 22 (NA) -- The libertarian ruling party and its allies celebrated the appointment of Alejandra Monteoliva to Security and Carlos Prestia to Defense, while Peronist leaders have already criticized the new appointments. Following a statement from the Casa Rosada, which the Argentine News Agency had access to, regarding the appointments, President Javier Milei himself, the Minister of Economy, and the new Chief of Staff Manuel Adorni welcomed the new officials. "Both have a great management ahead of them," Adorni stated on his X account, joining the message of the outgoing Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, who also took to the same platform to congratulate Monteoliva. "Ale, my congratulations on the huge challenge you are about to take on. I know your career, your professionalism, and that dedication that defines you," Bullrich said, who had been serving as Secretary of National Security. At the same time, the outgoing Minister of Defense, Luis Petri, celebrated the appointment of Lieutenant General Prestia to lead the armed forces. "It is comforting to know that our former Army Chief will now continue as the future Minister of Defense!" Petri wrote on social media. "Enormous setback": This is how Peronism rated Prestia's arrival at the Ministry of Defense In contrast to the libertarian celebration, the Peronist opposition described Prestia's appointment as Minister of Defense as an "enormous setback." "The appointment of the current Chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Army as Minister of Defense is an enormous setback for Argentine democracy and for the Armed Forces as an institution of the Argentine Republic," considered the newly elected national deputy, Agustín Rossi. For the former head of Defense, Prestia's appointment goes against the consolidation of civilian leadership of the Armed Forces over 40 years of democracy. "With this appointment, the Armed Forces become involved in the government's destiny, when they should be preserved from any political circumstance," Rossi considered in a post on X.
