Buenos Aires, February 25 (NA) -- The National Audit Office (AGN) was constituted this Tuesday after the Senate appointed its three representatives, with which the body will reactivate after two years of paralysis.
The AGN, which is chaired by Peronist Juan Manuel Olmos, will now be made up of two libertarians, two Peronists, one radical, and a representative of the governors allied with President Javier Milei.
Now the AGN is made up of Mónica Almada from La Libertad Avanza; Pamela Calletti, who answers to the allied governors; the 'Cámpora' member Juan Ignacio Forlón, for the Chamber of Deputies; and the libertarian Mariano Piazza, the Peronist Javier Fernández, and the radical Luis Naidenoff.
With this new integration, the Government will have two of its own representatives and two allies, and Kirchnerism will be relegated to three members.
Who is who?
Juan Manuel Olmos: a Peronist who has held different functions both in the City of Buenos Aires and at the national level, and who had a prominent role as Vice Chief of Staff in the Presidency of Alberto Fernández. Olmos, 52, is a lawyer from UBA, and has an extensive career, as he served as president of the Magistracy Council of the City of Buenos Aires, a porteño legislator, and since the end of 2023, at the proposal of the Justicialist Party, he is president of the National Audit Office.
Mariano Piazza: a lawyer who was proposed to the National Government to become an auditor of the AGN, at the proposal of the president of the Chamber of Deputies Martín Menem and his cousin, the Undersecretary of Institutional Management of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Eduardo 'Lule' Menem.
Javier Fernández: by profession a lawyer, he was again appointed as an auditor in representation of Peronism in the Senate, with which he will return after two years to integrate the National Audit Office. A historical member of Peronism, he was mentioned in the 'notebooks' case in the annotations made by former driver Antonio Centeno. He has been an auditor for more than 20 years, which will make him the leader who will join that body with the most experience and career.
Luis Naidenoff: former president of the UCR bloc in the Senate, this Formosan lawyer arrived at the National Audit Office after ending his term as a legislator in 2023 after 18 years in office. He was president of the UCR bloc between 2011 and 2023, where he played a central role throughout the government of Mauricio Macri, as he had to face many negotiations to achieve that the then ruling party could sanction laws in a chamber dominated by Peronism.
Mónica Almada: a lawyer of radical origin, former advisor in the Chamber of Deputies of the UCR, she was Secretary of Education in the government of Fernando de la Rúa as Head of Government and then in the Alliance government director of the Banco Ciudad, although she had a controversial end when she withdrew her fixed-term deposit before the start of the 'corralito'. After serving as an advisor to PRO in the Chamber of Deputies, she was appointed in the Cambiemos Government first as director and then as vice president of Nación Seguros, and now in the La Libertad Avanza Government she was an official of the Ministry of Economy, Luis Caputo, prior to being proposed as a member of the AGN by the LLA.
Juan Ignacio Forlón: a Santa Cruz lawyer, very close to Máximo Kirchner and former President Cristina Kirchner, who was at the AGN from 2016 to 2024, but then remained as a paid advisor. A friend of Máximo Kirchner's adolescence, the leader of the 'La Cámpora' group has 'full' confidence in Forlón. The Santa Cruz lawyer has an extensive career in public office, he was director of the Banco Nación in the last stretch of the Cristina Fernández Government, he was at the National Lottery.
Pamela Calletti: former deputy of Innovation Federal and a leader who has a strong bond with the governor of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz, who agreed to her entry into the AGN as part of the agreements between the Government and the dialogist governors. The 46-year-old Salta lawyer was an official of former governor Juan Manuel Urtubey, in her management she served as Minister of Justice, Minister of Human Rights and Justice, and Attorney General until 2019.
