Argentina's Justice Minister Prepares to Resign

In the government, they admit it bluntly: the succession will define who will lead the government's judicial strategy, who articulates with the courts and prosecutors, and who puts the political signature on an area where every decision can become a crisis. That continuity, they interpret in Balcarce 50, also functioned as a dam to prevent the control of the ministry from falling completely into the hands of Caputo's scheme. The key to the internal conflict has a name and a surname: the Undersecretary Sebastián Amerio, pointed out as a man of trust for the presidential advisor. Amerio appears as a natural candidate by hierarchy and control of sensitive files, but his promotion is not linear: in the libertarian conversation, the idea of promoting him coexists with the suspicion that Karina Milei would prefer another profile to consolidate her own influence in the area. But the background is less ceremonial and more crude: the succession is crossed by the power dispute between Karina Milei and the advisor Santiago Caputo, who for months have been competing for influence over the levers of judicial strategy and the relationship with the courts. Cúneo Libarona, 65, is part of the core of officials who accompanied Milei since December 10, 2023. According to official sources, the announcement could be tied to the opening speech that President Javier Milei will give at the Congress, a political milestone that the official bloc seeks to use as a relaunch point. The surname reappears at a particular moment: the Government has quickly renewed the file of camerista Carlos Mahiques in the Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation, a procedure that requires Senate approval for exceeding the age limit. In the Government, however, they admit another component: Cúneo Libarona had already threatened to leave on previous occasions and ended up staying at the direct request of Karina Milei and the President himself. His critics, on the other hand, point to political weakness, lack of full control of the ministry, and a power scheme that has shifted towards the presidential inner circle. The departure, if confirmed, will not be just another resignation. Buenos Aires-February 28, 2026-Total News Agency-TNA- The Minister of Justice, Mariano Cúneo Libarona, is preparing his resignation and in Casa Rosada they assume that the change will open the most delicate pulse of the cabinet: who will handle the judicial button in the coming stage. The list of exits and rearrangements in the rest of the areas fed a certainty in the officialism: the Government is reorganizing through internal struggles, and each replacement is a negotiation that defines territories. In the minister's entourage, they maintain that his decision responds to personal reasons: recovering family life, professional activity, and his academic profile. The former federal judge and PRO leader Guillermo Montenegro, now in Buenos Aires politics, is sounding again as a 'management' card with a direct link to Milei and good acceptance in security and order sectors, a profile that the official bloc values in a year of high social and judicial conflict. In the management balance, Cúneo Libarona leaves initiatives that the Government exhibits as achievements: the advancement of the Accusatory Criminal Procedure Code in 17 provinces, changes in human rights areas, administrative reforms, and the promotion of projects related to criminal order, in coordination with the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich. In the judicial universe, Juan Bautista Mahiques appears, prosecutor general of the City of Buenos Aires and influential in the Comodoro Py network. In the hallways, this movement is read as a political support signal and, at the same time, as a source of noise due to the social links attributed to the judge with the AFA treasurer, Pablo Toviggino, a figure involved in public controversies. The lawyer Santiago Viola also appears on the list, attorney for La Libertad Avanza and pointed out as a piece of extreme trust for Karina Milei. Prosecutor Diego Luciani was mentioned in journalistic versions, although in his circle they indicate that he has no intention of jumping to politics and that his agenda remains focused on regional anticorruption cooperation. And in the libertarian internal struggle, that is gold. In parallel, another version circulates that worries the 'caputism': if Amerio is not favored, he could reconsider his continuity in office. Meanwhile, the dance of names has been activated. His landing would be interpreted as a triumph of 'The Chief' over Caputo's device, with a direct impact on the dialogue with federal justice and the political engineering of the coming months. Other names appear and are discarded with the same speed. His destination would be the Argentine Museum of Social University, where he serves as dean of the Law Faculty. Of that original cabinet, only the Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, and the head of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello, remain.