Buenos Aires, March 31 (NA).- The Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, will have to answer nearly 5,000 questions posed by opposition deputies. The majority were focused on the increase in his assets, his controversial trip to Uruguay, and the Libra case. The legislators presented the questions that Adorni must answer in the written report he must send to the Chamber of Deputies before April 29, prior to his appearance on that date to report on the government's progress in the session hall. Article 101 of the National Constitution states that the Chief of Staff must appear once a month before each chamber of the National Congress, but since the minister took office, he has not yet attended to report to Parliament. However, his report on the government's progress will now be overshadowed by controversy over his asset growth, his trip to Uruguay, and the Libra case, although there will be other consultations on the economic situation, employment, and the provinces. OPPOSITION The deputy for United Provinces, Pablo Juliano, reported that he sent Adorni more than 40 questions about his financial situation and stated that 'the President and his sister cannot ask for his resignation because Adorni is part of the toxic environment of the $Libra case.' 'Adorni is being given Espert's face,' the legislator said, alluding to the former deputy who had to resign as a candidate when allegations of his link to businessman Fredy Machado, accused of drug trafficking, emerged. Meanwhile, the left-wing deputy, Myriam Bregman, asked Adorni if, 'considering the significance of various news reports indicating the existence of assets belonging to you and your family that are not included in your declarations, you should state the number of properties of which you and your wife, Bettina Julieta Angeltti, are owners. Details: the date of acquisition, its value, and how you obtained the funds for its acquisition.' Bregman also asked for details about the transfer of the Nation's President, Javier Milei, and other officials to the event called 'Argentina Week,' held between March 9 and 12, 2026, in that city, and requested that he report the cost of each activity of the entire delegation and the total cost of the trip, including the presidential plane, hotels, transfers, security personnel, dinners, and lunches. COMPLAINT Today, the national deputies of the Unidos interblock, Esteban Paulón, Pablo Juliano, and Maximiliano Ferraro, expanded the complaint against the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, accused of illicit enrichment and suspected of improper funding for foreign trips for him and his family, in addition to incompatibilities between his level of spending, his declared income, and his asset evolution. In the new filing, the opposition legislators requested that notary Adriana Nechevenko be called to give a sworn statement, as her certification signed both the purchase of the luxurious apartment in Caballito last November and the acquisition of the property at Indio Cuá Golf Club in Exaltación de la Cruz a year earlier, registered in his wife's name, Bettina Angeletti.
Argentine Chief of Staff to Face Thousands of Opposition Questions
Argentina's Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorni, must answer nearly 5,000 opposition questions focused on his asset growth, Uruguay trip, and the Libra case, alongside economic and social issues.