Politics Local 2026-02-02T19:56:20+00:00

Salta Governor Accuses Cristina Kirchner of Authoritarianism

The governor of the Argentine province of Salta, Gustavo Sáenz, engaged in a public spat with former army chief César Milani. Sáenz criticized Peronist leader Cristina Kirchner, accusing her of imposing a 'dictatorship of thought' within the party. Milani, in response, called the governor a 'pretty boy from the barracks'.


Salta Governor Accuses Cristina Kirchner of Authoritarianism

Fortunately, we have lived in democracy for a few decades, and although it may be difficult for you to understand it, the times of arbitrary hierarchies, those of unreason, boots, and shouts, are in the past. “My poncho, the one I proudly wear on my back, is much more than an olive green uniform or an epaulette: it is a banner of all the Salteños whom I represent by popular vote. I am clear about it: it is Salta and the Salteños,” the governor also wrote. According to what Noticias Argentinas was able to ascertain, the confrontation between Sáenz and Milani exposes an open internal rift within Peronism, with strong tension between federal sectors and the leadership of Cristina Kirchner. If you invoke history, have the courtesy to study it. In a new chapter of the dictatorship of thought that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner exercises over the PJ, its intervenors in Buenos Aires decided to suspend militants and leaders for having committed the sin of these times: to dissent from the orders of the señora,” Sáenz wrote last Thursday. That message, which included a photo with Senator Carolina Moisés and Governors Osvaldo Jaldo and Raúl Jalil, prompted Milani's reaction. The former military officer questioned the governor for criticizing Cristina Kirchner and “getting on his knees” before Javier Milei. Sáenz responded today: “Pretty boys from the barracks.”