The office of Argentine President Javier Milei announced this on Saturday the resignation of the Minister of Infrastructure for personal reasons and the abolition of that portfolio following press reports about his departure citing the president’s displeasure with this official.

“In the coming days, the Minister of Infrastructure, Guillermo Ferraro, will resign for personal reasons,” the presidential office said in a statement on the social network X.

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Local media reported this on Friday Milei had fired Ferraro because he held him responsible for leaking the president’s alleged comments to the pressin which he allegedly threatened to withdraw all aid from the provinces if they did not support the reforms he was promoting.

“I’m going to leave them penniless, I’m going to melt them all down,” Milei reportedly said, according to the reports, which also indicated disagreements between Ferraro and the chief of staff, Nicolás Posse.

On Saturday, the president’s office had no comment and reported that, with Ferraro’s departure, The Ministry of Infrastructure will fall under the authority of the Ministry of Economic Affairssomething raised the day before at a press conference by the minister of that portfolio, Luis Caputo.

“This measure will ensure greater coherence in the economic policy of the national government and will allow the budget to continue to adapt to the current crisis context,” the official statement said.

The ultra-liberal Milei government, which came to power on December 10, It now has eight ministries, as opposed to the twenty that the previous center-left government of Alberto Fernández had (2019-2023). (JO)