After the overwhelming victory of La Libertad Avanza in the legislative elections, President Javier Milei will lead a meeting this Thursday afternoon with at least 17 governors at the Casa Rosada.
The main objective of the meeting is to begin outlining the necessary consensus to move forward with the administration's key structural reforms, such as labor and tax reforms, and to secure support for the approval of the 2026 Budget.
The meeting was organized by Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos and Interior Minister Lisandro Catalán, who will also participate along with Economy Minister Luis "Toto" Caputo and the rest of the cabinet, so Patricia Bullrich (Security), Luis Petri (Defense), Federico Sturzenegger (Deregulation and State Transformation), Mariano Cúneo Libarona (Justice), Sandra Pettovello (Human Capital), and Mario Lugones (Health) will also join.
The list of invited leaders includes the 18 governors who signed the May Pact and two additional ones: Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz) and Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa), the latter recognized for his critical stance toward the national government.
El presidente Javier Milei.
With this gesture of openness, Milei seeks to consolidate a broader political support base that will allow him to advance his reform agenda, further empowered by the more than 60 deputies secured after Sunday's election victory. The strategy aims to "turn the May Pact's slogans into laws" and build a different Argentina, with stronger and more predictable foundations.
"We want to invite the vast majority of governors who will have parliamentary representation to discuss these agreements. Ultimately, now we really will be able to turn the May Pact's slogans into laws. We'll be able to sit down and discuss the foundations for a different Argentina, an Argentina that today we can't even imagine," Milei stated after the electoral victory that strengthened his position in Congress.
Among those invited are Carlos Sadir (Jujuy), Jorge Macri (Buenos Aires City), Maximiliano Pullaro (Santa Fe), Rogelio Frigerio (Entre Ríos), Hebe Casado (Vice Governor of Mendoza), Ignacio Torres (Chubut), Raúl Jalil (Catamarca), Osvaldo Jaldo (Tucumán), Hugo Passalacqua (Misiones), Zulema Reina (Vice Governor of Neuquén), and Claudio Poggi (San Luis).
El presidente Javier Milei.
Alberto Weretilneck (Río Negro), Gustavo Sáenz (Salta), Marcelo Orrego (San Juan), Leandro Zdero (Chaco), Martín Llaryora (Córdoba), Gustavo Valdés (Corrientes), Gerardo Zamora (Santiago del Estero), Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa), and Claudio Vidal (Santa Cruz) were also invited.
Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires), Gildo Insfrán (Formosa), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja), and Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego) will be excluded from the invitation, as the administration doesn't consider them part of the federal dialogue space due to their strong opposition to the reforms.
After his victory in the recent elections, Milei's government seeks to leverage popular support to advance a package of reforms that are essential to create the structural conditions needed to generate registered employment, investment, and sustainable growth.
