The vice president defended her alliance with the opposition and launched harsh criticism against Milei on Instagram
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Amid institutional tension following the controversial session in the Senate, Vice President Victoria Villarruel once again displayed her political rupture with the nationalGovernment.
After having enabled the debate and voting on projects promoted by Kirchnerism and other opposition sectors—which compromise fiscal balance—, the head of the Upper House intensified her criticism of President Javier Milei with a series of messages posted on her Instagram account.
Victoria Villarruel - Vicepresidenta de la Nación Argentina, interrumpiendo a Javier Milei - Presidente de la Nación Argentina
"A retiree can't wait and a disabled woman, even less. Let him save on trips and on the SIDE, and that's it", wrote Villarruel, responding to a user who accused her of going against the Executive's economic program.
Far from calming tempers after the disgraceful parliamentary episode, the vice president insisted on distancing herself from the government's direction and referred in harsh terms to the head of state himself: "A president who can't even greet the person he came to power with? Take your complaint to him, because I never lose my manners".
During the same interaction on social media, Villarruel appeared ironic and unstable, even suggesting that Milei should have appointed his sister, Karina Milei, or Deputy Lilia Lemoine in her place: "I don't know why he didn't appoint his sister or 'Limones,' since you all like her so much".
With these statements, the vice president once again publicly positioned herself on the opposite side of the political project to which she belongs and for which she was elected as a running mate.
The session in question, held this Thursday, enabled the consideration of initiatives such as the increase in retirement benefits, the pension moratorium, and the declaration of a disability emergency. All the projects had already received preliminary approval from the Chamber of Deputies and were passed in the Senate by a simple majority, even though sectors of the ruling party warned of the need for a two-thirds majority for their consideration.
Victoria Villarruel - Vicepresidente de la Nación Argentina I
Villarruel, instead of safeguarding institutional integrity and the coherence of the government plan, chose to facilitate the opposition's advance.
"I don't know why you all get upset with me and not with those responsible", she replied, evading her institutional responsibility. Furthermore, she accused the president of not communicating: "When the president decides to speak and behave like an adult, I'll be able to know what his policies are, since he doesn't speak".
Villarruel's attitude was interpreted by sectors of the ruling party as an act of betrayal, not only to the president but also to the commitment made to voters who chose a deep and responsible change.
Far from assuming a constructive role, the vice president chose to present herself as a destabilizing figure, effectively allied with Kirchnerism in its attempt to undermine the government's fiscal direction.
