Mariano Cúneo Libarona will step down as Argentina’s justice minister subsequent week following Sunday’s midterm elections.
Cúneo Libarona, 64, intends to tender his resignation formally on Monday, as soon as the outcomes of the legislative elections are identified, however the official confirmed his imminent exit in an trade with the Infobae web site.
“I am leaving very completely happy. I gave my life to public service. Greater than for well being causes, it is as a result of I must reconnect with my family members. To any extent further, I will assist the federal government with no matter it wants, freed from cost,” Cúneo Libarona advised Infobae.
“He’s leaving on Monday. He’s drained and needs time together with his family members and household,” added a senior authorities supply in feedback reported by the Noticias Argentinas information company.
Cúneo Libarona’s departure follows the exit of Overseas Minister Gerardo Werthein, who submitted his resignation on Monday night time to President Javier Milei.
Argentina’s head of state intends to reshuffle his Cupboard after Sunday’s midterm elections, which can outline the make-up of Congress for the remainder of his time period in workplace and the way forward for his reform agenda.
Two high officers, Nationwide Safety Minister Patricia Bullrich and Defence Minister Luis Petri, will probably be leaving their posts so as to take up legislative positions.
Based on stories, Milei’s inside circle could merge the Justice Ministry and Safety Ministry to compensate for Bullrich’s departure.
Cúneo Libarona, a veteran felony lawyer who gained fame within the Nineties defending high-profile purchasers, was appointed justice minister in December 2023.
His future has been the topic of hypothesis for a number of weeks. Justice Secretary Sebastián Amerio, who solutions to Milei’s high presidential adviser Santiago Caputo, is seen because the frontrunner to succeed the departing minister.
A number of figures from ex-president Mauricio Macri’s PRO occasion have additionally been rumoured, together with the mayor of Common Pueyrredón (Mar del Plata), Guillermo Montenegro.
Cúneo Libarona leaves workplace after twenty months in cost, with none main achievement to his identify.
His document consists of criticism from lawmakers for the greater than 330 judicial vacancies throughout the system.
Certainly one of his first actions upon taking workplace was to advertise the candidacies of Decide Ariel Lijo and tutorial Manuel García Mansilla for Argentina’s Supreme Court docket.
Though their nominations had been mentioned by the Senate Agreements Committee in mid-2024, they foundered for many of Cúneo Libarona’s tenure and ultimately boiled over in April this yr with their Senate rejection, after each had been appointed to the tribunal by decree by President Milei.
úneo Libarona additionally discovered himself on the centre of controversy after making public statements in opposition to sexual range and in defence of “the household.”
“We reject the variety of sexual identities that don’t align with biology … the gender concern is over; our worth is the household, which is the center of society and the Nation,” he mentioned beforehand, drawing sharp criticism from civil-society teams.
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