Libertarians and Kirchnerists united to expel Edgardo Kueider

The Senate has lived a historic day full of tension when deciding, by an overwhelming majority, the expulsion of the senator Edgardo Kueider. The measure was adopted with 61 votes in favor, five against and one abstention, far exceeding the two-thirds necessary to dismiss a national legislator.

The decision to expel Edgardo Kueidernational senator of the Federal Unity bloc, occurred after his arrest at the Friendship Bridge while trying to enter Paraguay with more than 200,000 dollars, 3.9 million Argentine pesos and 640,000 guaraníes without declaring.

Libertarians and Kirchnerists united to expel Edgardo Kueider

Along with him, his secretary, Iara Guinsel Costa, was also arrested. The Paraguayan Justice issued house arrest for Kueider, which precipitated his expulsion from the Argentine Senate. The case of Kueider It has generated an intense debate in the political sphere and has revealed internal tensions in the Senate.

The special session called by Vice President Victoria Villarruel opened a new scenario of confrontation for La Libertad Avanza (LLA), the party of President Javier Milei. Kueider, who took office for the Frente de Todos in 2019, had become a key support for Milei’s government in the last year.

Libertarians and Kirchnerists united to expel Edgardo Kueider

Kueider’s expulsion was built on last-minute vote changes in the PRO and the UCR, but above all from the La Libertad Avanza space itself. Initially, the ruling party did not have enough strength to simply suspend the legislator, which led to a change of position.

Had it maintained its initial position, La Libertad Avanza would have been left in a notorious situation of loneliness, defending more moderate measures for a legislator accused of corruption, which would have been a contradiction with the “anti-caste” discourse that led Javier Milei to the presidency. can.

Libertarians and Kirchnerists united to expel Edgardo Kueider

Votes

The votes to remove Kueider They emerged from Kirchnerism-Peronism of Unión por la Patria, plus some from the PRO, the UCR and LLA. The final vote once again exposed the parliamentary weakness of the Government, whose senators not only had to modify their vote at the last minute, but were also forced to vote on a project that was not favorable for their space.

On the contrary, Kirchnerism took advantage of Kueider’s departure, since Stefania Cora, current provincial deputy and leader of La Cámpora, will enter in her place. With this change, the Unión por la Patria interblock will go from 33 to 34 senators, approaching its own majority of 37 legislators.