Overview
- Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni announced the dissolution at a Casa Rosada press briefing.
- Responsibilities move to the Ministry of Health, led by Mario Lugones, with promises of traceable files, permanent audits, and clinical criteria in decisions.
- The overhaul eliminates 16 political posts, a 45.7% reduction in the agency’s hierarchical structure.
- Adorni stressed that disability pensions and other services will continue without cuts.
- The move follows leaked audios and alleged kickbacks involving ex-chief Diego Spagnuolo, with audits citing payments to deceased beneficiaries and billing without services such as the case of Fundación METAS, while former deputy Daniel Garbellini has denied wrongdoing.