Overview
- Axel Kicillof said he was excluded from the presidential meetings because he will not support laws he considers harmful to citizens' rights.
- During the opening of a rehabilitation center in Florencio Varela, he asserted the national government froze the project and that the province and municipality finished the work.
- He claimed that “a thousand” public works remain paralyzed while the national executive courts provincial leaders.
- Interior minister-designate Diego Santilli led new talks at the Casa Rosada with governors including Martín Llaryora and Marcelo Orrego to line up support for Budget 2026 and a fiscal and labor reform agenda.
- Reporting indicates Santilli will tour provinces and coordinate with Finance Minister Luis Caputo, as negotiations with governors center on budget transfers, ATN funds and provincial pension financing.