Overview

• Facundo Manes posted that Martín Menem told him to hope there was no quorum and warned of a brutal press operation against him.
• Menem publicly rejected the accusation, saying politics needs seriousness not theater, while his entourage labeled the exchange a friendly chat.
• Two journalists recorded the brief encounter and reported no visible tension, although they did not confirm the content of the conversation.
• Deputy Nadia Márquez said she was present and that Menem only greeted Manes, as Manes’ bloc leader Pablo Juliano raised the allegation in the chamber and accused corridor pressure.
• The episode unfolded just before a debate on curbing presidential decrees, and coverage noted that a planned push to expel José Luis Espert would not be voted after he requested leave.