Overview

• Deputy Lilia Lemoine stood in front of Marcela Pagano and filmed her during a televised intervention, prompting Chamber president Martín Menem to repeatedly order Lemoine back to her seat.
• The confrontation unfolded during Chief of Staff Guillermo Francos’s management report as Pagano pressed about alleged kickbacks tied to ANDIS recordings and the involvement of former intelligence officials.
• Francos defended his senior aides, calling José Luis Vila one of the country’s top intelligence specialists and affirming confidence in Víctor Hugo Armelino.
• The session was disrupted for several minutes with calls for a recess, accusations of intimidation, and deputies recording each other on phones, but the proceedings ultimately continued.
• Later, journalist Jorge Rial published screenshots of a private chat between Lemoine and Menem; Lemoine acknowledged the messages as genuine yet disputed Rial’s timing claim and accused him of violating the law.