Miley of Argentina said to “grow up” from VP in public spitting over pensions

Argentineian President Javier Miley and his Vice President Victoria Villarruel have joined a bitter public war on the words for plans to increase pensions.

Miley shared posts of X in which his running mate was called “stupid” and described as a “traitor”, and in response, Villarruel told the president to “grow up”.

The president’s anger was caused by a severe defeat in the congress on Thursday, when the Senate approved motives aimed at strengthening pensions and an increase in disability allowances – Maley opposed strongly.

Miley said she would veto the pension increase, arguing that the additional costs threaten his fiscal surplus and accused Villarell of allowing the vote to continue.

In Argentina, Vice President of the country also acts as president of the Senate.

It was in this role as the leader of the Senate Villarwell allowed the debate to increase emergency pensions to continue, although the senators allied with the government that boycotted the session.

With the absent government senators, the proposal was 52 votes in support and four abstained.

Its supporters claim that higher payments are essential for retirees to connect the edges.

But President Miley says this is contrary to his promise to eliminate Argentina’s chronic fiscal deficiency and reduce inflation.

In January, Maley scored a major economic victory when it emerged that 2024 was the first year after more than a decade that Argentina had registered a budget surplus.

Last month, there was also the country’s monthly inflation to drop to 1.5%, the largest has been in more than five years.

But the measures of strict savings that helped the libertarian president reduce the deficit and reduce inflation also caused protests, with retirees holding weekly rallies outside the congressS

Following the approval of the proposal on Thursday, President Miley quickly announced that he would block the retirement increase.

“I bet one hundred thousand to one that you all know what I’m going to do. Do you know what? We will impose it on a veto. And if in any case I don’t believe it will happen, but if the veto turns, we will take it to court,” he said.

But he also included his deputy chairman, redirecting the comment to X, in which she was marked with “traitor, demagogue and stupid economically.”

Villarriel replied on Instagram, arguing that retirees and people with disabilities “cannot wait” more so that their payments can be promoted and suggest that the president should save by spending less on intelligence and traveling.

Since becoming president in December 2023, Milei has been traveling wide abroad.

In one of the most refined events, He owned the cutter that became emblematic of his government cuts before handing it over to Elon Musk at the Conservative Political Action Conference of the United States.

Villarruel also called on the president to “talk and act like an adult” in the answers she gave to her critics on Instagram.