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Minister of Justice Mariano Cúneo Libarona almost completes his cabinet this week and faces problems in appointing new managers of the strategic Financial Information Unit (UIF), the anti-money laundering agency. As an example of the footprint that his management will have, his portfolio was renamed simply Justice, without the addition of Human Rights, as Kirchnerism maintained. Alejandro Melik, new head of the Anti-Corruption Office. Cuneo Ya appointed former judge Alberto Baños to the Human Rights Secretariat; to Sebastián Amerio, as vice minister of Justice, and to Diego Guerendiain, chief of staff. Meanwhile, he appointed the jurist Daniel Vitolo to the General Inspection of Justice (IGJ) to replace the ultra K Ricardo Nissen.
Alejandro Melik in the Anti-Corruption Office as Europe Mobile Number List advanced Clarín and Carlos Medina in Registry Affairs. For the UIF, you are looking for “a person from the Judiciary with experience in money laundering” to replace the lawyer Juan Carlos Otero, close to Máximo Kirchner. “The UIF was a problem for the minister because salaries in the State are low, bought with the income of professionals in private activity. “explained a source close to the minister. A candidate who works at the consulting firm Deloitte did not accept for that reason, in addition to the problem of incompatibilities established by law. Another empty box is who will be the representative of Javier Milei's government on the Judiciary Council.
It is perhaps the most politically sensitive position of all. Two sources affirm that the minister would lean towards his chief of staff and right-hand man, Diego Guerendiain. But in this case the endorsement of the Casa Rosada will be needed. His advisors include lawyers Martín Casares (former chief of staff of Macri's former Minister of Justice, Germán Garavano) and criminal lawyer Mauricio De Núñez. Former judge and new Secretary of Human Rights, Jorge Baños. So far Baños is the one who had the most problems when taking office. Pietragalla Conti and other K sectors announced that they will resist with measures to force any reduction of contracts or Budget for “Memory and Justice” activities.