The government has “pre-emptively” removed National Disability Agency head Diego Spagnuolo from his post. The dismissal comes after a series of leaked audios in which a voice allegedly belonging to the disability head can be heard accusing Secretary General Karina Milei of corruption. 

In the recordings, which surfaced on Tuesday, Spagnuolo claims that President Milei’s sister takes bribes from medical and pharmaceutical companies in exchange for state contracts. The audios also contend that the president was aware of this.

Presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni announced the government’s decision on X, saying that President Javier Milei has decided to remove Spagnuolo from his position “in light of the opposition’s political manipulation in an electoral year.” Aside from serving in that governmental agency, Spagnuolo acted as Milei’s lawyer and, reportedly, was also a close friend of the president.

The decision or Spagnuolo’s removal was made official in a presidential decree published Thursday in the Official Gazette. The ministry’s current........

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