This serious problem exploded this week in the face of President Javier Milei’s government, already overwhelmed by other problems caused by his excessive austerity policy, which has diminished the operational capacity of multiple state agencies due to an excessive deregulatory zeal.

Hit by this process, the National Administration of Drugs, Food, and Technology (ANMAT) and the Ministry of Health, headed by Mario Lugones, are at the epicenter of the storm.

Surprised by the new crisis, the president and a couple of his advisors’ belated reaction has been to blame the Kirchnerism, who have nothing to do with this sensitive and complex issue, in which Minister Lugones is conspicuous by his absence. He hasn’t shown his face.

The Health Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, with the agreement of all parties, both pro-government and opposition, demanded all reports on the matter from the executive branch.

However, given the Casa Rosada’s tactic of diverting attention to the Peronists in the midst of the election campaign, pro-government legislators began to distance themselves from the issue on Friday afternoon.

In fact, the members of Congress from the La Libertad Avanza party left allied representative Silvana Giudici alone with her proposal to create an investigative commission to look into this health emergency.

In the debate of that body on Wednesday, legislator Victoria Tolosa warned about the serious health consequences of the lack of traceability of the contaminated fentanyl ampoules that had already been distributed.

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