Argentina's President Milei Continues Salary Raffle Tradition

Verónica Gómez wins last lawmaker salary as Milei pledges to maintain practice during presidency

Argentina's newly-elected President Javier Milei raffled off his last salary as a lawmaker during a live event on Instagram.
Milei, a right-wing economist, has been conducting these raffles for years, referring to government salaries as money 'stolen from the people'.
He intends to continue this practice during his presidency, fulfilling a promise he made during his campaign.
The winner of the raffle was a woman named Verónica Gómez, who won Milei's final salary of 2.1 million Argentine pesos (approximately $2,500).
Milei was elected president amid a nationwide wave of economic discontent and rising poverty, and has pledged economic 'shock therapy' and major spending cuts.