The celebrations in So Paulo were not yet over when President Alberto Fernández boarded an official plane to return to the country after a hug on Monday with the winner of the competition, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, With him came unconditional supporters (Chancellor) santiago caffeiroGeneral Secretary Julius VitobelloLegal and Technical Secretary Wilma IbarraSpokesman Gabriella Cerruti) with whom he arrived in Brazil, while Other officers who arrived at the winning bunker also returned to Buenos Aires on a regular flight, These include the Home Minister, Edward “Wado” of PeterA reference to La Campora, happy to have regained his own image with Lula, and to Brazil’s indelible postcard with the “CFK 2023″ cap, minutes after his victory was confirmed.”
whereas The president takes refuge in a small group of unconditional supporters, each minister in the national cabinet taking part in his own game. and focus on your specific area: all, to a lesser or greater degree, They light candles so that Sergio Massa manages to stabilize economic variables for 2023, a wart who acts as a “parallel chief of staff”, while the real one, john sanzoorreiterates his notices that on May 14, he will begin his presidential campaign, after one day retaining the Tucumán regime as a candidate for vice president.
With new actors who came out in defense of the government last week (new minister.) Victoria Tolosa Pazu You Kelly Olmos broke their suggestive silence and defended management measures), and No joint meeting since October 19 (The one scheduled for last Wednesday was again suspended without explanation) What prevails is silence and speculationIn the midst of an open dispute with Fernandez Christina Kirchner And with a big question mark over the future of the political project of the Front of All, and, basically, for the repeal of the Massa PASO. War updated this weekend Strong allegations of Vice-President reappearing Maximo Kirchner And the reaction of the president himself.
“Everyone, somehow, works for Massa,” he exclaimed from an office at Balcars 50, with little agitation at Casa Rosada after another week. Various sources, inside and outside Massismo, describe an active economy minister asking his peers to propose activities, plans and projects, often ending in joint declarations. Presentation, last Wednesday, of special dollars for tourists with the minister of the region Matias Lamensowas put together late on Tuesday and was not even included in the official agenda.
How does Alberto Fernandez take on Massa’s antics? “There is noise, but for now everything is quiet”says a minister. “Sometimes good, other not so much”, he remarks from the kidney of the economic cabinet, and refers to the recent “decision” of the president to oppose the joint attack of La Campora, the governors and Massa. PASO is meant to abrogate and complicate simultaneously. Change.
“When Maximo says he doesn’t see Alberto playing an internal role, the meta message is ‘get off’. And Alberto can’t accept it”, he says too close to the president, and Tolosa Paz’s stern. makes statements, where he “criticized those who were not part of the government”, within the president’s arm wrestling La Campora and Cristina. “Vicky does not come out to say that without Alberto’s support,” he speculates from another ministry close to the president, which in recent days went to his security minister, Hannibal FernandezTo go to the intersection of the darts of the members of La Campora and to reaffirm their “right” to be candidates for re-election.
In any case, In Albertism itself they recognize that, if there has not been an honest conversation between the parties (today Fernández does not have an in-depth conversation with either his vice president or his son Maximo Kirchner, as was evident from these hour-long verbal exchanges). “Space Is Going to Define Candidate Christina”, with or without primaries, only by means of their explicit support. Alberto says, “Alberto and Cristina have to talk, although there is still no specific deadline for reconciliation, and after Cristina teased her candidacy on Friday, Maximo on Saturday accused the president of being “courageous”. And he retaliated. Today with a lapidary phrase: “When a colleague criticizes another, he ceases to be a peronist.”
Doubtful regarding his effective candidacy for president in his quest for re-election – many think he is running for himself so as not to be left as a “lame duck” and lose strength in internal discussion. Do not wear the flag, believe that what various ministers do Massa is the “best place” today To represent them if the economy shows signs of a strong recovery, although Tigran himself has stated that his goal is the presidency, but in 2027. “We are doing well, but we have to be careful,” he warns in Massa’s environment. , who said in Rio Negro on Friday: “We have beaten uncertainty and we are starting to stabilize our macroeconomic fundamentals again.”
In a context where there are no presidential resolutions left, and while preparing to request a new license (still undated), Manur expresses his confidence in being eventually elected. “He is determined to play, whether he is elected or paso”, he explains of the still governor of Tucumán (here he is licensed), who will be the candidate for vice-governor. Osvaldo Jaldo In the next election on 14 May. Also, in this case, being after “Traditional Peronism” in an internship with a potential Camporista candidate, with the support of CGTs, Governors and Traditional Peronism – would not be wrong to count in the last one.
No minister is encouraged to make an optimistic diagnosis of next year’s election, eleven months after the end of his mandate. “There is a long way to go”, is the slogan most frequently repeated among the ministerial cast, where some still dream of a revival in 2023.
