Cristina Kirchner He is going through what is perhaps his worst moment, both political and personal. Tied to a government that she considers a failure, the vice president feels alone, abandoned by a Peronism in which every man for himself reigns once once more in years that smell of electoral defeat and her only refuge today is the few, fewer and fewer, stalwarts she considers loyal and worthy of her attention.
Thats not all. Those who frequent her assure that she lives crossed by the fear of being the victim of a new attack. “She is convinced that behind the hand of (Fernando) Sabag Montiel there is a conspiracy that involves Macri, the Justice and that it has international ramifications”assures a deputy who is in daily contact with those who usually visit the vice president in her office on the first floor of the Upper House.
That fear was reflected in black on white in the report he gave to a group of experts from a committee of the Organization of American States (OAS) responsible for monitoring compliance with the convention for the elimination of all types of discrimination once morest women (Cedaw, for its acronym in English). “The life of Fernández de Kirchner ran serious risks and, by decision of the Judiciary, he continues to run them. By extension, Argentine democracy is in suspense”, concludes the writing in a dramatic and apocalyptic tone.
“Pay attention to the wording of the report”, draws attention to an opposition senator. “It has no signature, so it is understood that she wrote it through her collaborators, but it is written in the third person,” he adds. “Write as Maradona spoke”the legislator laughs.
Beyond the ironies of the opposition, the concrete thing is that since Cristina Kirchner was the victim of the assassination attempt, she never appeared once more on the Senate premises. She recently returned to participate in a legislative activity last Wednesday, when she presided over the legislative Assembly in which Alberto Fernandez inaugurated a new period of regular sessions of Congress.
Another piece of information: the Upper House has not been in session since mid-November of last year. This means that the Senate has not met once more to discuss projects – it only did so ten days ago to elect its authorities -, since Cristina Kirchner was sentenced to 12 years in prison and disqualified from holding public office for corruption offenses by a federal oral court.
The fear of a conspiracy once morest her is not the only state of mind that overwhelms the vice president these days. “She is disappointed with a large part of Peronism because the majority did not lift a finger to defend her from the attacks of Justice and she feels that she was left alone following the attack”, describes the spokesperson for a legislator with access to Cristina Kirchner’s office.
The main anger is for the almost zero mobilization following the attack Those who have spoken with her say that it was largely the fuel that fueled her “resignation” to be a candidate on December 6. “She was already disappointed and the sentence was the straw that overflowed the camel’s back; That day he was angry with everyone, even the loyal ones, for the tepid reaction in his defense.”accurate.
This malaise has increased with the latest political developments registered in the Senate. The untimely departure of four senators from the Frente de Todos bloc it left the ruling party even further from the majority than it already was and the vice president without control of the Chamber that she managed, since December 2019, as if it were her private hunting ground.
Although he tried to sift the coup by publishing the resignation letter from Jujuy Guillermo Snopekwhich points the accusing finger at the Casa Rosada with its criticism of Alberto Fernández, the impact of the fracture hit the heart of the vice president’s power.
More than the loss of the quorum, the breaking of the block is a hard mirror that shows the vice president the harsh reality of a Peronism that anticipates electoral defeat and went into disarray, where each one begins to attend to their game to save the clothes. “When the priority is your own political survival, it is difficult for someone to worry regarding the judicial problems of a third party,” explained a Kirchner senator, in an understanding tone that did not quite cover up the anger over what he considers a betrayal of Cristina Kirchner. “They owe everything to her and now they walk away like she stinks”finished off, already annoyed, the legislator.
The rupture of the block was one more blow that was added to other more complex and private signals that complicate the political future of the vice president. “The red circle let go of his hand”, says an opposition political operator. “There is something like that, but I can’t tell you more,” corroborates a Kirchner legislator with a black palate.
According to this theory, the country’s main businessmen have turned their thumbs down on a candidacy by Cristina Kirchner or any of her followers, such as Eduardo de Pedro. “(Sergio) Massa and (Daniel) Scioli, it’s fine, but the establishment wants nothing to do with a pure Kirchnerist candidate”said the opposition leader.
“It is not very wrong. To the red circle add the embassy of the United States”, surprises the pro-government senator, always strictly aligned with Cristina Kirchner’s speech, confirming the rumors that have arisen from the opposition.
