The domestic discussion focused on the impeachment request to the Supreme Court will be combined this week with the regional agenda led by Alberto Fernández as host of his peers who will arrive in Argentina to participate in the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( celac). The lack of candidates suffered by the Frente de Todos became an opportunity for the President, who is determined to take over that space and show prominence in front of issues that the opposition does not take long to reject.
In the middle of January, the head of state once more warns that it is part of the pre-campaign game. This week he did it once more: he released a second spot in which he defends his management. “We have an invaluable opportunity, let’s not give it away to those who founded the country in the name of freedom and change,” he says while a video shows the progress of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline. In addition, he makes it clear that the Frente de Todos unit that served to win in 2019 is still necessary, but it is no longer enough. He asks to leave the “empty discourse” of “let’s be together” and concludes that “better than being together is doing together.” He understands that unity is what guarantees victory and that it is worth a lot, but he believes that adherence to the dogmas of Kirchnerism threatens the alliance.
The President feels that he must face the same dilemmas as Perón in the 70s
These days, Alberto Fernández is reading the book Knowing Perón, by Juan Manuel Abal Medina. He feels that he must face the same dilemmas that the former president faced in the 1970s. “How to stick together such dissociated parts?” .
“I need us all to pull in the same direction this year,” the head of state asks each of the leaders with whom he speaks. “And I’m not thinking regarding the campaign,” he warns, adding: “I’m thinking regarding how to keep up with the economy in the face of threats of a global slowdown.” “We have a unique opportunity as a country, we cannot waste it,” he concludes. He assures that in February he will take care of starting to organize the electoral campaign.
Kirchnerism will not be able to reproach him for anything. Feeling banned, Cristina Kirchner asked the leadership to take up the marshal’s baton and come out to defend the project. The President is doing it. “I am going to govern until the last day and I am going to put the Government at the center of the scene,” says an intimate Alberto Fernández as a message to the opposition that was encouraged to speak of the Legislative Assembly for his replacement, but also to those who They reject the possibility of him going for re-election.
The sector that responds to the vice president is, for now, silent. The forecasts regarding the agreement with the International Monetary Fund, which was the biggest criticism of the management, were not fulfilled, and following punishing the former Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, they must applaud a Sergio Massa who is not going where they like either. In the coming weeks, when they break into the political scene once more, they will show whether they only want to keep a piece of power or start building so that the FdT reaches the presidential election competitively.
Although they do not speak to each other, Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner are advancing this week on the same issues. The Head of State will start the week with a broad agenda with the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who will also visit the Vice President. Fernández usually shows the good harmony that he has with his peers every time an inmate goes through his government. And this week, beyond the criticism of the opposition for the arrival of Nicolás Maduro (Venezuela) and Miguel Díaz-Canel (Cuba), it will demonstrate to the leaders of the region that it will host a Celac summit in which, for the first time, there is representation from all countries.
The impeachment request to the Supreme Court that he led (although he did not ultimately sign) is another issue that he shares with the vice president. Kirchner’s legislators will be the ones with the loudest voices in the coming days when the commission opens. Fernández knows that the fight with the judiciary is going to be part of the campaign debate, because he believes that a Court ruling that resolves how the co-participation is distributed should be a topic of debate in society. The Government has a survey carried out by Federico Aurelio to understand the adhesion that the impeachment request has. The bad image of Justice increased even more when the trip to Lago Escondido by businessmen from Grupo Clarín, judges and officials from Juntos por el Cambio, now being investigated for gifts, became known.
Although they do not speak to each other, Alberto and Cristina will advance this week on the same topics
Meanwhile, and without the President launched fully, Juan Manzur is one of those who sign up for a possible scenario of Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primaries. The Chief of Staff first wants to measure himself in Tucumán, but he clarifies to those who insist on giving him outside the Government, that he will not leave the Casa Rosada for being a candidate for lieutenant governor. He told the President and the head of state agreed that he should stay. However, Alberto Fernández has a rule that he wants to be fulfilled: those who are candidates will not be able to continue as ministers. This, however, comes with a clarifying asterisk and has to do with the role that he plays in the campaign and the time that the electoral contest demands of him.
Daniel Scioli is also waiting: he will be a candidate for president if Alberto Fernández does not appear. On the other hand, Sergio Massa is the one who is in the least hurry. First he must show the results he promised. The Minister of Economy assures that he will take care of “leaving the car parked”, but he is careful not to say anything else.
In the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof appears ready to defend his re-election. Today there is no one who guarantees the numbers that the governor has, even if this means a very even fight with Together for Change. In some offices of the government there are different surveys printed. Equis, CB Consultora and Opina Argentina mark a strong difference in votes between the provincial president and his chief of staff, Martín Insaurralde.
The FdT is more active than usual this summer while seeing an opposition that only moves in contrast to its movements. On how the candidates will be resolved, nobody is encouraged to risk. “Everyone is needed,” says the President in the Quinta de Olivos. Now we will have to wait for what CFK says.
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