Peronist mayors call on Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner to resume dialogue and end the intern

Concerned about the escalation among the main partners of the Frente de Todos, the communal chiefs of the First and Third Electoral Sections of Buenos Aires convened themselves and asked to reduce political tension

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Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez looks at Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner outside the National Congress during the opening session of the legislative term for 2022, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 1, 2022. Natacha Pisarenko/Pool via REUTERS
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez looks at Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner outside the National Congress during the opening session of the legislative term for 2022, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 1, 2022. Natacha Pisarenko/Pool via REUTERS

The internal crisis in the Frente de Todos, which ended up exploding with the agreement with the IMF, alerted the Peronist mayors who decided to meet on Tuesday to express their concern and discomfort over the open dispute and the crisis triggered by the rupture between Alberto Fernández and Cristina Kirchner. As Infobae learned, the meeting was organized by the community chiefs of the First and Third Electoral Sections of the province of Buenos Aires, who make up the most populous municipalities and who are key to the territorial power of Peronism.

The meeting was called in the midst of the alarm that ignited among the barons of the Conurbano, sensitive not only to interpreting political moments but also social humor in their “grassroots” districts. The mayors grew worried and unwell over the internal crisis that the Frente de Todos is going through in the absence of agreements between the President and his vice president, and they also fear that the consequences will have an impact on the management of the municipalities. But it also entails a message for Governor Axel Kicillof, who did not participate in the meeting and on whom the critical eyes of the PJ chieftains also fall.

Fernando Espinoza, mayor of La Matanza, was the host and organizer of the meeting. It was attended by Mayra Mendoza (Quilmes), Juan José Mussi (Beraztegui), Federico De Achával (Pilar), Alejandro Granados (Ezeiza), Marisa Fassi (Cañuelas), Andrés Watson (Florencio Varela), Alejo Chornobroff (Avellaneda) and Juan José Fabiani (Admiral Brown), among others.

The objective of the meeting was to ask both the President and the Vice-President about the need to recover dialogue in order to resolve the conflict within the Frente de Todos, which has been experiencing a crisis since the electoral defeat and which ended up being triggered by the agreement that the Executive Branch reached with the IMF to repay the debt. . Upon learning the details of the bill that would be sent to Congress, Máximo Kirchner resigned from the block's leadership in the Chamber of Deputies as a demonstration of his disagreement. Finally, La Campora voted against it, as did Fernández de Kirchner's allies in the Senate, where it was not even present at the time of approval.

“I value Máximo and Cristina but there is no collegiate presidency, the decisions are made by me,” said the President this Tuesday, consulted by the intern. He also insisted on noting that “politics is not to impose a look but to sit down and negotiate”, but warned that “when an agreement is not reached, one has to decide”.

Roberto Feletti with Peronist mayors of the suburban
Roberto Feletti with Peronist mayors of the suburban

As reported by this media, privately, the President expresses his utmost concern since last week about disputes with the vice-president and her environment. It is due to the fact that camper official Andrés “Cuervo” Larroque fired at the Cabinet for the lack of public repudiation of the attack on Cristina Kirchner's office; while Darío Martínez questioned the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán, about the possible lack of electricity supply in the winter.

On the other hand, Senator Oscar Parrilli issued a high-voltage political document last week, questioning the government. Yesterday a group of Kirchner intellectuals went out to shoot at the Executive through an incendiary letter in which they aimed directly at Alberto Fernández.

The President and his ministers and allies came out to respond to the onslaught first with justifications and then with calls for unity, albeit nuanced with signs of resistance to pressure. The spokeswoman, Gabriela Cerruti, said that the president had communicated with Cristina Kirchner by the stones against her office, and publicly revealed that there was no dialogue between the President and the Vice-President. Meanwhile, the intellectuals of Agenda Argentina and the Callao Group, led by the chancellor and friend of the President, Santiago Cafiero, called for unity, but questioned attempts to decimate the government. Over the weekend, meanwhile, former Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi and current heads of Security and Foreign Ministry Aníbal Fernández and Cafiero called for the Frente de Todos to remain united.

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