Ander Herrera to Boca, Gonzalo Montiel to River, Luis Juez and Diego Valenzuela to La Libertad Avanza (LLA). The political pass market was opened in advance and in lean times only the ruling party seems to open its wallet. It is the PRO, in this case, the party to which the players go in freedom (pardon the redundancy) of action.
Neither Herrera nor Montiel declared about the contract, bonus, prizes, etc. They did mention the enthusiasm that the project of their new clubs generates in them. The same goes for Judge, Valenzuela and other leaders who have already used the pole. They feel attracted, they said, to libertarian ideas and the direction of the country proposed by the Mileist beacon. They join the fight against caste and populism, noble in spirit. Clean slate and forward. The purple ship opened its doors and has plenty of room.
With the economy stable, Javier Milei extends his good moment. Inflation remains at low levels and, perhaps, will soon cease to be news. This is what happens in a “normal” country, if that adjective could be applied to a country. Indec already has the new indicator, which measures a basket closer to the consumption of this time, but policy will determine the timing of its implementation. According to what the statistical organization says, the new method would give a 0.3% increase of the figures that are being spread. And, of course, it is not convenient at the moment. Although a twelve-month series is necessary to avoid comparing pears with sweet potatoes, 2.7% is one thing and 3% is another.
In every piece of information disseminated by the Government’s sophists, there are asterisks and buts everywhere, although the flattened dollar and a slight rebound in consumption give Milei peace of mind. This tranquility will be even greater in the near future, when year-on-year comparisons reflect spectacular growth figures. A member of the cabinet mentioned it to this medium: In the coming months, consumption data will be compared against those of the beginning of 2024, those of the collapse of activity. Graphics to request from the Government, even if they are relative.
For this reason, the ruling party understands that it is time to accelerate the electoral assembly. To complete the task of emptying the PRO; a task that began with the beginning of the administration, with the early passing of Patricia Bullrich. “Everything indicates that we are going to win the elections, but the most important thing is the assembly of lists. To come out stronger in December we cannot have Arrietas,” they pointed out from the Casa Rosada days ago. The reference is the Mendoza representative Lourdes Arrieta, who left the LLA bloc in the midst of a scandal.
An optimism that was also reflected in the survey of Poliarquía leaders. The red circle approves Milei’s management in 72% of the cases consulted. Furthermore, 92% believe that LLA will win the elections. Of course, not only the members of that circle go to the polls.
Closed passes and dancing negotiations
The hunt for yellow leaders cut the holiday atmosphere of politics. Not even the call for extraordinary measures, which in fact is still to be seen, shook lounge chairs like the side jumps of recent days, with speculation of what is to come. “We closed two mayors, but many more are coming”they expressed to this medium from LLA Buenos Aires, a space commanded by Sebastián Pareja.
As this media reported, the brand new league of libertarian mayors could soon be joined by other men. Guillermo Montenegro (General Pueyrredón), Santiago Passaglia (San Nicolás) or Ramón Lanús (San Isidro) They are the ones closest to crossing the path. The intention is to lower the price as much as possible to Mauricio Macri for the moment when he has to sit down to negotiate with Milei. This was expressed by leaders close to Patricia Bullirchwho has his own problems with Macri. Those who know the minister say that she wants more to see the former president sunk than to achieve other achievements in her political career. Even though LLA hopes to protect her in the 2025 race to only have her as a candidate in 2027.
“Today we are closer to the competition”is the analysis of a pure Macri man, who understands the Macri-Milei relationship as the Game of the Goose, with advances and setbacks. The affront and the seduction operation against his people could force the former president to mark a definitive distance, even as a candidate (the City appeared in the week full of parades with the legend “Mauritius 2025”), rather than negotiate so low. Elementary survival, after a series of miscalculations that shaped the bond with the libertarians in the year or so of management, and that led the PRO to a weaker situation.
The play of LLA, headed by Karina Milei and Martín Menemis to co-opt other important leaders. Diego Santilliwho offers himself as a pledge of unity in the province with ascendancy over a quintet of mayors, and Cristian Ritondo. The latter even held underground conversations. A test came in December, when early libertarians with positions in the Buenos Aires branches of Anses received surprise dismissal telegrams and were replaced by people from Ritondo’s army.
Nor was the photo of Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres with Luis Caputo on Friday, when they sealed the agreement for debt compensation with the Nation, a coincidence. Torres is on the same page as Montenegrothey said from the province. While Rogelio Frigerio seeks to distance itself from the internal. Both complained about the PRO’s statement that questioned Milei for not including the Budget in extraordinary events. They found out once it was published and, furthermore, they did not endorse the content: neither “authoritarian vision” nor “lack of desire for dialogue.” They try to separate themselves, fundamentally, from Jorge Macri, who made LLA uncomfortable with the splitting of the Buenos Aires elections and maintains dialectical disputes, such as Uspallata’s response to the Nation for the request to postpone the start of classes in the City to favor tourism.
Another municipality that could soon be painted purple is Captain Sarmiento. Your municipal head, Fernanda Astorinoreports to Bullrich as does Valenzuela, from Tres de Febrero, who made his transfer to the ruling party official this week, as did Ramiro Egüen, May 25.
The losses in the province of Buenos Aires do not distance Macri from the vision that these are 24 elections and not just one. The PRO has more structure in many provinces, and, as in the TEG, the weakness in the country’s main district can be compensated if it manages to maintain its strength in others.
In this situation, LLA did not come out in this transfer market only in search of yellows. The friendly radicals, who moved away from the UCR to vote with the ruling party in Deputies, are running for future fronts. The governors of local seals are also negotiating with the ruling party schemes that allow them to assert the “provincialist” business. That is, protect the small payment and collaborate in the big one.
Even some talkative Peronists build bridges with the Casa Rosada. The internal conflict between Kirchnerism and Axel Kicillof seems to worsen as the electoral deadlines pass. The interview that Andrés Larroque gave to Ámbito, published this Saturday, is eloquent. Those who expected a quick outcome are already leaving the scene. It is enough to observe the silence of the governors who until not long ago were standing in front of the Government with statements every week. In the Casa Rosada they also do not see an agreement with any leader from those ranks far away.
Source: Ambito
