Fragmented, the PJ loses fire power in front of its main rival: Javier Milei

The Internal Peronism He showed again in the Congresswith different positions regarding the suspension of the Paso, a division that went to ask for the government of Javier Milei. Despite being located in the opposite pole of La Libertad advances and stand as its main rival for this year’s elections, this week the lack of driving in the party that leads was clear this week Cristina Kirchneras well as inability to impose its agenda in Congress (or stop that of libertarians). And, as a dessert strawberry, the governors of the PJ do not hide their predisposition to negotiate with Casa Rosada.

The debate for the suspension of the primary, instrument created by Nestor Kirchner in 2009crystallized the lack of agreements that reigns within Peronism. Its president, Cristina Kirchner, is no longer imposed as before. In recent months, there were clear signs of this: Axel Kicillof He did not endorse his nomination as president of the party; Ricardo Quintela threatens to face it in the legislative and Marcelo Lewandowskiwho reached the Senate from Cristina’s hand, took off from her in the armed of Santa Fe and ended up sealing an alliance with Rubén Giustiniani. The year just begins.

Thus, that lack of driving and coexistence within the PJ of tribes that have opposite interests was clearly seen this week in deputies. It was during the debate in commission of the suspension of the step.

To begin with, Cristina Kirchner did not set a strategy against the project that could mean a resounding change in this year’s elections. “It didn’t go down the line”they recognized from La Cámpora. Is that not even within the group that leads Maximum Kirchner There would seem to be full coincidence. Everyone looks how it could affect him in their respective district.

Positions of each sector

The intentions of Cristina Kirchnerat first, they were accompanying the elimination of the passage, and being the owner of the pen in the assembly of the lists. But he recorded that the SantaFecine Sisma – where detractors of all the colors of the PJ – found to spread in the rest of the country. The corollary to that schism could be nothing less than the province of Buenos Aires, with Axel Kicillof at the head. Without the step on the table, he would be left with his hands released to unfold, via decree, the elections in his district and, thus, begin to put together his own front (without La Cámpora) for the 2027 elections.

To these comings and turns of CFK it was added that the libertarian proposal expressed the wishes of a UP sector: that of the Renovator Frontwhich historically rejected the primary. And not to mention the governors who prefer to be the shipowners of the lists, and not have to face an emerging in their districts.

Even so, at first, UP’s strategy was clear: Do not sign commission opinion. And, in the enclosure, not quorum or vote with the libertarians the electoral reform. Especially because it was the first session of 2025. Those deputies who historically defended the eradication of the primaries agreed that they would refrain, arguing that there were more urgent issues to deal with extraordinary. First, the Budget 2025that the Government frhted last November and that it does not have in mind reopening.

But the strategy flew through the air. It was after, surprisingly, Two deputies of Santiago del Estero and two of Catamarca – there to their governors – will pay their own commission opinion. In this way, they took the government from trouble, which failed to gather the number of signatures necessary to dispatch the issue. In other words, Peronism facilitated libertarians the debate in the enclosure. One more stain in the middle of the rumors of the supposed UP-LLA pact for a clean file and for Ariel Lijo’s sheet.

As if that were not enough, while the commission plenary was carried out, the Cabinet Chief, Guillermo Francostogether with Luis Caputo, Minister of Economythey received a handful of governors, among which was the Tucumano Osvaldo Jaldo. The reason? “Strengthen the advance of the agreements that were signed in a timely manner on the works provided for in each province,” the Cabinet Headquarters tweeted. And accompanied the message with a photo of the match. A kind of claim of the “thread” that the libertarians said so much.

For some deputies, the play of his peers smelled for betrayal. There was anger and “vehemente” approaches when the block met again this Thursday, in the previous session to order the chaos generated by unexpected signatures.

But above all, the decision of the four deputies enabled other sectors of Peronism to raise their hands in the enclosure to ensure that the suspension of the primaries that longed for. Therefore, minutes before the session was launched, it was decided that there are “leeway”. That freedom was reflected on the board: The PJ sector was painted with three colors: there were abstentions, votes for and against. In addition, there were six absences.

So things, union for the homeland, which has 98 deputies against the 38 of Freedom advancesfailed to impose the debate of the budget on extraordinary. Rather, quite the opposite: the libertarians imposed their agenda. And, to top it off, UP was divided, crystallizing their internal crisis but, above all, benefiting the libertarians in a law that, they estimate their authors, will enhance them in an election that they already earn.