“Anyone who does not understand the enormous responsibility of belonging to this space has no place in La Libertad Avanza (LLA).” Philosopher, Javier Milei chose the friendly audience of the Madrid Forum to try to put the ruling party in order in the midst of a internal affairs that every day adds new chapters between leaks and cross accusations, especially in the legislative arena.
The President’s words at the CCK are a consequence of the setbacks that the libertarian faction suffered in Congress and that unleashed numerous public quarrels between its leaders. They also come on the eve of his landing in Mendozaa territory where different tribes are fighting to take over the command of LLA while Karina Milei attempts to make the seal official at a national level.
Javier Milei in Mendoza: contact with Alfredo Cornejo and financial event
The president will travel this Friday to the province of Cuyo for the first time since his inauguration, to participate in the 45th Convention of the Argentine Institute of Finance Executives (IAEF), which will take place at the Sheraton Hotel in the capital. He will do so alongside a delegation that includes the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichand its counterpart on Deregulation and Transformation of the State, Federico Sturzenegger, among othersThe officials will leave at 4:30 p.m. and are expected to arrive at 7 p.m. in Mendoza, where they will be received at the airport by the governor. Alfredo Cornejowho will also speak at the event.
Initially, the Mendoza administration has not confirmed whether there will be a formal meeting between the provincial leader and the President. “In Protocol they informed me that he is only coming to the event, but we are going to have a small meeting. It’s not every day that you get to speak to a president in person,” Cornejo himself said about it. Local sources told Scope that will not promote a closer relationship between the two and that with the reception “that’s enough.”
Like most of his peers in Juntos por el Cambio (JxC), the governor of Mendoza established a good relationship with the national government from the very beginning. However, as time went by and provincial coffers were tightened, this link began to erode. As of today, The yellow leaders are trying out a less accommodating stance towards libertarian management and showing their teeth on different frontsincluding the legislative one. On the horizon, the battle over the 2025 Budget is expected to be tense for all parties, even more so in the shadow of an election year.
The radical leader, in particular, is balancing things. On the one hand, he seeks to take advantage of the good numbers that the President displays in the province and to present himself as an ally at the national level. But on the other hand, He tries to maintain himself as the main local figure to avoid being eclipsed by the libertarian troopswhich at the local level works in conjunction with the PRO on numerous issues.
That alliance in situ has Omar de Marchi, founder of The Mendoza Union, as the main reference, and sets off alarm bells for the governor who does not have re-election. De Marchi already challenged Cornejo in the last elections and has just regained control of the yellow party through his bishop Gabriel Pradineswho defeated the vice-governor in the internal election Hebe Casado.
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In all camps, however, they agree on one thing: Milei’s visit will be fleeting. “He goes, speaks and leaves”they summarized at Casa Rosada in response to a query from this media outlet. “He just takes part in the meeting and leaves, there is nothing more than that. A lightning visit,” added a libertarian voice from the province. At the same time, an opposition source said: “If this congress had been held in Puerto Madero, Milei would not have come. She came to lock herself in a hotel to speak with a group of financial world leaders; I do not consider this a visit to Mendoza.”
The struggle for control of La Libertad advances in Mendoza
Mendoza It is not just another province for the libertarian armed forces. There Javier Milei He garnered 71.4% of the votes in the runoff against Sergio Massa. Therefore, on the road to its formalization, The party is subject to numerous tugs of war between the groups that paved the incipient framework with which LLA competed in the last elections.. That board was shaken weeks ago with the resignation of Lourdes Arrieta to the ruling bloc in the lower house and her ejection from the head of the party, after revealing the behind-the-scenes details of the visit she and other legislators made to repressors in the Ezeiza Prison.
In fact, this Thursday, the Federal Court No. 1 of Mendoza officially removed Arrieta as President of the Provincial Council, of the Promoting Board, as a member of the Constituent Assembly, representative of the Party and “as well as any other position she might hold.” The same was done with her brother, Martín Arrieta. In his place, national deputy Facundo Correa Llano was appointed.
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In just a few months, the legislator went from being a pawn of Karina Milei and the referent of the label to being banned from the libertarian ranks. In June, the leader was in the eye of the storm when she was denounced for presenting fake endorsements in the race with the lawyer Alejandro Barraza to take credit for the name of the space.
Correa Llano, current head of La Libertad Avanza, comes from the historic Democratic Party (PD) – a group that is fighting for control of LLA in Mendoza – and is one of the three national legislators from the province who answer to Milei. The remaining two are Mercedes Llano, also from the PD, and Alvaro Lamadridof PRO formation. In local politics, the Libertarian Party (PL) also stands out, in charge of Jose Cavigliawhich lent its structure to support the candidates of the current President.
Added to this cocktail was the arrest of Claudia Carina Cordobaa former candidate for mayor of Maipú for the Libertarian Party. Córdoba was arrested on suspicion of having killed her husband, Eduardo Bertón, 82 years old. The incident took place on August 10 and, although it was initially believed to have been accidental, the courts ordered the arrest of the leader along with two other people, who are serving preventive detention. A new hearing will take place next Thursday, in which the future of the detainees will be determined.
Source: Ambito
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