Javier Milei’s barbecue with the governors impacts the provincial PJs

This Wednesday at noon, Jaldo offered a press conference in which he detailed agreements that he had reached with the Government with his “dialogue” stance, for which he is the target of criticism from the Peronist national and provincial leadership, among them, the of former president Fernández de Kirchner. At that dinner President Milei was accompanied by the Secretary General of the Presidency, his sister Karina Milei; the Chief of Staff, Guillermo Francos; and the vice chief of staff, Lisandro Catalán from Tucuman. Before Jaldo’s meeting with the press, Catalán had stated in an interview that “there were no specific topics of discussion. It was a very fruitful talk, I think that the talk with direct contact is very important with the governors.”

In any case, the Tucumán provincial chief justified the reason for his acceptance of the presidential invitation in the face of the wave of questions from his own. After detailing the works that would be reactivated, he pointed out to his predecessor, the national senator Juan Manzur. “Have we forgotten that Manzur made former President Mauricio Macri vote on the laws? For this governor, Tucumán comes first, we have to be serious,” he said.. He emphasized that some of this support also went against retirees and that Macri visited the province on several occasions at the invitation of the former provincial head. Since he took over Mileithree national Peronist deputies abandoned the Unión por la Patria bloc and formed the Independence Bloc, made up of Agustín Fernández, Gladys del Valle Medina and Elia Fernández de Mansilla. Since then, the three have always voted aligned with the Casa Rosada. For example, they made it easier to uphold presidential vetoes on retirement mobility and university financing laws.

Later, consulted by the Peronist insider, he referred to Manzur again to clarify his position. “I am going to repeat the words that Dr. Juan Manzur spoke some time ago, who said that the cycle of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was completed”. Later, he indicated that he will support the candidacy of Quintela from Rioja to preside over national Peronism: “Our political space, the PJ-Tucumán District, is going to support the list of Roque Tobias Alvarez“, except for those who don’t want to.” Álvarez is president of the ruling bloc in the Tucumán Legislature and maintains a good bond with Quintela, as they shared a bloc when both were national deputies and since then they have maintained regular contacts.

Both Jaldo and Álvarez have always been refractory to Kirchnerism and in case there were any doubts, today the provincial head of Tucumán also said: “I want to say, first, that I am not from La Cámpora, and second, I am not a Kirchnerist. Therefore, a The way to help the national Justicialist movement is by working with a fellow governor, such as Quintela.

The repercussions within Peronism were not long in coming and through social network Oscar Parrilli He sent him a message: “Hello, @OsvaldoJaldo. So long. Do you remember when you came to my office asking for support from @CFKArgentina for your candidacy for governor? You desperately asked me to support you in the fight with @JuanManzurOK and now, not only “You support Milei’s adjustment policies and you vote for laws against Argentines, but you celebrate the veto of the university budget with a barbecue in Olivos. I am not asking for coherence, but I am asking for memory.”

Jaldo responded: “With great respect, Senator @OscarParrilli, I help you remember: you were never there, nor did you support me in anything, neither me nor anyone, but you did use everyone. They asked me to get off the internal one so as not to face Juan Manzur. And when Manzur assumed the Chief of Staff, you and your entourage asked me not to take charge of the Governorship. Of course, I never accepted you or anyone else, because I am a Peronist and I love my province and I am a democratic man par excellence. I don’t know if everyone can say the same. And I repeat, I am not a camper, nor a Kirchnerist. “We are going to settle the differences internally, as appropriate.” In that same post, the man from Tucumán attached a video in which Manzur, in an interview, ended Cristina Fernández’s driving cycle.

From Salta

From Salta, the leader of PRO Alberto Castillo, president of the Board of Energy and Mining Resources of Salta SA, a public limited company with majority state participation, surprised with his response in an interview, on the program “Agenda Abierta”, when asked about the governors’ dinner in Olivos with the president. “If you ask me now, I would tell you that Sáenz is Milei’s new reference in Salta or that he consults him quite often,” he said.. For Castillo, Sáenz built a good relationship with Milei and members of his cabinet. “He has managed to achieve an important level of trust with the president and we see that he is constantly meeting with figures such as Luis Caputo – Minister of Economy – and other members of the cabinet,” he explained. “The president consults him and I think there is a very important back and forth between them,” he concluded.

Those who called for silence after dinner in Olivos were the Catamarca native Raúl Jalil and the missionary Hugo Passalacqua. The first, according to Ámbito consultations, to avoid friction with the senator and former governor Lucía Corpacci, who also presides over the Peronism of Catamarca. “He will wait until his opinion is necessary and the scenario in the party is clarified,” was the brief response from a source close to the provincial Government House. Corpacci is a candidate for one of the vice presidents of national Peronism on Cristina Fernández’s list and has been critical of the support that the national ruling party received in Congress from parliamentarians close to Jalil, although she avoided mentioning it.

In the case of Passalacqua, his silence is due to the fact that he is part of a force that has always been an ally of Peronism and, therefore, does not participate in the internal one.