Martín Bravo
06/30/2020 - 18:39
- Clarín.com
- Politics
The discussion had already emerged, advanced with the raid on the house of his secretary Darío Nieto and accelerated with the series of arrests on Tuesday for the alleged illegal espionage during his government: Mauricio Macri will be a candidate for deputy next year, to get fueros and stay on the political scene in the face of what he considers an onslaught of Kirchnerism to complicate it judicially? The growing possibility generated concern in a section of Together for Change and in leaders referenced in Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.
In public, and in many cases also in private, they insist that electoral definitions are very much lacking . That in the context of pandemic, uncertainty and economic collapse, talking about the candidacies for next year is almost science fiction. But there were already warnings about the possible suspension of the primaries - the UCR also raised the alarm by the generals - and the face-to-face and virtual meetings started to start discussing the scenario for the legislative elections. With a preponderant theme: the eventual nomination of Macri, due to his impact on the armed forces of the opposition coalition.
“ If they corner him, it will be the same as Cristina did , a candidacy is part of his defense not only for the jurisdictions but also for electoral revalidation. But a life is missing and Mauricio is not having a good time. The anger at his management is very fresh, "summarized a referent of the PRO in the City, the view of the sector that, without detaching itself from Macri, would prefer that it be kept to one side and that Rodríguez Larreta deploy its strategy for the presidential elections of 2023 , with the previous season of next year's legislative elections.
Federal judge Federico Villena ordered on Tuesday the arrests of Susana Martinengo - former coordinator of Presidential Documentation -, Diego Dalmau Pereyra - former head of Counterintelligence - and former agents Leandro Araque and Jorge Sáez, among others involved in the case for illegal espionage of politicians, businessmen, journalists, social and religious leaders during the Macri government. A large part of the party, legislative and ex-referential leaders supported the former president in a statement over the weekend, after the search of his secretary's home. It was a pause in the inmates due to the leadership and discomfort of some who signed and had been spied on, such as Rodríguez Larreta himself. “The AFI walked us into our government, by action or omission. Because they ordered it or did not know how to control it , the two options are worrisome, "one of them told Clarín .
Macri does not confirm or rule out a candidacy, although the sequence potentiated the dilemma in Together for Change due to the effect of an eventual ballot led by Macri in the City on the aspirations of Rodriguez Larreta, the relationship with the partners -especially the radicals- and the armed in the provinces, because it would "nationalize" the election and the previous agreements . "With good judgment, it is not included or excluded . Saying it today would be a mistake because it is missing a lot and discarding it too, because it would be worth less, "a leader with frequent contact with the former president told this newspaper, convinced that a sector of the Frente de Todos would " prosecute "him -an argument similar to the one that Cristina Kirchner herself had wielded a few years ago - to locate him as an adversary.
In addition to illegal espionage, Macri is investigated for alleged fraud and money laundering for Banco Nación loans to Vicentin, accusations of pressure on magistrates and prosecutors through the so-called "judicial table" during his government and in the cause of the Argentine Post , perhaps the one that most worries him according to his relatives, due to patrimonial damage to the State in the negotiation of the debt with the family business in 2016.
The possibility of a candidacy generated concern in the moderate sector of the PRO , which tries to get out of the polarization to try to advance on the center of the electorate before the reading of a possible "radicalization" of the management of Alberto Fernández. “If he feels cornered, he is going to go by the fueros. It is what the Government wants, but it will generate a lot of noise and condition in the provinces, because it nationalizes the election, ”warned referents of that armed group, with the clarification that they will seek to be part of it from another place. We even heard the comparison with the Frente de Todos process : with Cristina Kirchner it was not enough, without her it was not possible. Something similar will pose with Macri.
Even concentrating on the management of the most complicated stage of the coronavirus, Rodríguez Larreta in turn started with the meetings to advance with his political and electoral armed forces . One of the most resonant with María Eugenia Vidal, Martín Lousteau and Emilio Monzó, known for the confirmation of the contagion of the former Buenos Aires president. A Macri nomination would alter the plans and the analysis of other names to head the ballot in the bastion of the PRO: Diego Santilli -even they let it be known that he would measure better than the former president-, Fernán Quirós -depends on how he continues his management in the pandemic - and even Vidal, if he returns to the district. One of the operators also let it be known that Macri could be a candidate in the province: "He is born in Tandil." Leaders very close to Rodríguez Larreta also said that there were rough moments in their last meeting with the former president.
Others narrowed the bids to circumstantial differences. “Beyond some discussion, there is much more agreement than most people think. Maybe not around, but the two of them know that there is no one without the other, ”a referent with ties to both tried to mitigate the dispute. It will also remain to define how they move Elisa Carrió -retired although no one rules out another candidacy, in City or province- and Martín Lousteau, another actor with a leading role in the district.
The possibility of a Macri application also affected the UCR. " I think he has no margin to be a candidate," said Alfredo Cornejo, one of the few who dared to speak publicly. " No one should be ruled out, we need everyone in a coalition unity strategy," the party's head then sought to reconcile. "His leadership is quite debated even in the PRO and we do not think he has an interest either, he was already a deputy and suffered the legislative role, but we will see what he decides," ratified a referent of radicalism.
Another was even more emphatic: “If he intends to return, it would be very bad for Together for Change. The UCR did not bank ”. In one of the provinces governed by radicalism they marked that Macri's negative image exceeds 50%, even higher than when he left the presidency in December and above Cristina Kirchner. Even so, the allies and the "moderates" of the PRO recognized that in case it confirms that path, it will be difficult for them to resist it in an inmate , with the added suspicion that in 2021 there will be no PASS.
