Guido Carelli Lynch
11/26/2020 22:06
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 11/26/2020 10:06 PM
It could be another
Diego Maradona
miracle
.
Or at least a dribble.
The captain of the National Team managed to get
Cristina Kirchner
and
Alberto Fernández
to see each other again;
something that had not happened since September 15.
The farewell of the soccer idol motivated the third visit of the vice president to the Casa Rosada.
The first was the day of the assumption;
the second, on August 31 with the debt restructuring.
"We haven't seen each other for a while," the president had acknowledged days ago in an interview with NetTv.
The first to arrive, at 11:20, was the President.
He was accompanied by the first lady
Fabiola Yañez
.
“I gave a kiss to Claudia (Villafañe) and Diego's three daughters.
And the former partner, Verónica Ojeda.
I prayed our Father beside the coffin
.
Maradona was the character.
I accompanied her.
And I left, "said the president in dialogue with Continental.
In fact he did more.
He put on the shirt of
Argentinos Juniors
, the club of which the president is a fan and in which Maradona broke into, above the coffin.
The idol's family had located there those of Diego's two greatest passions, Boca and the National Team
.
He also placed a handkerchief from the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo Línea Fundadora that was handed to him.
During those minutes, for security reasons, the entrance of fans to the Casa Rosada was interrupted.
Fernández had entered the burning chapel minutes before, seconded by the Secretary General of the Presidency,
Julio Vitobello,
and the Undersecretary for Political Affairs of the Presidency,
Miguel Cuberos,
who was the official link with the Maradona family to organize the wake.
The first lady placed a bouquet of roses on the coffin, where the gymnastics cap of La Plata, used by the star, was also visible.
Next to it, on a table, stood a replica of the
World Cup
that Diego raised in Mexico and held, upon his return, from the balcony of the Casa Rosada, when
Raúl Alfonsín
was president.
The President spoke with
Enzo Francescoli,
River idol and friend of Maradona, for a long time and retired to his office.
On the way he ran into the former singer of Ratones Paranoicos Juan-
Gustavo Beliz's
personal friend
-and they merged into a long hug.
Fernández had sent two wreaths of flowers;
one institutional and one personal, with the colors of Argentinos.
The collaborators assured that the president would keep the profile low.
On Wednesday, when the news of the death was known, he gave 5 interviews;
this Thursday only one before arriving at La Rosada and another, after the incidents.
La Rosada was a parade of actors, referents of the show and soccer glories.
Too;
of politics and, above all, of the ruling party.
The historic UCR operator
Enrique “Coti” Nosiglia
was one of the only opposition leaders to say present.
As is his custom, he avoided statements, but alluded to the
86 World Cup
celebrations
in whose organization he participated.
Half Cabinet attended the tribute:
Santiago Cafiero, the first to arrive;
Daniel Arroyo, Matías Kulfas, Agustin Rossi and, later, Eduardo "Wado" from Pedro and Martín Guzmán.
The president of the Deputies, Sergio Massa, arrived almost at the same time as
the Gymnastics team.
Fernández rejoined them when
Axel Kicillof
arrived
by helicopter.
The entrance of the public, this time, did not stop.
Minutes later, it was interrupted when the former president entered the Rosada.
Cristina Kirchner spoke with Villafañe, who
shook her head
at the sight of those present.
The government suggested that he had tried - and managed - to convince Maradona's ex-wife to stretch the wake.
At the Instituto Patria they denied it.
The Fernándezes also talked in the burning chapel
.
No one gave details on the content of the talk, now that the dialogue between the President and the vice is maintained by Telegram chats and, according to the Cabinet, it is not going through its best moment.
Once again, the head of the Senate chose the office of the Minister of the Interior to take shelter during her visit to La Rosada.
She was accompanied by her right hand, Senator
Anabel Fernández Sagasti;
the administrative secretary
María Luz Alonso
and her spokesperson
Hernán Reibel.
Axel Kicillof joined the meeting for a few minutes.
Outside and inside the Rosada the excesses had already begun.
In the afternoon, it was the camper De Pedro who fired on
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
via Twitter
.
The last time she did it, Cristina doubled down with a retweet.
This time he preferred silence.
Fernández, meanwhile, occupied his office from where he followed the outcome of the evening and the dialogue with the family. After 72 days the President and the vice met again.
"They talked when he was with Claudia"
, they minimized in the environment of the vice.