Guido Carelli Lynch
08/01/2021 16:05
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 08/01/2021 16:05
"
You cannot complain
. Neither in 2013 nor in 2015 were you so armed,"
Máximo Kirchner
said with a laugh
- more words, less words - to
Sergio Massa on
the edge of the
closing of lists
last Saturday. The wink may be exaggerated, but it is eloquent. Eight years ago, the leader of the Renewal Front competed and defeated Kirchnerism and in the 2015 presidential elections he garnered 5 million votes. Now,
the head of Deputies will maintain
- if there are no surprises - the number of seats for the Province that he obtained in 2017 when he wanted to imprison the vice president and asked "to
ignore the violent people of La Cámpora
."
At this point it seems like a mere anecdote.
The leader of La Cámpora and Massa showed a pragmatism that allowed them to place themselves - with different volumes - among the "winners" in the official cast.
The organization of Cristina Kirchner's son could
secure seven deputies
and add one more seat in the Senate, in addition to the seat that
Anabel Fernández Sagasti
will surely renew
.
For almost a year, these former political enemies have built a trust that transcends the limits of Congress.
They sealed an alliance from which - for example - they lobbied to push
Santiago Cafiero out
of the Cabinet chief disguised as a candidacy that
Alberto Fernández
resisted.
Massa: Buenos Aires business and middle class in Deputies
Massa added three women leaders to the Buenos Aires national list with an almost certain ticket in the Lower House:
Marcela Passo, Mónica Litza and Micaela Morán
.
The fourth massista,
Jorge D'Onofrio
was in a relegated place but close enough to reach the Chamber in the next 4 years before any replacement.
Matías Tombolini
will have visibility in the campaign, but he was somewhat far behind, in fifth place on the Buenos Aires ballot.
The great triumph of Massa, however, is not in the National Congress but in one of its bastions: the
Buenos Aires Legislature
.
There, according to the accounts made by the FR, would add a legislator for the first section (Sofía Vannelli);
to the mayor of San Andrés de Giles, in the second;
two in the third (Nicolás Russo and Ayelén Rasquetti);
a senator for the fourth (Juan Martínez);
one for the fifth;
two deputies for the sixth and possibly one for the eighth.
They are more than the five benches that he defends.
Marcela Passo, the deputy close to Sergio Massa, the day she signed her new application in the Province.
In addition, a provincial senator will be added for the place that Agustina Propato,
Sergio Berni's
wife, will leave vacant
, who will now be a candidate for national deputy.
They would add eight legislators from the FR who have a mandate until 2023.
As for the Congress, the President of Deputies aspires to be able to have a block that responds to him among those who count the deputies of provincial governments.
It was only offside with the candidacy of
Cachi Martínez
on
Agustín Rossi's
ballot
.
Massa will insist on
tax relief packages, transformation of social plans into formal employment
and with the
focus on security
.
"We need more deputies to defend the working middle class," argue the FR shipowners.
La Cámpora: progress in the Province and the Interior
Interior Minister
Wado de Pedro
supervised with Massa the closure in several provinces such as Chubut, Entre Ríos, Misiones and Tierra del Fuego.
La Cámpora's harvest on the charts was overwhelming. Not only will he consolidate his power in the Buenos Aires Legislature. He also got two safe deputies on the Province list (
Constanza Alonso and Rodolfo Iparraguirre
) and one for the City (Lorena Pokoik).
Magalí Mastaler
ranks second on the Santa Fe governor
Omar Perotti's
ballot
.
In Río Negro, in agreement with the Minister of Justice Martín Soria, they relegated Evita deputy
Ayelen Spósito
and secured the first place on the list for
Ana Marks
.
If the FdT surprises in Entre Ríos, it could add another legislator.
Meanwhile,
Mabel Carrizo from
Tucumán
will seek to renew her bank on the list from the ballot sponsored by Lieutenant Governor
Osvaldo Jaldo
.
Anabel Fernández Sagasti, the La Cámpora senator who is renewing her seat.
Mendoza's
Fernández Sagasti
might not be the only camper in the Senate.
If Peronism wins in La Pampa,
María Luz Alonso
would join
.
Gabriela Estévez's
candidacy for second senator
will be practically testimonial.
De Pedro
also imposed in Salta the undersecretary of Provinces of the Ministry of the Interior,
Emiliano Estrada
, in agreement with the governor
Gustavo Sáenz
, candidate for vice president of Massa in 2015. In the Executive there was annoyance, because the noisy exit of Rossi from the Ministry of Defense it covered what on paper was the formal incorporation of a governor to the armed forces of the Frente de Todos. In practice it was already inside.