Guido Carelli Lynch
09/16/2021 21:48
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 09/16/2021 9:49 PM
Between Wednesday and Thursday, after learning through the media and social networks of the emptying of half the cabinet at the instruction of
Cristina Kirchner
,
Alberto Fernández
tried to withdraw from the support of the allied governors. A close collaborator of the President organized the contacts with the provincial leaders. Only five of them published tweets in support of the head of state:
Sergio Uñac (San Juan), Gustavo Bordet (Entre Ríos), Raúl Jalil (Catamarca), Juan Manzur (Tucumán) and Ricardo Quintela
(La Rioja). Together they
represent little more than 10 percent
of the national census.
An extremely trusted adviser to the president, who was close at the most critical moment of Fernández's administration, sincerely stated that the President is trying to add two governors to his Cabinet to give political volume to the virtual relaunch of the Executive. "It is a
bet more qualitative than quantitative,
" he said regarding the relative legitimacy that two governors with few votes at the national level would offer to the head of state.
With this premise,
Uñac from
San Juan
and Manzur from Tucumán
arrived at the Olivos residence
. The President offered both to join the Cabinet, information that was not confirmed from the presidential environment, but that the provinces did not deny. They are
two of the six governors
who were able to show clear triumphs of the Frente de Todos in the fateful PASO on Sunday.
Uñac was tempted by the Ministry of the Interior, which had left
Eduardo “Wado de Pedro
”
virtually vacant
, the official who generated a domino of resignations.
Almost at the same time they met, the Casa Rosada spread the version that the President had accepted the resignation of the leader of La Cámpora.
A while later, the Legal and Technical Secretary
Vilma Ibarra
publicly denied that information.
Alberto Fernández with Governor Juan Manzur and Minister Wado De Pedro in a meeting at Casa Rosada
The Grupo San Juan - a think tank that promotes "the production model" of the Cuyo province - suggests to the governor that he raise his profile. This time was no exception. Uñac has already been reelected and will not be able to opt for a new term in 2023; He won the arm wrestling against
José Luis Gioja
and managed to integrate Kirchnerism behind him. He also managed to locate the national secretary of mining: Alberto Hensel. Even so, and all of Thursday, he refused to accept the President's invitation.
Manzur, on the other hand, would have been tempted to take the place of
Santiago Cafiero
in the Cabinet leadership. He will also not be able to be re-elected in 2023, but it is difficult for him to decide to leave his district to Lieutenant Governor
Osvaldo Jaldo
, who faced the list of the provincial leader - and was defeated - in Sunday's primaries.
Cristina Kirchner whitewashed in her public letter that she herself had suggested to the President the name of Manzur for the Chief of Cabinet. “I proposed names like Governor Juan Manzur for the Chief of Staff. I know that my proposal will surprise, it is public and well known the differences that I have had with whoever was my Minister of Health since 2009, ”he said. The vice president recalled, at the beginning of the campaign, that the Tucuman governor had suggestively not been prosecuted in the Qunita case for which several of his officials had to go to court. Quickly, then, the head of state immediately showed up with the governor, one of the closest to his administration.
Several governors who spoke with the President
did not want to lend themselves to the backup operation
.
Quintela from La Rioja, who did support Fernández in public, was in Buenos Aires this Thursday and there was speculation about a probable visit to Fernández.
Officials who visited Fernández in Olivos realize that the provincial leaders and mayors are measuring how far the gestures of support from their peers go.
Everyone needs a good performance in the general elections in November.