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How the GBA mayors are divided in the internal fight that shakes the Government

2021-09-17T19:19:12.046Z


Some repeated a K message in chorus, others strongly supported Alberto Fernández and there are those who strike a balance.


09/17/2021 11:15

  • Clarín.com

  • Zonal

Updated 09/17/2021 3:44 PM

The presentation of resignations "available" by ministers and government officials K caused a

shake in the ruling coalition 

at all levels, which was already damaged by the unexpected defeat in the PASO on Sunday.

The Peronist mayors of the Bonarense suburbs

, who were also electorally punished for the provincial defeat and some, even in their own territories, were 

not left out of the conflict

.

Most of them came out to make their position public on the situation.

Some

marked a fierce defense of the President, such

as the communal chiefs of

Merlo, Ituzaingó, San Martín, Tigre, and Esteban Echeverría

.

Others, more moderate and with an institutional tinge, chose to call for the situation to normalize, such as the mayors of

Moreno

and

Florencio Varela

.

Alberto Fernández with mayors and officials, on Wednesday in Almirante Brown, the municipality of Mariano Cascallares.

But there are also those who, with almost traced words,

supported the resignations

following the line set by the figures closest to Vice President Cristina Kirchner, which includes the heads of the municipalities of La Matanza, the interim of Hurlingham, Morón, Malvinas Argentinas , Avellaneda, Quilmes, and Berazategui

"Mayors of @FrenteDeTodos of the 3rd Section we will redouble our efforts. We listened to the message that the people gave us.

Putting the positions of the national and provincial executive in the hands of @alferdez and @Kicillofok is to strengthen them so that they make the best decisions

", several of the communal chiefs wrote on their social networks, modifying the section accordingly.

Intendants of the @FrenteDeTodos of the 3rd section we will redouble our efforts.

We listened to the message that the people gave us.

Putting the positions of the national and provincial executive in the hands of @alferdez and @Kicillofok is to strengthen them so that they make the best decisions.

- Fernando Espinoza (@FerEspinozaOK) September 16, 2021

Fernando Espinoza was one of those who "hit" the message of support for the resigning ministers.

The powerful mayor of La Matanza obtained one of the highest margins of victory in the PASO on Sunday, September 12, but nevertheless he did

not have much to celebrate.

It happens that the flow of votes in the powerful "fifth electoral province" was the lowest in recent history.

Comparing with 2019, the Matanzas ruling party received

about 208 thousand fewer votes

than in the last elections.

In contrast, from

Merlo

the communal chief and still president of the Buenos Aires PJ Gustavo Menéndez launched a string of tweets to

"support without restrictions or half measures"

the president of the nation.

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The mayors


who support Alberto Fernández,


and those who do not.

With the president

Moderate

With Cristina Kirchner

Infographic:

Clarín

At the same time, however, he

expressed that there is no internal conflict

.

"From a noble attitude they want to invent a crisis," he said.

"

Do not let the media operations create chaos that does not exist

. To work triple for the wonderful Argentine People," he added in the last tweet of one of the longest threads that has been published among the GBA mayors on this issue.

Unity, humility, serenity, generosity, accept the message of the ballot box, act accordingly, change course as necessary, deepen what was done well, work very hard to comply with the government program that we present to the Argentine society in pic.twitter.com/oFoWnTyKud

- Gustavo Menéndez (@gustavomenendez) September 15, 2021

The

PASO also gave

Menéndez

an ambiguous signal

.

His list of councilors, headed by his sister Karina Menéndez, obtained a clear victory, with 39.96% against the 28.17% added by the two lists of Together.

But the percentage achieved is below the historical average of Peronism in this historic bastion that it has in the west of Greater Buenos Aires.

Two bells in the lands of Minister Zabaleta

Damian Selci

, a member of La Cámpora, took office in Hurlingham in August after

Juan Zabaleta

was summoned by Alberto Fernández to serve as Minister of Social Development.

While the interim mayor aligned himself with the text that Kirchnerism disseminated in chorus this Thursday, Zabaleta not only avoided resigning, but on Wednesday he met with the president and the most "faithful" fraction to Alberto Fernández.

The mayors of the @FrenteDeTodos of the 1st section will redouble our efforts.

We listened to the message they gave us on Sunday, to put the positions of the national and provincial executive in the hands of @alferdez and @Kicillofok is to strengthen them so that they make the best decisions.

- Damian Selci (@DamianSelci) September 16, 2021

In the PASO, the

ruling party obtained a bad result at the municipal level

, with a very

narrow

victory by half a point:

37.06%

against the

36.65%

accumulated by the two internal options of Juntos in the small district of the West.

The mayor of the Evita Movement

The mayor

Mariel Fernández

was one of the most conciliatory in her message.

Without taking sides, he explained that "to solve the problems of the Argentine people we need a strong government and our strength is the unity of the Frente de Todos."

Two hours later, he wrote another tweet in which he highlighted his idea.

To solve the problems of the Argentine people we need a strong government and our strength is the unity of the Frente de Todos 🙏🏻

- Mariel Fernández (@ marielfmoreno1) September 15, 2021

"We can recognize each other once more, and understand each other. Let us not renounce the Unit. It is with All," he wrote.

The Evita Movement, to which the communal chief belongs, had called a march for this Thursday at 3:00 p.m. under the slogan "

Fuerza Alberto"

, which was finally canceled.

In this context, the first female mayor in Moreno's history chose caution.

We communicate that, taking into account the responsibility that the moment we are living requires, we have decided to lift the call to Plaza de Mayo scheduled for today at 3pm 👇 pic.twitter.com/SV9mek7y8t

- Movimiento Evita (@MovimientoEvita) September 16, 2021

Another of those who kept a careful balance and highlighted the importance of unity is Martín Insaurralde, from Lomas de Zamora.

Although in his case everything seemed more subtle.

On the one hand, it reproduced the text of support for the resigning ministers.

But at the same time, he retweeted some of the President's messages and showed photos of himself with the President and Cristina.

All very equidistant.

His neighbor Mariano Cascallares, who led the Buenos Aires deputies' ballot for the Third Section and did a good job in his municipality, Almirante Brown, instead republished a thread in which the president spoke explicitly about the situation in the Cabinet.

Support in defeat 

In the municipality of the Minister of Public Works Gabriel Katopodis, like Zabaleta an old and faithful ally of the President, there were no surprises when it came to taking a position.

"The hope of our people not to turn back is the united @FrenteDeTodos, accompanying the president @alferdez", expressed the interim mayor Fernando Moreira

Moreira assumed the intendancy as an interim replacement for his political reference Katopodis, who was one of those who did not resign and met yesterday at Casa Rosada with the remaining ministers.

Argentines and Argentines need to rebuild the country of work and production.

The hope of our people not to go back is the @FrenteDeTodos united, accompanying the president @alferdez.

- Fernando Moreira (@fmoreiraok) September 15, 2021

Unlike Selci in Hurlingham, who represents the outpost of La Cámpora to stay with the municipality of Zabaleta, Moreira is a man loyal to his mentor.

Both cope with the bad drink of the Primaries, which gave them a surprising blow in San Martín, where the Juntos councilors' ballot was unexpectedly imposed.

From the confines of Massa

The mayor of Tigre, the stronghold of Massismo that also suffered a strong setback at the municipal level in the Primaries, chose to unequivocally support the President.

In this difficult time, I want to express my support for our president @alferdez.

Under his leadership, we will continue working together for the reconstruction of Argentina.

- Julio Zamora (@ZamoraJulio) September 15, 2021

"In this difficult time, I want to express my support for our president @alferdez. Under his leadership, we will continue to work together for the reconstruction of Argentina," he said on Twitter.

Look also

A Peronist mayor of the GBA, without turning: "There are things that were promised and we have not achieved"

Results of PASO 2021: in Fuerte Apache, Juntos exceeded 40% and defeated the candidate of La Cámpora

Source: clarin

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