Jasmine Bullorini
09/18/2021 21:12
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 09/18/2021 9:18 PM
Governor Juan Manzur's jump to the national cabinet
rekindled the internal political crisis in Tucumán.
The vice-governor
Osvaldo Jaldo,
who must replace him, is today his
main enemy
and in the manzurismo they refuse to leave the province in his hands.
But despite the attempts at seduction, with the
offer of national positions,
Jaldo does not plan to leave his province.
"It is very difficult. He does not want to get off," they
say near Manzur, who after the act in La Rioja traveled to Tucumán to meet with his troops.
On Monday, the provincial legislature is expected to approve his
license
request
.
Nor is it clear, within the framework of the new emergency cabinet,
how long
he will remain as Alberto Fernández's chief of ministers.
The Manzuristas themselves came out to warn of the situation and add pressure.
"He was
overwhelmingly defeated
in internal elections that he did not even recognize: he has no political authority to lead Peronism, least of all the Province," said the mayor of Tafí Viejo, Javier Noguera.
"Faced with the difficult situation of the Peronist national government, Juan Manzur takes over as head of the national cabinet. After the clear victory in the PASO, and in the middle of an election, it
is a folly to leave the provincial government to those who were defeated and are against of the governor,
"declared the candidate for senator of the Frente de Todos,
Pablo Yedlin.
Yedlin topped the list of senators that brought
Manzur as a substitute candidate.
They faced that of Juan Antonio Ruiz Olivares, driven by Jaldo, who in turn was the first candidate for deputy.
Although after losing the internal vote by about 100,000 votes, Jaldo declined his candidacy.
Tucumán sources indicate that Manzur agreed to enter Fernández's cabinet under the government's promise that they would convince Jaldo to accept a national post.
But, according to what they say, he was offered to preside over the board of directors of the
Banco Nación and the secretariat of the Provinces
within the Ministry of the Interior, and he rejected both options.
"He's entrenched."
"We congratulate and value the attitude of Governor Juan Manzur in these difficult times to assume as Chief of Staff in the government of our President and our Vice President, making ourselves available in whatever is necessary," the lieutenant governor tweeted.
Messages of peace are not a guarantee of trust.
The fear is that he will remove the ministers, whom he has been questioning, and change the entire structure of Manzur.
Second, there is fear that this move will threaten electoral performance and become disenchanted.
Tucumán was one of the few provinces in which senators are elected where the Frente de Todos managed to win.
The fight between the governor and his vice was exposed in March 2021. The latent tension was detonated by a subtlety: the conformation of the shortlists for the appointment of the Ombudsman.
The truth is that the fight escalated to the point that Jaldo ended up splitting the ruling bloc in the legislature and that decision was replicated in the deliberative councils of the rest of the cities of Tucumán.
Few understand the background fight but it has to do with the
succession
of the government.
Manzur is in his second term and cannot be reelected.
The possibility of a constitutional reform to go for a third governorship put Jaldo, who believed himself to be the natural successor, on the warpath.
Manzur rejected the possibility of reforming the Constitution but did not bless him to continue his project.
Jaldo from within the Government began to smooth the power of the president and divided waters within Peronism.
The situation today has an open end.
