Although this Thursday the Government confirmed that, as
Clarín
anticipated , it agreed to open the debate for the candidacies in the Frente de Todos,
Alberto Fernández
insists on the idea that
there is PASO "for everyone"
and maintains his expectation regarding re-election .
And in their environment they assure that this will not change despite the fact that in the coming
days the implementation of the polling station is made official: the President plans to define "in May" on his candidacy
, according to what they trusted in his environment.
The date that Fernández chose is not explained in the statement that he has publicly held in recent months, regarding the fact that "it is not yet the time" to talk about candidacies but to address the problems of the people.
In the Government they consider that,
from his position as President, he “does not need” a previous installation like other pre-candidates
, and that he reaches it with a pronouncement the month prior to the closing of the lists.
After all, they remember as background that on May 18, 2019, when Cristina Kirchner announced that she would accompany her on the presidential ticket, Alberto F.
had a very low level of knowledge
.
It is true that at that time he had the support of her vice president during the campaign, something that after these three years of confrontation seems unlikely.
Fernández's decision bets with everything on a recovery of the economy and the drop in inflation.
The promise made by the Minister of Economy,
Sergio Massa
, that in April the monthly price variation figure reported by INDEC could be below 4%, he officiated as organizer of the definitions,
set May as the key month
.
"There is no rush, the table does not change anything (the President's plans)", they assured in Balcarce 50. Fernández knows that without the support of the majority of the FdT his intention can only advance electorally if a rebound is noticed in the non-politicized society in the indicators and the premise of not changing course is installed.
It is a double-edged sword
: Fernández has the problem that, in this context, he
could have Massa as an adversary
, the storm pilot he chose in August before the tremble that broke out after the abrupt departure of Martín Guzmán.
Massa, for now, has already said several times that he is not going to be a candidate.
The last time was this week, in the PJ match from Buenos Aires led by Máximo Kirchner on Tuesday in Merlo.
“
It is incompatible to be a candidate and to be a Minister of Economy
”, he reasoned.
In the ranks of the Renovation Front, however,
they are confident that it is the only one that can capitalize on an improvement in the economy
.
In the ranks of the President they think differently.
Fernández does not interpret the movements of different Frenteto referents as a challenge to his figure.
Not even those of his own team, like Massa's or the Chief of Staff,
Juan Manzur
.
On the contrary, it encourages all the spaces of the FdT to be represented.
And it does not coincide with the vision of the governor of Chaco, Jorge Capitanich, who said that "
if the President goes for re-election
, no representative of the Government space should compete."
There is only one limit that,
as Clarín explained
, must be resolved: the "moral" clause that he established in 2021 and that implies that those officials who are candidates must resign or take leave from their positions.
"The President, as head of the PJ,
is analyzing the formation of a table that works on the electoral strategy,
" spokeswoman
Gabriela Cerruti
confirmed this Thursday , who simultaneously recalled that Fernández wants competition in the primaries.
"More than a year ago, on November 17 of last year, the President said that
we were going to go to a STEP this year where everyone was going to be able to express themselves
and choose the candidate that best represents us," he said.
The official who, despite the internal bids and the suspicion that it generates among Fernández's friends, knew how to achieve a place of influence in the presidential environment, left a notice for the internal: "We are beginning to see alignments, where each space seeks install whoever considers to be the best candidate and where we all have to work so that the right does not triumph again in Argentina.As long as these debates take place within the framework of political debate, of the best ideas, and
do not include personal grievances or operations press, nor all those things
, welcome".
It was a message for elevation to the campers
Andrés "Cuervo" Larroque
and the Minister of the Interior,
Eduardo "Wado" De Pedro
, who led the latest attacks against the President.
look also
Gabriela Cerruti confirmed that Alberto Fernández will call a PJ "electoral table" and asked for a debate "without grievances or press operations"
Roberto Baradel asks that the national table of the Frente de Todos be convened and that the unions be included
Juan Zabaleta avoided supporting the political table of the PJ and with a phrase from Cristina he demanded that the candidacies be resolved in the STEP
