"The wear and tear that Juntos por el Cambio has had is from advancing candidacies."
The phrase, somewhat contradictory, came from the mouth of
Elisa Carrió
this Wednesday in the interview with Radio Miter in which she, precisely, made official the presidential launch of her by the Civic Coalition.
The allusion made by Carrió, who said that he
will start campaigning only in May
, had to do with the strong level of internalism unleashed in the opposition alliance in recent months, with crosses over the distribution of candidacies at the national level, but also in the porteño and in the bonaerense, and even province by province.
Carrió believes that his decision to compete will strengthen Together for Change, in a move similar to that of 2015, when he went to a STEP with Mauricio Macri and Ernesto Sanz, in the incipient Cambiemos that ended up being a government.
This time, moreover, he feels that he must ensure the legislative continuity of the Civic Coalition, which has to renew six deputies in the next elections.
The former national deputy
discussed internally the possibility of launching herself
.
She talked about it with Maximiliano Ferraro, Maricel Etchecoin and Juan Manuel López, three of the leaders of the CC, who represent the party in the meetings of the National Board of Together for Change.
Although the subject was not discussed at the summit last Monday, in the radicalismo they already knew it in advance, because Gerardo Morales, president of the party, had held a meeting with Carrió at his house in Capilla del Señor on January 10. .
The recent meeting between Elisa Carrió and Gerardo Morales.
The relationship between the leader and the main representatives of the party, even with some fluctuations, has been consolidated in the last year and many remember that during 2022 Carrió asked Mauricio Macri to "stop despising" the UCR, the party through of which she was a member and entered politics.
Her limit is Martín Lousteau
, whom she questions because of her closeness to Enrique "Coti" Nosiglia, the historic radical operator, a former official in the government of Raúl Alfonsín.
With the PRO, Carrió's relationship is going through a moment of certain peace, although it is not known how long that harmony can last.
Macri is his main interlocutor in the party
.
Because of the trusting relationship he has gained from him in the last decade, he listens to his complaints and from time to time also receives some praise.
However, the former president, they say close to him, was not aware of the launch.
With less familiarity than with Macri,
Carrió also maintains a good relationship with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
, to the point that he supports the candidacy of Fernán Quirós for the Buenos Aires head of government.
It is, beyond a question of affinity with the doctor and Minister of Health, a way of differentiating himself not only from Lousteau, but also from Jorge Macri, whom he also resists.
Another who usually boasts in informal talks of being
one of Carrió's "favorite PROs" is Diego Santilli
, a national deputy and, according to surveys, the candidate with the best intention to vote for Buenos Aires governor of all those who aspire to compete in the provincial elections. .
There is another reason that pushes the tacit support for "Colo": Carrió maintains an irretrievable fight with Cristian Ritondo, one of those who are running for governor.
With
Patricia Bullrich
, another of those listed in the fight for the presidency, there are historical differences of thought that they currently choose to neutralize.
Although she can always jump a spark.
In August of last year,
"Lilita" accused "Pato" of sending her to spy
on her as Minister of Security.
Shortly before, Bullrich had said in a public interview that Carrió gave "a degrading spectacle" when she fought with leaders of Together for Change.
With Patricia Bullrich, in a photo from two years ago.
"If there are no fundamental agreements on conduct, decency, honesty, and transparent financing, I will be a candidate for president next year," Carrió had stated in November of last year.
Now he
ratified his presidential candidacy for the CC
, he said that the radical candidate -so far- is the governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales -omitting the candidacy of Facundo Manes-, and that the PRO must decide who to present, although he clarified that if Macri , Larreta or Bullrich want to be candidates "there is no problem".
"The important thing is that we have unity in national legislators of the entire coalition, in provincial legislators, and that in any case the inmates get a greater electoral offer in the PASO," said the CC reference in the report they did to her in Radio Miter.
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