Alberto Fernández
gave the last speech of his term in front of the legislative assembly, in the reunion with
Cristina Kirchner
, to defend his management and once again seal the unity of the Frente de Todos, two objectives that the president had outlined in the previous one and that , according to the presidential environment, were fulfilled after more than two hours of monologue.
"It went very well, all the issues were there, we are all very happy
," summed up a high-ranking source from Fernández's small circle who accompanied him before and after the speech.
After two in the afternoon, the President shared the sensations of his reunion with the Vice President,
in the midst of the Kirchnerism offensive
, at a lunch at Casa Rosada together with the General Secretary of the Presidency, Julio Vitobello.
Before noon, Fernández arrived on the esplanade of the Congress with an extensive text that he finished polishing in solitude, expectant to see himself face to face with the former President after six months since the last meeting, after the attack against the vice president on 1 th last September.
In that period, there were only a few sporadic conversations on specific issues, as they trusted Casa Rosada, which were not enough to soften the break in the political bond between the two.
The head of state, in fact, arrived in Congress this Wednesday in the midst of the Christian offensive, which hopes that Fernández will deactivate the re-election operation around his figure as soon as possible.
"Alberto is going to stretch it out as long as he can. If he said today that he was giving up re-election, how would we govern tomorrow?"
, analyzed before
Clarín
a couple of hours after the speech a close presidential collaborator who sat in the compound next to the cabinet.
Beyond this survival strategy, and the fact that in Casa Rosada they still do not rule out the possibility that Fernández try to seek re-election - "Alberto
is a
fighter
, he is going to fight
", they defended him -, in the environment of the head of state they left Parliament with the feeling that the content and tone of the speech served to "endorsement of unity".
"He sought to seal the unit. Alberto will never be the one to break"
, they abounded.
At the President's small table they celebrated that there were no mentions of his desire for re-election.
"He ran from the electoral axis and left no clues to find out if he continues or drops. It was very successful. Today if there was a winner, he won the presidential authority of an Executive who can speak to the people to explain where we are going," they said near the leader.
Proscription not, political disqualification
In the Kirchnerismo there was, in the previous one, a growing expectation due to the allusions of the presidential speech in relation to the campaign against the
"proscription"
in which the Kirchnerismo embarked to defend Cristina Kirchner.
"
Fernández
did not mention that term
, which is already an obligatory part of the K script and which the President validated at the Summit of the Frente de Todos, in the PJ.
The head of state did charge the Supreme Court in harsh terms - "
it took the Judicial Council by assault
" -, he dedicated a good part of the last section of his monologue to the court and Justice and stressed that the procedural situation of the judges they are
"seeking the political disqualification"
of the vice president.
She stuck exclusively to law books.
"He spoke of political disqualification, it is the same as saying ban, that passage was impeccable," stated a leader of La Cámpora who has a fluid dialogue with
Máximo Kirchner, the great absentee
-for the second consecutive year- at the formal start of the legislative year.
The Chief of Staff
Agustín Rossi
agreed with that observation.
"The President used the word political disqualification. That is proscription.
It is a synonym
," said the man from Santa Fe.
Axel Kicillof was not part of the game either
.
According to reports, good impressions of the speech were replicated in the cabinet chat early in the afternoon.
There were very few who knew, for example, that the message would include mention of cases of "
ordinary people
" who were located in the boxes of the assembly and that the President used to "anchor" and "put faces" to the achievements that Casa Rosada tried to capitalize on the last year of this administration.
It was an idea of the presidential spokesperson,
Gabriela Cerruti
, who kept the head of state almost secret.
In the end,
as Clarín anticipated
, there was no farewell photo on the steps between the Fernández family, a detail that obeys "more to use than to protocol", but that no one missed.
Among the officials closest to Fernández there was enthusiasm for the gestures and the substance of the speech.
“The explanatory tone to society of the problems that must be solved, such as inflation and the recovery of wages, was very important.
I highlight the defense of Cristina and also the vehemence to stand in front of the Court and show the people the Justice that we have and that we should have”, said the Minister of Social Development Victoria Tolosa
Paz
.
Another frustrated call for a truce
In the environment of the president they emphasized
the attempted truce
that he offered to his political partners.
They highlighted that -in his acknowledgment of debts in economic matters- he was very
contemplative
towards/with
Sergio Massa
and emphasized that he recognized his courage in taking charge of the Palacio de Hacienda.
The FR leader replicated in his networks the growth numbers of economic activity.
In the force of the Tigrense they greeted the guidelines of the speech, although they opposed nuances, especially in reference to the years of
Martín Guzmán
's management .
Kirchnerism, according to this newspaper, received
the speech
sympathetically .
Parliamentary sources even highlighted that the extreme tension between the ruling couple since Fernández's arrival in Congress decreased towards the end.
The
President does not work miracles either
.
Christianity continues to demand greater forcefulness in the direction of the Government, but the
political link has no going back , as
Andrés Larroque
made clear
the day before.
"Alberto Fernández did not honor the agreement with Kirchnerism," the Buenos Aires minister complained.
Twenty-four hours later the scene was more harmonious.
"If I could sustain this level every day, we would ask for re-election right now," ironized a camporista leader.
Beyond the bridges that the President built, in Christianity they demand that he speed up his decision to get off a candidacy as soon as possible.
In his peace offer to his allies, Fernández even highlighted the task of the Ministry of the Interior.
Eduardo "Wado" de Pedro
responded with applause while the official broadcast focused on him.
The presence of the CGT, which did not mobilize on the outskirts of Congress either, was
merely institutional
.
The general co-secretaries Carlos Acuña and Héctor Daer were barely there;
in addition to Hugo and Gerónimo Moyano and Jorge Solá.
The triumvirate
Pablo Moyano
and his sector also hit an
eloquent free kick
.
On the other hand, among the social organizations of the ruling party that "timidly" encouraged the vicinity of the Congress - Evita barely mobilized a delegation - and had representatives in the box, there was also agreement with Fernández's speech.
"He was realistic with everything that was done and what needs to be improved and closing ranks with Cristina and the question of Justice," said one of his top references.
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