Without registering it, probably one of the main announcements was made by a wine producer, mixed with the public and dissatisfied with the situation in the sector.
While following the presentation of politicians and authorities of the Argentine Wine Corporation, in the luxurious Hyatt hotel in the center of Mendoza, he unloaded before
Clarín
: "The protest the other day in Santa Fe was the first step. With respect, we told you everything that we thought to the Liaison Table. And get ready because the protest is going to reach Buenos Aires".
At that time, shortly before noon,
the stage box mixed smiles with annoyed faces
.
Including that of the most anticipated official:
Sergio Massa
.
Congested since he returned from India, the finance minister was facing the sun.
And the speeches extended more than desired for the times of the officials.
Accompanying him at the sides, slightly more relaxed, were the local governor
Rodolfo Suarez
, his Jujuy counterpart
Gerardo Morales
, the ministers
Eduardo "Wado" de Pedro
,
Victoria Tolosa Paz
and
Daniel Filmus
.
In the open-air audience, pro-government supporters (above all) and opponents mixed, who also listened while standing behind some fences.
Among others,
Daniel Scioli, José Ignacio de Mendiguren, Martín Lousteau, Alfredo Cornejo, Patricia Bullrich
.
A smiling
Juan Manuel Urtubey
greeted and chatted a few meters from the stage.
They asked him about the assembly of white Peronism that is trying again with
Juan Schiaretti
from Cordoba .
"We are both pre-candidates for president and we want to add two more, so that together we can create a space of 20 points. There is an end to the cycle of Kirchnerism, after 20 years and Peronism is going to smell that," explained Didáctico.
But didn't he try the same thing in 2019 and end up in a candidacy of just 6 points as Roberto Lavagna's vice?, they asked him.
He surprised with the answer.
He spoke of the
"betrayal" of Lavagna himself and of his former ally Massa
De él.
"They put that together, I think, and then broke it down."
He refers to the space that also included Miguel Pichetto, who ended up as Mauricio Macri's vice.
And why did he stay? Urtubey was asked.
"They offered me to be Macri's vice president or senator and chancellor of the Frente de Todos.
If I left, the traitor would be me
. And if I got off, they would say that I arranged with someone. I preferred to stay in something testimonial."
A few meters from Urtubey, one of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta's shipowners, was exchanging about
one of the local soap operas
: the fight between the former governor Cornejo, already launched to repeat this year, and the larretista Omar de Marchi, who threatens with an armed outside the space in the provincial PASO.
"There will be an agreement and it should be announced soon.
Omar (for De Marchi) will go to PASO or he will not play and will reach another arrangement
, "said the larretista.
And the head of government, why is he not at this summit of politicians? A journalist asked him.
"He came on Thursday, now he had political meetings and a birthday," justified the now PRO presidential candidate.
Or will he have wanted to avoid the bad drink of Bullrich's photo with his radical allies?
Does Cristina get off and Macri get on?
In the box, while the sun did not stop, the lively chat between De Pedro and Tolosa
drew attention
.
Speculation was flying: will the minister have told her about her plans to become a candidate again as mayor in La Plata or to accompany Axel Kicillof as vice in the Province?
Beyond the role of the Minister of the Interior, close to the official they know that Cristina Kirchner has the key to these plans.
For this reason,
they schedule a talk with the former president to try to unblock some tension
.
Tolosa Paz, one of the leaders who most defended the former president years ago, has now become one of the Albertista spokespersons.
To direct her future, she does not want to be in the middle of the political marriage fight that leads to the Frente de Todos.
A few meters further from Tolosa, the radical
Gastón Manes
looked at his watch insistently.
He awaited the arrival of his brother Facundo
, precisely for that selfie that Bullrich motorized.
In the meantime, he recognized that the low profile of the neuroscientist and deputy could have played against him in the polls: "It is true that now he does not measure as much, but he can reverse it. The agreement with Gerardo (for Morales) was that the one who The radical candidate for PASO had better be out. Now you can't change the rules."
When the famous Manes arrived, after 12, he himself made his criticism of Morales and Larreta clear.
In their environment they are already treated as "partners" and they believe that the Jujuy citizen assumes a role of main and unique negotiator that he does not have.
When will the bid be settled?
"June 9 is the radical convention, 15 days before the closing of the lists. But by that time, surely everything will be agreed. The Convention should only confirm that. And perhaps better so that everything does not explode now, "they speculated nearby of the neuroscientist.
The curious thing is that when there was tension over the photo of Together for Change, one of the radicals who remained from the party lined up to say hello and be photographed with a K counterpart. Senator Martín Lousteau, an ally
of
Morales and Larreta
, He came smiling to greet Wado de Pedro
.
And he posed for long seconds in an anti-crack image.
It turned out, without a doubt,
another of the photos of the day
.
De Pedro was, with Massa, the most requested official supporter.
In his case, he was asked for political definitions.
Always with a good countenance and pleasant treatment with the press, the minister explained his position regarding a possible candidacy of Cristina.
"
She said that she will not be and I have no reason not to believe her
. But we do not like to be banned either. Because although she can formally present herself, if they confirm a disqualification from holding public office, it is like being banned, " he repeated.
And if it's not Cristina, could it be you? a journalist asked him.
"No, I don't know," he smiled.
And he explained that the increased public profile of him actually began
to deconstruct the idea of "black monk" that was attributed to him in the red circle
.
And that from that deconstruction, he found a good harmony in public opinion.
"Equally, this will be defined by the political table. That's what it is for. If a governor joins, for example," De Pedro tried to play down the drama.
He remained firm, yes, in the idea that
Alberto Fernández should speed up his resignation for re-election
.
In the view of the referent camporista, the institutionality is strong enough so that this does not create a power vacuum: "Cristina governed with Scioli as a candidate and nothing happened," he exemplified.
The minister is confident that
this definition will come sooner rather than later
.
He is cautious, however, regarding the place that Massa will occupy.
De Pedro praises the role of the head of Economy and closes, enigmatically, with the fact that he will do "what is most convenient".
Although no one rules out Massa's candidacy, especially if he manages to lower inflation, several of the leaders consulted today saw the possibility as more distant.
Another of the statements that ran strongly - even with questions to journalists - is
a certain fall of Larreta and a consolidation of Bullrich.
A spokesman for the former minister put cold cloths: "It is true that Patricia is very well with the people, and leaders approach her as her numbers improve. But today
the structure is Horace's
and that also weighs in an election. There is what to expect".
The icing on the internal PRO was provided by a legislator, who insisted that "this is only ordered with what Mauricio says and
Mauricio is going to be a candidate
. I have known him for 20 years and he wants revenge."
He was referring to Macri.
What is striking is that the leader works for the campaign of María Eugenia Vidal President.
look too
Electoral vintage: the photo of Bullrich with the UCR but without Gerardo Morales and the affectionate hug between Lousteau and Pedro "Wado"
The fight burns in the City: a survey measured for head of Government and does not lead a macrista