The last
electoral tsunami
that hit the Peronist power of the Conurbano happened in 1999. It was when La Alianza won the municipalities of Lomás de Zamora, Quilmes and San Martín.
Even the front that congenialized radicalism with FREPASO would also have prevailed in La Matanza, when Lidia "Pinky" Satragno declared herself the winner and after a
questioned count
the tables were turned so that Alberto Balestrini retained the power of the PJ.
There are not a few GBA bosses who
smell
that something similar could happen this year.
Since 2022, the majority warns of a "strong electoral defeat" at the national level.
But now, and much more after the crime of the bus driver, they also foresee a
failure
in the search for the re-election of Axel Kicillof.
The fear in the Conurbano is that the wave will be
so high and strong
that it will take away the power that the mayors have held for decades.
For this reason, in a WhatsApp group shared by several of them, the way that stands out is
"every man for himself"
.
Governor Axel Kicillof with the mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza.
"I'm going to make you dizzy with the numbers, but this works like this: in La Matanza, Brown, Moreno, Lomas, Merlo, José C. Paz and Merlo, you have to get more than 55% of the votes and that Santilli does not reach 35% , so that Kicillof
has chances
of re-election. That was quite difficult until the heavy week and now with the crime of the bus driver I think it has become almost impossible," describes a Peronist leader of the Second Cordon.
Another mayor, but from the First Cordon, is still surprised by the Governor's reaction to the murder of driver Daniel Barrientos in Virrey del Pino.
"
They kill people here every day
.
The issue is not so much this new death, but what the crazy Berni did when he fell in a helicopter, pretending to be handsome in the midst of the fury of the bus drivers.
What did he expect, to be greeted with coffee and bills?" He ironized.
"But
the worst came later
, with the nonsense that we heard from Kicillof talking about a conspiracy and installing the story that they would have thrown a dead man at him. On top of that, he pointed out the opposition with his first and last name: Patricia Bullrich, for a meeting he had I don't know ago how many months with union delegates", he added.
For the bosses of Greater Buenos Aires, the strategy to respond to the crime of the bus driver
mutated
with a call from Cristina.
Several mayors are convinced that the decision to retort and talk about conspiracy pointing to the opposition came from the Vice President.
Consulted by
Clarín
, from the province they denied that such a change in strategy had taken place.
"Berni realized the mistake and at first said that he was not going to denounce the bus drivers, showing some empathy and respect for the suffering caused by the death of his partner. But that
angered
Cristina and she ordered Julio Alak (Minister of Justice) make the complaints. Also Kicillof to leave quickly with Gato Silvestre (C5N) to emphasize alleged strange things in the robbery that ended with the death of Barrientos, "says the same head of the Second Section.
"When everything we do goes wrong and failure knocks on the door, we always have the recourse that we were actually the
victims
of a conspiracy perpetrated by our enemies," advises an old saying of politics and one that is often repeated at the Instituto Patria .
Nothing new: there would also have been some kind of plot, according to the accusations of the provincial Kirchnerism, to explain the repression of the Buenos Aires in the match between Gimnasia and Boca or in the disappearance of Facundo Astudillo.
In both tragedies there was talk of "a
return from the police to file down Kicillof
."
There was never any evidence to support such theories.
A high-ranking mayor on leave also paints a difficult picture for the future of the Frente de Todos at the national level.
"The worst thing we have is that
no one orders anything
. We are all splashing aimlessly. Both in the Avellaneda act and in the PJ act in La Plata we left very worried. Even Pablo Zurro (ultra K de Pehuajó mayor) demanded that Maximum that they
stop fucking around and put a little seriousness
on Peronism," he recalled.
And he added without hesitation: "The crime of the driver was crazy. And without a doubt that the attack on Berni is marking something on us. But there is still a long way to go: Cristina is going to choose
Massa or Kicillof to lead the list for President
. No "He can get out of there because we lose the support of the governors. He will do it in June. And we have to see if the impact of the driver's death is still latent. El Cuervo (Larroque) wants it to be Cristina but Máximo and Wado don't."
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