The almost three hundred leaders who seconded Cristina Kirchner on the stage of 20 x 46 meters sincere the state of the situation of Peronism. Around the Vice President, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the assumption of Néstor Kirchner, was the first ring of power and its loyalists. Maximo, Axel Kicillof and Wado de Pedro. Sergio Massa joined that device, who was next to his first detractor Juan Grabois. Paradoxes of the Frente de Todos, the leader of the Frente Patria Grande and the Minister of Economy exchanged laughter just after the former joined the cry of "Patria sí, colonia no".
Almost everyone was together and calmer in the VIP, before the act began. In the massismo they valued the joint photo from the stage with the caciques of Kirchnerism.
The event began almost half an hour ahead of schedule. The Christian punctuality, a rarity, was due to the risk that the storm would clear the square of militants.
All the governors were absent, with the exception of the Buenos Aires governor, Alicia Kirchner from Santa Cruz and Ricardo Quintela, from La Rioja, who has already expressed his support for the interior minister. Gildo Insfrán, custodian of the PJ pen to sign the alliances, was absent after his visit to the Fernandezes this week.
For the thousands who crowded into the Plaza despite the rain, CFK is the sole and legitimate owner of the pen to define the candidate, the strategy and the lists. That means the cry of "Cristina President" that was repeated half a dozen times by militancy. At times there seem thousands of convinced – with "reading comprehension problems," as the former president said last week – who believe that the former president can still inscribe her name on a ballot. "One more and let's not anymore," they begged. Kirchnerist trade unionists who were on stage also begged him, shouting.
Referents of the table of Ensenada where the act was cooked were convinced that there is "water in the pool" for the Vice President to review her opinion and accept to be a candidate. In this universe, trade unionists such as Hugo Yasky and the mayor of Ensenada Mario Secco or the mayor of Merlo, Gustavo Menéndez, coexist.
The absence of the leadership of the CGT, which did not mobilize its troops, was concealed with the demonstrators of Kolina, La Cámpora, the mayors and the Evita Movement, which approached positions with the Vice had representatives on the stage, but none of its leaders.
"We were the kukas, the perucas, the ones who paid the Boden 2012 (product of the corralito)," Cristina shouted from the stage. That description seems to serve the electoral floors necessary to enter the runoff, to which the Vice alluded last week. Moreover, the climax of his speech, which was a racconto of the first three Kirchner governments.
"They hate me, persecute me and prescribe me. I'm never going to be one of them. I am of the people and from there I do not move," he bellowed to the delight of the militant mass.
The presence of ministers and officials formerly loyal to the President on stage painted the President's loneliness. From Gabriel Katopodis and Santiago Maggiotti to Victoria Tolosa Paz, Daniel Filmus, Deputy Chief of Staff Juan Manuel Olmos and spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti. Agustín Rossi stayed with the militancy in the Plaza. Fernandez was never invited and did not think about going, like Daniel Scioli. "This government is infinitely better than it would have been better than a second of Macri," CFK conceded dressed in blue and white.
CFK gave no indication of who his candidate will be, whether he will allow splits or a PASO, but he spoke again of the need for a government program.
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In 2015 the candidate was the project. For now it is the program," agreed two leaders who campaign for Scioli and Massa respectively. The former president called this time for a "democratic pact."
"I want to summon you so that each and every one in the place of studies, in the bondi, tells this web of misinformation regarding those responsible for the lack of dollars and runs. That people can decide with information. This is militant task. Stop asking others for what we are not willing to do. You have to break what you have to break," CFK claimed.
The crowd, unmoved by his request, returned the request for one more presidency. "There's one more season of Netflix out there. We must not hurry," said a leader who has direct dialogue with Cristina and Máximo Kirchner.
In the end, the fireworks remained near the façade of the AFIP building from where an image of Néstor Kirchner hung, like the one projected on the stage. CFK's decision is delayed. De Pedro and Kicillof were the most greeted and the last to leave the stage. It doesn't seem to be a coincidence.