"We prefer that they think we are idiots
. "
One of the most active officials in the national government responds without euphemisms when
Clarín
consults him about a doubt that has crossed libertarian actions since the campaign.
Genius or improvised?
Do they do it on purpose or does it escape them?
The recurring question appeared, for example, with the media appearances of the cosplayer candidate Lila Lemoine, with the details of the courtship of Milei and Fátima Florez, and, further back in time, with the proposals that were arriving at Congress.
Do you really want the hammer and robe to return for the judges or do you want to talk about that?
Days ago, as this newspaper anticipated, the question reached an extreme.
Does Milei really want the Omnibus Law to come out?
"We are beginning to doubt whether they really want to remove the law or let everything fall and accuse the opposition of not wanting to give up privileges and move forward with other tools
," speculated a source who follows the debate from within.
In public interviews and private conversations, the hypothesis was once again supported by two of the main negotiators of the dialogue opposition: deputies
Nicolás Massot
(from the diverse bench led by Miguel Pichetto) and
Rodrigo de Loredo
(head of the UCR bloc). .
To clear up his own suspicions and feed those of others, the man from Córdoba confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that his space (34 legislators) will provide a quorum and will vote in favor in general in tomorrow's session.
But why would Milei want the law not to pass?
According to the theory of Massot and two political analysts, "to blame the opposition,
build an enemy
and advance with reforms without going through Congress."
Massot went one step further: he said that he would not be surprised if the operation included smear campaigns against opposition deputies.
The
famous shelving
, which usually generates a strong impact on public opinion, even when it does not always have a judicial correlation later on.
The Hacemos deputy revealed his surprise when
Minister Guillermo Francos
said that the sharing of the Country Tax had not been discussed, "when it was something that was discussed in front of 40 people."
The way of negotiating and the disavowal of the ruling party's interlocutors is also disconcerting.
"They told me that
they are going to see the PRO deputies one by one
to show them data on alleged accounts abroad and other unjustified expenses to scare them," a source from Kirchnerism fueled fear.
"Milei has already moved forward with the gasoline and prepaid increases.
If this gets worse, people protest and the law is not passed, they have someone to blame. Meanwhile, most of the DNU remains in force
," completes leader K via WhatsApp, and Accompany the comment with a gift of sexual content.
"With the devaluation and the larger harvest, for example,
the Government is going to have many more resources from the countryside even without raising withholdings
. And if it does not update the retirement formula, current mobility will make the adjustment," he adds. hypothesis an opposing source.
The Government's response
In the Government, predictably,
they deny any conspiracy
.
And they charge against the governors again.
"Many realized that without the fiscal package, the provinces cannot survive.
They become desperate now and say anything
," an official source responded to this newspaper's proposal.
He refers to the announcement by Minister Luis Caputo on Friday night, when he announced that the provisions regarding withholdings and other taxes were being withdrawn from the project to unblock the discussion.
The former Macri official is
one of the most critical of the governors
and said that, without this tool, he will further cut provincial resources.
It is one of the central fights.
"The fiscal package improved income and we didn't have to cut the provinces.
The only thing they fight for is their resources, they don't care about the country
," completed an official source, also very hard on the leaders.
The other Caputo
One of those targeted by the confrontation strategy is another
Caputo, Santiago
, now officially named as presidential advisor.
As was the case with Marcos Peña during the government of Mauricio Macri,
the libertarian communication strategy
and the figure of this official generate their
own debate
.
A source who has known him since the campaign, and attributes "enormous" merit to him for the victory in the runoff, somehow returns to the beginning of the note: "He
may be crazy, but he's certainly not an idiot
."