A natural confluence and in part already underway since mid-2023, the signaling of the risk of a
possible double command
and the
possibility of articulating
with the opposition sectors that will remain on the sidelines.
These glances circulated among leaders of Unión por la Patria since Javier Milei confirmed his decision to deepen the alliance with Mauricio Macri, with the purpose of resetting the Government after the failed treatment of the omnibus bill.
In some cases with skepticism about the definition, Peronism agreed to
wait for the agreement to be finalized
to know the format, although they estimated that in principle it would not change the central parliamentary scenario - the PRO had already been supporting the ruling party and in Deputies all its members voted in favor in general and in particular - nor the politician, but it
would deepen the division of what Together for Change was, and there could be derivations
later.
References from Unión por la Patria do not rule out agreements to add new allies in Congress, with a part of radicalism, the socialists, the so-called Cordobanism, former Macristas who reject the merger and even the Civic Coalition.
Cristina's letter
The “fourth government coalition”, as Cristina Kirchner considered it if confirmed, accumulated criticism from Peronism.
The former president dedicated a paragraph to him in the letter she published this Wednesday.
“Recycling failed officials to reissue failed policies can only lead to bad results
,” he concluded, and launched in a warning tone: “President Milei should seriously analyze that those who were widely defeated in the last presidential elections will try to condition him by landing in the main areas. of government and even take political control and displace it from the management of the Executive Branch if they consider it necessary.”
Before the text was known, representatives of Unión por la Patria conveyed a coincident view.
“The economic model is the same, and if they are going to do it even faster it will have worse consequences.
Another scam, that those who came out third govern, but for Peronism whether Macri is there as a puppeteer or in person does not change
,” they established a position near Axel Kicillof.
“Milei to the government, Macri to power
,” they outlined as a summary in the Avenida Libertador offices where Sergio Massa set up his bunker and the headquarters of the Encuentro Foundation.
Close to the former Minister of Economy, they glimpsed that the alliance could give the Government greater political volume, although they recalled the
“Alberto Fernández-Cristina syndrome”
to allude to the fact that it will run the risk of entering a stage of greater weakness due to the possible double command.
In La Cámpora they remembered that Máximo Kirchner had already said that “Macri governs” in December.
“It is already an alliance, there may be some differences in terms of positions but it does not change much
,” they confirmed this week.
The look at the "dialogue" opposition
Even with the coincidence that it will not substantially modify the political scenario, they cautiously raised some expectations for the opposition spaces that will remain outside the agreement.
“The birth of Macrimileism, as Lousteau described, may put an end to Together for Change.
The UCR and the Civic Coalition have no place in that scheme, nor does Larreta.
We have to see how they are organized
,” they pointed out in the Frente Renovador bunker.
Could Union for the Homeland articulate with these sectors?
“
It's all very recent for now
,” they dismissed specific movements in that sense for now, although they contemplated the possibility of rapprochements in Congress on specific issues.
“Parliamentary agreements are always open
,” they slipped into Kirchnerism, and referred to
Máximo's conversations with
Ignacio García Aresca and Natalia de la Sota from Córdoba for the co-participation of the PAIS tax - from UxP they asked to lower privatizations and the powers to take debt, two of the central points in Cristina's letter - prior to the fall of the omnibus bill.
“We don't agree on anything with Massot, with Carrió, but we share many things they are saying. There has to be a supra-electoral agreement with the national and progressive sectors
,” said a leader who frequently interacted with the former president.
In La Plata they referred to
Kicillof's common positions with other governors
, from Martín Llaryora from Cordoba to Maximiliano Pullaro from Santa Fe - "even with (Alfredo) Cornejo from Mendoza," they noted - for common interests such as the PAIS tax, the Fund of Teacher Incentive and transportation subsidies.
In Kirchnerism itself, however, they admitted that radicalism and the rest of the so-called dialogue opposition will find it difficult to articulate with them.
“They are more opposed to us than to the government that hates them and is going to destroy them.
They still don't dare to join the 'lepers', but we'll see...
”, they left the stage open in the Senate.
In Congress, the legislative swords of Unión por la Patria seek to advance with the rejection of the DNU.
The UCR's request to Martín Menem to "urgently" appoint the members of the bicameral commission of the area caused
ambivalent reactions
in Peronism.
In the Deputies it generated a certain expectation, in the Upper House they questioned whether the ruling party could take advantage of it to continue buying time.
The senators have been pushing for a session to discuss the decree directly on the premises.