With the waters calmer after the Justice ruled in favor of Chubut in the open conflict against the Nation for the retention of part of the co-participating funds, Governor Ignacio “Nacho” Torres allowed himself to
open the analysis towards the scope of the PRO,
that in the coming weeks it must define its new authorities.
And it was Patricia Bullrich who was harmed.
Without euphemisms,
Torres accused the current president of the PRO of
"using" the conflict in her province to "stand" in front of Mauricio Macri.
On March 19, the deadline to present candidates for
the presidency of the party
expires and although everything indicates that Macri will once again be at the head of the force he founded, it is not ruled out until today that Bullrich, who gave up competing for a new mandate , present a list with your own candidate.
"If there is a person who used this conflict or used me, it was Patricia.
Patricia used this conflict to stand in front of Macri for a partisan bid.
And I regret it," said the governor in statements to
LN+.
The governor, who became president of his province last December supported by both Bullrich and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, acknowledged that it is
"very difficult" for him to talk about the Minister of Security
because he said that he has
"a relationship of affection with she".
"And I always put the human over the political," he added.
The governor of Chubut, Ignacio "Nacho" Torres.
AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko
A group of PRO leaders, among whom Bullrich stood out, signed
a statement on Monday in support of the national government
in the context of the conflict with the province of Chubut, where they rejected "the resistance of many governors to share the fiscal effort necessary to prevent a hyperinflationary crisis".
In the document, PRO representatives considered that there are those who "must renounce their privileges if we want to escape decadence," among whom are
"feudal governors, suburban barons, union oligarchies, managers of poverty,"
among others.
Torres provided his interpretation of the known text after a weekend of full tension between the provinces and the Nation.
"Patricia saw it and said 'hey, this is mine, look for adhesions,'
" said the governor.
In this regard, he considered that "posing an internal party when the country is dying" is "very far from the reality of Argentines."
Torres compared Bullrich to Macri and said that it would be "crazy" to intern in the PRO
Torres also
revealed that he was with Macri
before the conflict broke out and asked him to intervene before Milei.
According to his version, he told the former president:
"Talk to whoever you have to talk to, but let's resolve this issue, they are extorting me."
In that sense, he marked differences with Bullrich: he stated that Macri could "have gotten into this out of interest" and instead
"he had a gesture of nobility that was 'I'm acting as a mediator',
which is very difficult with some actors, even always." with the intention of helping."
Torres came to the governorship of Chubut with the support of both Bullrich and Rodríguez Larreta.
Photo Juano Tesone.
At the party level, Torres called to avoid the internal race for the presidency of the PRO and look for a single list.
"That there is not
an internal one in the PRO, because it would be crazy
. I think that
Mauricio Macri has plenty of credentials
, we all already said that it had to be because he is a former president, he was the founder of the party. I think we have to respect him and recognize the place he has to have," he supported Mauricio Macri.
Finally, he referred to the resignation known this Tuesday of Sebastián García de Luca as Secretary of Federal Articulation, within the Ministry of Security headed by Bullrich.
The departure of the official and trusted advisor of the minister
was linked to the positioning in favor of Torres
"I want to vindicate a person who felt uncomfortable, Sebastián García de Luca, who is a great leader and is a huge loss for this government. His departure hurt me a lot because he did very good for this government," he concluded.