Alberto Fernández
's step aside
from the Presidency of the National PJ
is the story of another failure,
the last in the series of
setbacks
he suffered during his management as president and as an authority - devalued, it is true - of the Justicialista Party.
Fernández
tried to resist, but had no choice
.
"The boys had to go and convince him to ask for leave. It was difficult, but he managed."
This is how Peronist referents summarize the
behind-the-scenes
of how the exit agreed with the former president was, who wanted
Máximo Kirchner
to also step aside, in his case from the PJ Bonaerense.
They didn't even listen to him.
The idea, they say, was for Alberto Fernández to ask for leave without making
"noise or fuss
. "
So far, they have succeeded.
Without a clear leadership and with the internal one still quite calm, in Peronism there is a consensus among all the tribes that Alberto Fernández
should leave the presidency of the PJ.
They understand that the former head of state
is a liability
and that they need to start as soon as possible with the reorganization of the party with a view to two objectives:
align the blocks of Deputies and the Senate with the party's political leadership
and prepare for the midterm election. term next year and the presidential election in 2027.
Alberto Fernández and Gildo Insfrán from Formosa, president of the National Congress of the PJ.
The flight plan in Peronism is to call a party congress next Friday the 22nd and there formally accept Alberto Fernández's license request.
A Political Action Commission (CAP) will also be organized,
The objective, they maintain, is for it to be very open, so that all sectors can be represented, even those that today move outside the PJ.
What will
Sergio Massa
do ?
And
Martín Llaryora
from Cordoba ?
How to interpret this Wednesday's meeting between
Miguel Pichetto
and
Gildo Insfrán,
head of the National Congress of the PJ?
Will Guillermo Moreno
and
Juan Manuel Urtubey
take place
?
Those who will be safe in the CAP will be the heads of the Peronist parliamentary groups.
A party election would be called for October or November (they say it has to be yes or yes this year because in 2025 there are legislative elections and by that time the internal one has to be resolved).
In its history, the Justicialist Party had only one national intern, that of 1988 between
Carlos Menem
and
Antonio Cafiero.
Publicly noted in the race to preside over the match there is still no one, but there are not many options on the board either: there is talk of
Axel Kicillof
, Insfrán from Formosa,
Ricardo Quintela
from Rioja and even the defeated
Jorge Capitanich
.
And also from
Sergio Massa.
Sergio Massa, Insfrán offered him to become president of the PJ.
Photo: Federico López Claro.
The governor of Formosa
directly proposed
to Massa last month that he return to the PJ.
He suggested, in fact, that he run for the presidency of the party.
In La Plata they say that Kicillof has no aspirations, but in the PJ they do not believe him.
It is not that the position is too relevant but that
it gives projection
.
And the Buenos Aires governor does not have re-election in 2027.
Insfrán, Kicillof, the former governor and current senator for Tucumán Juan Manzur
, the senator from Catamarca
Lucía Corpacci
, the Buenos Aires-born
Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez
, the San Juan native
José Luis Gioja
, the Albertista
Santiago Cafiero
and the Camporista
participated in the meeting at the headquarters of the Justicialista Party.
Eduardo Wado de Pedro
, which indicates the OK of
Cristina Kirchner.
Summit of leaders
Before the meeting at the PJ, Kicillof, Insfrán and other Peronist governors met secretly.
They spoke with concern about how tax collection fell, that the resources that the Nation shared with them decreased by 20%, about the paralysis in public works and the impact that this has on their territories.
They also evaluated again the possibility of promoting
a law in Congress to share part of the tax on the check.
And they discussed strategies.
There was talk, for example, of suing the Nation before the Supreme Court of Justice for cuts in the Teacher Incentive Fund (FONID).
There was also talk of Javier Milei's DNU mega
.
In principle, the Peronist senators intend to reject it in the Senate next week, possibly on Thursday the 14th.
The Frente de Todos bench has 33 senators (37 are needed for a quorum), but there were already 9 other senators from other blocks who spoke out against the DNU.
Axel Kicillof and the Buenos Aires Minister of Public Communication, Jésica Rey.
Photo: Juano Tesone.
But with their public accounts weakened, among the Peronist governors they fear that the Casa Rosada will manage to break the unity that they show today.
Could, for example, a senator unexpectedly become ill?
That is what they seek to abort.
The reading from the side of the Peronist provinces is that the call to the governors made by the Chief of Staff,
Nicolás Posse
, and the Minister of the Interior,
Guillermo Francos
, for this Friday is actually an attempt to buy time so that no vote is taken. against the DNU.