The electoral discussion in the Frente de Todos intensifies but the lack of firm candidates emphasizes internal coexistence

“We need to have a strategy and for that a resolution is needed. Are you going to play or are you not going to play? One day he tells you he’s thinking about re-election and another he lets it float. They ask him to order and he doesn’t. It is a political decision that must be taken at a small table. That’s how it all starts to work out.”

The expression belongs to an important mayor of the suburbs of Buenos Aires, who manages in one of the municipalities that gather mountains of votes in the elections. The recipient is the President, Alberto Fernandez. His line of thinking is similar to that which survives in other sectors of Peronism, where there is a need for clearer definitions that come from official leadership.

Fernández’s decision to broaden the definition of his re-election generates unease within the Frente de Todos. Kirchnerism expects it to collapse as soon as possible. In La Cámpora, some rulers see the possibility of re-election presented as a surreal fact, while in Peronism from within they yearn for a decision that allows them to order the territory.

There are clear accounts in the ruling party. Everyone knows that if, finally, Cristina Kirchner decides to be a candidate, Peronism will easily line up behind her. There may be a crack, but so far it seems unpredictable. The same alignment would occur if the presidential candidate was Sergio Massa, although the Minister of the Economy swears in all the meetings that he will not compete this year. Both leaders would be competitive in the general election.

These accounts do not have the same result if the candidate is Alberto Fernández. The reason? The vast majority of Peronism sees it out of the game, with no chance of competinghand in hand, against the main opposition candidates like Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Patricia Bullrich and Javier Milei.

Only his innermost circle publicly defends his re-election plans. The clear example of this photo is the last statements of the Chancellor, cafe santiagothe president’s most trusted leader. “I think he is the best candidate for Peronism. He was the one who put Argentina back on their feet after 2019, where the macrismo left us on our knees,” he said over the weekend.

Another similar gesture was made by the social leader Luis D’Elia, who approached Fernández last year at the Frente de Todos inmate’s most tense moment. “He had to govern in three years the worst in the history of Argentina in more than 200 years. No president has had to experience such a tragedy: a financial pandemic, a health pandemic, a situation of world war. He’s a national hero.”held.

In the hard Kirchnerism, some proper names assure – and hope – that Fernández will come out of his re-election in the short term. They warn that his candidacy is unfeasible because of what the polls show, where he has a very low voting intention, and because it is not a guarantee of unity, since a large part of the alliance politician does not believe that his fight for re- election is viable.

Far from giving any sign of possible change, Fernández remains steadfast in his position as administration leader and is showing results as the focus of his covert campaign. In parallel, the closest ministers, such as the case of Aníbal Fernández, publicly defend the possibilities of a new candidacy and throw poison darts against Camp K.

Meanwhile, the Kirchner wing of the coalition tries to align the Peronist leadership behind the protest operation. What is the purpose of this movement of wills which claim the candidacy of CFK? As one influential camper leader explained, “The goal is to order the space and for this, having a clear pole of power like Cristina’s, serves to generate alignment.”

The vice-president did not give a single consistent signal about the possibility of reconsidering her decision not to be a candidate. His public reappearance will take place this Wednesday, at the opening of the ordinary sessions of Congress, where he will find Alberto Fernández, with whom he has no contact. A presidential formula which is finished and which represents, in this broken relationship, the fracture of the Government.

Without a firm decision from Alberto Fernández, with Sergio Massa denying the possibility of being a candidate and with Cristina Kirchner clutching the possibility of overthrowing the electoral council with a single determination, some space leaders have begun to trace the path to a bid company.

Whoever did it with more determination and clarity is Daniel Scioli, who broke the mold of speculation and doublespeak, and assured that he wanted to run for president. He will tour the provinces and raise his notoriety to clearly show his claims of proselytism. “Pichichi” came out on the field.

“Defeats are learned,” he said in the final hours. 2015 was long gone and now it’s time to try again. It could become an option that Alberto Fernández supports in the event of a no-competition. There is fine tuning in the bond and they are not suspicious of each other. Scioli was given the green light by the president to move pending his final decision.

“Daniel’s chances are generated because no one wants to grab. He has no problem going on an internship or being a candidate for space, even if the government is affected.”, mused a national official. Even more explicit, a suburban community leader: “He has a future. He is not involved in the scum that is in the Frente de Todos”.

Also in the role of candidate is the Minister of the Interior, Edward “Wado” by Peterwho over the weekend, in a plenary session in La Cámpora, asked the government to “put what needs to be put” to clarify the attack on Cristina Kirchner, in a message to the Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, at war with the group led by Máximo Kirchner.

De Pedro had activities in La Matanza and San Fernando, where he appeared with mayors Fernando Espinoza and Juan Andreotti. In the most populous municipality in the province of Buenos Aires, he targeted Juntos por el Cambio and macrismo. “Wado” expresses the argumentative line of Kirchnerism. Criticism of previous management, tough internal stance against Casa Rosada and support for banning CFK which became a new political flag K.

The social leader also joined the electoral council Juan Graboiswho assured that he will be a candidate for the presidency, after having asked that next year “there are no other lukewarm, mediocre and cowards”, in a clear allusion to the head of state, with whom he disagrees and who regularly points the finger at him

The last to raise his hand was the Governor of Chaco, Jorge Captainich, which appears to be one of the few options that provincial leaders must put on the electoral field. “To be president, you don’t have to ask permissionwe must ask the people for permission, which is manifested by their will,” he said, thus leaving open the door to a candidacy for the presidency.

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