Pale congress of the PJ: without definition and final chapter of the operative outcry

Those attending the National Congress of the Justicialista Party (PJ) They harangued this Tuesday, May 16 for the candidacy of the vice president Cristina Kirchner, within the framework of the meeting that will take place in the Ferro micro-stadium, in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito. A pale day without definition and final chapter of the operative outcry.

“Cristina President, Cristina President”It was heard at the closing of the event, an hour before the head of the Senate canceled that possibility by announcing that she will not be a candidate for anything this year.

Cristina’s resignation crowned a congress without shine or definition

The letter with the New “resignation” of Vice President Cristina Kirchner minutes after the end of the National Congress of the Justicialista Party drowned out the clamor of the Peronist leadership present at the Ferro microstadium to ask for his candidacy.

Possibly only a handful of the vice president’s supporters knew in advance of the decision that she kept under lock and key (Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro? Axel Kicillof?), but the truth is that the announcement on Facebook embittered the spirit of a leading troop that had gone to express the general feeling of the Peronist militancyeither by desire or by political necessity.

It was an unusually short congress, lasting about an hour, which exhibited the empty chair of its owner, President Alberto Fernandezwho had left open the possibility of showing up late.

The conclave, which began two and a half hours later than scheduled, left savor a little, although great political definitions were not expected, since the gravitating center of the electoral strategy passed and will pass through the Instituto Patria, where the head of Kirchnerism rules.

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Only a few bits of politics were seen, such as the call made by the former president of the Buenos Aires PJ and current president of Banco Provincia Gustavo “Tano” Menéndez to join the mobilization that Kirchnerism is preparing for May 25 on the avenue July 9th.

In that march the main slogan was going to be “Cristina president”, so it will be seen how the call will be reshaped from this resignation.

It was not “Innocents’ Day”, but it was quite similar to it, because with the speech of the former mayor of Merlo the hundreds of congressmen gathered in the Héctor Etchart micro-stadium they came to chant “Cristina president” at the top of their lungs, and from the stage the referents waved with sand.

Nor was it resolved whether the coalition that has the PJ as its backbone will continue to use the name “Front of All”a brand that could not consolidate a positive image in society after three and a half years of Alberto Fernández’s government.

The protocol authorization to the party to make political alliances with other political forces was the only concrete balance of the afternoon.

And another noteworthy element is that the organization of the Congress was remarkably by the Minister of the Interior, Wado de Pedrowhich allows us to glimpse that the vice president reserves for the high government official and reference of La Cámpora a important role in the conformation of the presidential formulas.

Before starting the event, the Minister of Social Development, victory toulouse peacewas the only one who dared to conjecture a electoral scenario without Cristina Kirchner on the map of candidacies. The rest of the leadership did not want or could not talk about a plan B.

The woman from La Plata placed Alberto Fernández (who, as if he were an uncomfortable ghost, practically no one named throughout the day) as the person in charge, together with the vice president, of designing the electoral strategy, which according to her will lead to a STEP with competition between different formulas.

Along these lines, he named the social Christian leader John Graboisto the Argentine ambassador in Brazil, daniel scioli and the chief of staff, Augustine Rossi; The three FdT referents have already made clear their intentions to compete within the ruling party.

Tolosa Paz stressed that neither De Pedro nor the Minister of Economy, sergio masaHe publicly expressed his intentions, but affirmed that together with Kicillof they will be part of the electoral strategy.

“(It will be necessary to define) which team is going to play in the national orbit; which team is going to play in the Province; who is going to be a participant in that match, who is going to go to the bench; who is going to start or as goalkeepers,” said the from La Plata, one of the few leaders who correctly interpreted Cristina Kirchner’s words on December 6 of last year, when she had assured that she would not be a “candidate for anything” because she was not going to submit to being a “mascot of power” or lead Peronism to the injustice of competing with a candidate “outlawed” and vilified by Justice.

Who participated in the PJ congress

Participating in the act were the president of the party Congress, Gildo Insfrán, other governors such as the aforementioned Kicillof (Buenos Aires), Juan Manzur (Tucumán), Sergio Ziliotto (La Pampa), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja), Raúl Jalil (Catamarca ) and Alicia Kirchner (Santa Cruz); members of the national Cabinet such as Agustín Rossi (Head of Cabinet), Santiago Cafiero (Foreign Minister), Tolosa Paz (Social Development), Jorge Taiana (Defense), Kelly Olmos (Labor), Martín Soria (Justice), Daniel Filmus (Science) and Julio Vitobello (General Secretary of the Presidency).

Also union leaders such as Antonio Caló, Ricardo Pignanelli, Andrés Rodríguez, José Luis Lingeri and Abel Furlán; the director of ANSES, Fernanda Raverta; the Buenos Aires lieutenant governor, Verónica Magario; the Buenos Aires ministers Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez (Government) and Andrés Larroque (Community Development); national deputies such as Paula Penacca and José Luis Gioja; the mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza; Buenos Aires deputy Teresa García.

“We have the possibility of reaching a competitive election because the opposition today is not just a political party, today it is Justice, there are certain media outlets that misinform and generate hatred about some figures, especially about Cristina,” he said. alvarez rodriguez in dialogue with the agency N/A.

For his part, Gioja He stressed that Peronism is “following a path of unity and when there is unity, success is what comes.”

“We are going to start building success and close the doors to this cruel, neoliberal right that is not interested in solidarity. We must look for the best candidates,” added the man from San Juan, a pre-candidate for governor of his province, to Argentine News.

Cristina Kirchner affirms that she will not be a candidate this year: “I will not be a pet of power”

CFK deactivated the clamor operation

“I will not be a pet of power”stressed the vice president in a letter to the militancy, reiterating what was announced last December, when she ruled out any application.

Barely an hour after the Peronist militancy sang “Cristina Presidenta” in the Ferro micro-stadium, within the framework of the Congress organized to define the electoral strategy of the ruling partythe head of the Senate closed the doors to his candidacy and quoted “a song by Indio Solari that Máximo likes so much[Kirchner]”.[Kirchner}”[Kirchner}”

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