This Sunday, April 13, Santa Fe will go to the polls to choose conventional constituents. On the surface, it is a partial reform of the Provincial Constitution, but under the institutional clothing a political bracelet is released with effects that transcend the Santa Fe margins. Nicolás Mayoraznational deputy and constitutional lawyer, is the name that heads the bet of freedom progresses to give that blow. Not only does he seek to sit in the convention: he wants to dynamit the traditional political system of the province from within. And he does it with the direct blessing of Karina Milei and the explicit support of the national government.
The libertarian bet: occupy the void, dispute the future
“We filled a vacuum that was without candidates for Lla,” says Mayoraz with a tone of those who not only want to win an election, but to reconfigure the provincial political map. In 2023, La Libertad Avanza did not play in the election to Governor. That space occupied it Maximiliano Pullarowhich today has in Mayoraz its first rival truly aligned to the presidential project. “The vote that went to Pullaro was not his, it was from Milei,” repeats the libertarian candidatewhich aims to reconquer that orphan electorate.
The scenario is not less: with a fragmented Peronism, without clear leadership and still shaken by the power vacuum that Omar Perotti left, Mayoraz believes that it can be positioned as the most clear opposition to the ruling party of the United States to change Santa Fe. And for this he bets strongly: eliminate the provincial Senate, reduce the “legislative caste” and give a discursive battle of high voltage with the axis in the axis.
UNICAMERALITY: The mother of all reforms
Mayoraz’s main campaign flag is clear: Transform the bicameral system into a unicameralsuppressing the Santa Fe Senate. “Bicamerality costs Santa Fe more than 60 billion pesos per year,” he denounces. His proposal is to eliminate what he considers an obsolete and expensive institution, which serves more for the thread among senators than to represent citizens.
In legal terms, the approach is bold. The law that enables the reform does not explicitly contemplate the possibility of discussing the legislative system, but Mayoraz argues that the convention can resolve those limits. “It’s not that you can’t, they don’t want to,” he argueswith a maximalist interpretation of constituent power. And warn: if freedom progresses a relevant bench, they will force the debate even if that implies tensing the legality of the process.
Security, Antimaphia Law and the Rosario Model
As a good representative of the speech of the “hard hand”, Mayoraz also proposes to incorporate criminal figures in the new Constitution such as “reiterative” to prevent the release of repeat offenders, as well as an “antimaphia law” that enables more harsh sentences and judicial tools to combat criminal gangs. “Rosario lowered the homicides for the flag plan of Patricia Bullrich, not by Pullaro,” he insistslooking for Corroer one of the few management assets that the governor seeks to capitalize.
In that axis, Mayoraz also unchecks the most classic republican speeches: it proposes to harden penalties and accelerate criminal processes, even when that implies conflicts with constitutional guarantee. The libertarian campaign in Santa Fe smells more at the Ministry of Security than constituent deliberation.
National and armed support
Mayoraz’s candidacy has behind the unequivocal seal of the national ruling. He was backed by Karina Milei, by Patricia Bullrich in campaign, and for weight figures as Romina Ten. Javier Milei himself received him at Expoagro, although his agenda prevented more visible support. But the message is clear: Santa Fe is a laboratory for freedom to advance as a real party.
To this is added a territorial armed that, although young, already exhibits competitive names in several regions: Juan Pedro Aleart in Rosario, Javier Meyer in Belgrano, Ana Cantiani in the capital, Eugenia Rolón in San Lorenzo. Mayoraz is confident and repeats that there will be surprises. The underlying political data is that, unlike what was Milei in 2021, this libertarian armed is not testimonial: he wants real power.
Pullaro, re -election and symbolic battle
The recurring target in Mayoraz’s speech is Governor Maximiliano Pullaro. He accuses him of using the reform as a pretext to enable his re -election – although the text of the reform itself does not guarantee it yet – and of manipulating the electoral times to hide the true scope of the constituent process. “He did not want to explain that the Constitution was reformed. It was not transparent,” he denounces.
Criticism is not only legal, but political: Pullaro appears portrayed as the new face of the caste. A governor who, in alliance with the senators that Mayoraz wants to eliminate, promotes a reform made tailored to their personal ambitions.
The libertarian, on the other hand, is offered as the opposite: an outsider with academic credentials, but without commitments to the status quo. “The alternation has gone well to Santa Fe. It is not time to change that,” he finishes, suggesting that behind the re -election operation there is more speculation than institutional need.
By rn
