Mauricio Macri was against the sword and the wall. His electoral options in the province were reduced to going alone, getting a third place and putting just one or two legislators; or get to freedom progress losing identity but pretending to be part of a performance that will largely be alien to them.
He chose Plan B, which Cristian Ritondo and Diego Santilli managed. Even when some leaders of the PRO reproached the attitude. The pact had just official hours and the complaints were already heard in the game.
The defenders of the agreement argue that the PRO never competed in the province with its own seal, that this will be another experience in that regard. However, the coalitions of which it was part of no particular party. In this case, with the Alianza La Libertad advances, they are literally subsumed in an foreign brand.
Mauricio’s decision leaves several injured in the PRO. Mayors who had to give in, governors who see the decision with bad eyes and, Above all, Jorge Macri, who will be difficult to explain how the allies in the province are their local enemies. Those who already expressed their decision to snatch the Government Headquarters in 2027.
Mauricio, the Chinese vase.
To Mauricio, the president seems to have found a place where he does not bother. Although he still did not offer it personally, he made it public to chew it: “I would love that Macri had an international role as an international level as a representative of Argentina,” he said during an interview. The Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, seconded him: “It would be a luxury. He has knowledge and contacts. He is someone who can promote Argentina in the world as no one.”
With Macri of Ambassador, The government would also save the headache of having to negotiate in October before a possible national alliance and possibly give it some candidacy. They would leave him out of competition. The operation to get rid of the former president is already underway. And it would be to take another step in the maximum objective raised by the armor Karina Milei: phagocying the pro.
Wednesday 9, Hours before the deadline for registering alliances, Karina Milei presented the coalition with Ritondo. It was at the Libertador Hotel, where Milei usually assembles her campaign bun. All very libertarian.
“I think it is a day of great hope for Buenos Aires, to recover a province that for some is unfeasible and for us it is all possible,” said Ritondo and completed: “As the national government has shown in the country, we can find balance, security and order.” The only reference to the PRO was thanks to the mayorswith whom he had been gathered for zoom hours before convincing them that they made the best decision.
All the negotiation carried out by Ritondo and Santilli was monitored at a distance by Mauricio. But, obviously, The former president did not generate too much enthusiasm the step that his party took: A day later, at the close of this edition, it had not yet been issued on the matter.
Uncomfortable.
For cousin Jorge there are also moments of uncertainty. First, because The mayors who respond in the province feel that they are being harmed with the new front. But also for what may happen in its own territory.
In the face of the nationals of October, La Libertad Avanza rejects any attempt to agree on the candidates who will come out of capital. After having taken almost twice as much votes in the local elections of May, they do not see the need to agree with the PRO. In fact, a new victory in the city would leave them better positioned for the goal of getting the macrismo from their main bastion.
To avoid catastrophe, Jorge Macri could rehearse the resurgence of together for change, convincing radicalism and other distribution actors to accompany him in the national elections. Anyway, that would not help falling back with the libertarians.
Macri cousins are facing the most complicated political situation. Their party lost autonomy and they have no room for maneuver because much of their electorate today leans on freedom progresses. To top it off, the next steps could sink them even more.
