“Jaldo hugs Milei. On Sunday he was the candidate of the Peronist unit in Tucumán “so that the right does not win.” “A political scam,” he posted. Nicolás del Caño in his personal account of
The president Javier Milei This Thursday he received 20 provincial leaders, including governors and vice-governors, in the first political meeting after the official victory in the legislative elections. The meeting, which lasted two hours, was presented as a sign of institutional strength to promote the 2026 Budget and the agenda of labor, tax and pension reforms that the Executive plans to send to Congress.
Only four opposition governors were excluded from the meeting: Axel Kicillof (Buenos Aires), Ricardo Quintela (La Rioja), Gildo Insfrán (Formosa) and Gustavo Melella (Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands). Considering that many of the leaders, in their respective provinces, were implacable in their statements against the national government, it was surprising that the meeting at the Government House reached twenty.
From that point of view, Nicolás del Caño’s tweet is justified. Months ago, Osvaldo Jaldo was one of the most vehement provincial leaders to take a stance against the national ruling party in the mid-term legislative elections. In the middle of the campaign, he toughened his speech against Javier Milei “so that the right does not win” and accused the national government of “suffocating the provinces.” From his dual role as governor and candidate for deputy, he sought to make the election in Tucumán a plebiscite for his management and obtained almost 51% of the votes, achieving a resounding victory in his province.
However, so far in the Mileista mandate, the Tucumán Justicialist leader also collaborated by putting his legislators in Congress so that the libertarians could advance with their main adjustment laws, such as the Bases Law. In the same way, they were absent from the premises when Javier Milei’s management needed it, as was the case during the session in the Chamber of Deputies that sought to limit the presidential DNU.
The government announced that the Tucumán leader was the first one they called and confirmed that he would attend. To the media, the Peronist stated that he will seek to see “how we can collaborate for the Nation and that the president begins to catch up with Tucumán” regarding debts. In statements to the Panorama Tucumano program, he stated: “The person who is lending you the money is telling you: ‘Go talk, come to an agreement’. How can we not go, the elections have already passed.” In the face-to-face meeting, both the host and the guest hugged each other warmly and exchanged a few jokes.
Official sources described the meeting between the governors and the libertarian government as “generalist” and aimed at “building consensus.” However, the focus was on ensuring political support for the 2026 Budget and the reform package that the Executive will seek to promote in the new legislative period. After the meeting, spokesperson Manuel Adorni gave a press conference in which he highlighted “the vocation for dialogue and support of the majority of the provinces.”
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