Axel Kicillof has too many open fronts. The thing is To the party fight to which Kirchnerism submits it now added an advanced opponent that weakens it and a group of mayors who hold it, but that require in return. His chances of being presidential in 2027 will depend on good management in the province, but also that the darts that come from all directions do not do too much damage to their image.
The first thing that the governor of Buenos Aires has to fix is His intern with Cristina and Máximo Kirchner. He has two paths: to look for an agreement and wait for him to be respected by La Cámpora, or rebel to his political godmother and become the leader of the PJ. Kicillof does not decide.
Then, you have to take care of your guard for opposition attacks. Insecurity is its weakness: each tragedy in its territory will be an opportunity for Freedom to advance and the Pro marked their shortcomings. He suffered it in recent days: “Do not campaign with this,” the governor implored. He understood that he was found his Achilles heel.
Fight with Milei.
“The province is a bloodbath and appears to make political noise in a march,” Javier Milei complained after Kicillof went to the manifestation of the LGBTIQ+collective. The president had initiated his claim through Twitter: “The Buenos Aires before the neglect, inoperance and guarantee of Governor Kicillof, They are suffering a catastrophic insecurity wave, ”he wrote.
Kicillof tried to stop him in the first instance. “I am disgusted to see him profit politically with the death of a Buenos Aires,” he wrote in networks. And then, he sought to rebound: “Milei cut off the security funds,” he said in a C5N interview. He added: “The National Government is responsible for drug trafficking.”
The dispute has a positive appearance, which Kicillof deals with exploiting: it elevates it to the president’s contender position. The governor seeks to polarize with the libertarian and thus leave other leaders of the opposition without chances of entering the ring. In fact, they nickname the “Anti Milei” to the group of mayors with whom he meets in search of creating an autonomous space, independent of Cristina’s wishes. The strategy of this part of Peronism is clear: they seek that the only possible decision is Milei or Kicillof.
But the 35 mayor league also has its demands. It is that the future of many of them is at risk with the limit to the indefinite reelections that law was made in the management of María Eugenia Vidal and that was not yet modified. They ask the governor to exercise his influence on the legislature to have survival in his districts.
From the pro also crossed Kicillof. Vidal, as a reference in the province (although in recent times he walked capital again), crossed it: “They killed a delivery to stab. The workers went out to claim. Kicillof ordered to suppress them. The Buenos Aires threw a woman from her motorcycle, reduced her and hit her in front of the cameras. Thus they defend women’s rights? The governor did not respond: he chooses his battles.
Internal
But the most serious problem for Buenos Aires is that Cristina guarantees it. The plan to congenize with the president of the PJ has a base weakness: maximum. The former president’s son prevents any kind of agreement, so Kicillof has only one way, the rebellion.
The Intendant League gave him his endorsement to unfold the elections. The governor knows that if he does, he will leave the national assembly that Cristina commands very weakened, But if he does not, he runs the risk of being razed by freedom progresses.
A pollster measured the leaders in the province and the result was little encouraging: Mileism leads the intention of votes in Buenos Aires territory for 33.9% against 21.2% of the PJ, says the work of Pulse Research. In the province they reject him under the argument that he is biased. But they already took note that if they do not get autonomy, the headache will be greater. Kicillof asked to wait for it to be resolved in the Nation Congress what happens to the national passage. If they are suspended, it would be decided by unfolding.
The Peronist governors already gave the Buenos Aires signs that they will support him. But they understand that you must overcome your dispute with Cristina and maximum for yours. Each president who tried to intercede, ended up injured. Kicillof knows that if he wants to be a candidate for president, he must overcome that evidence. But while traveling the way, receiving blows from the inside and outside. To transform into a candidate, he must resist all attacks.
