At 2 pm today, Plaza de Mayo will be the scene of a massive mobilization convened by sectors of Peronismsocial and human rights organizations in defense of Cristina Fernández de Kirchnerafter the Supreme Court confirmed its sentence to six years in prison in the road cause and perpetual disqualification to exercise public office. The march is not only an act of support for the former president, it is also a warning: Peronism considers that what is at stake is not only a political figure, but a country project. At the same time, the sentence opens an internal debate – a substantial but underway – about postcristinist leadership and the construction of new electoral horizons.
“It was a proscription and delivery plan of the country,” said the head of the Union Block for the Fatherland in Deputies, Germán Martínezin dialogue with Wake UP (Delta 90.3). “They tried on several sides, with several causes, and this was the one that allowed them to reach the goal. I have no doubts: what they did with Cristina was to outlaw it politically and enable a predatory economic model,” he said. According to Martínez, behind the judicial ruling there are corporate interests that seek to implement a regime of social exclusion and economic concentration, and the government of Javier Milei functions as a vehicle of that offensive. “On Wednesday it has to be a great mobilization. The city of Buenos Aires must become the epicenter of a town that goes out to defend Cristina,” he said.
In the same line the senator pronounced José Mayanswho also provided statements to Wake UP and described the sentence as “A political ruling” dictated “under media and corporate pressure”. “Cristina represents a project that bothers the sectors of power. He achieved a historical distribution between capital and labor. That is why they want it out of play,” he said. Mayans also denounced the violation of the Republican system and anticipated that “today there will be a massive and peaceful mobilization, but with a clear message: one cannot continue to rule with adjustment and repression.”
From another angle of the Peronist spectrum, Guillermo Moreno – Exsecretary of Internal Commerce and current reference of principles and values - it was even more direct: “Peronism stood up and goes for the Government, within the law and order. The level of confrontation with Milei will be defined by Milei, not us.” In dialogue with Wake Up (Delta 90.3), Moreno argued that the ruling against Cristina should not be interpreted as a tragic end but as the beginning of a new stage. “Let’s not take it as a tragedy. Peronism in the street is a party. We always returned, and this will not be the exception,” he said.
Moreno also pointed against the current economic model, which he described as “suicide” for the national industry: “today Argentina is expensive in dollars. You are going to Brazil and is still cheaper. All Argentine products are being replaced by foreign production. And that happens because we have a president who prefers to matter before defending his own.” He compared the Peronist economic doctrine with Donald Trump’s protectionist strategy: “We were advanced. Managing trade is to take care of national work. Trump understood. Milei, no.”
In parallel, Oscar Parrillideputy and historical figure of hard Kirchnerism, denounced that the proscription of Cristina seeks to “install a narrative where the only valid candidates are functional to economic power.” “If Cristina had no power, why did they proscribe her? Because they are afraid. Because he is the only one who can beat them, ”90.3 told Delta. This government needs violence to sustain. We are not going to respond violently, but we are not going to be silent. ”
For its part, Emilio Persicoleader of the Evita Movement, warned in the same station that the sentence reflects “a deep democratic crisis”: “They give the main opposition leader, which led the only government that won three elections in a row. What weighs the most: the popular vote or a ruling of the tailored court?“Persian said that he saw” a river of people “on the street, spontaneously mobilized after the confirmation of the conviction.” That is what they cannot control: emotion, loyalty, the outrage of a town that does not forget. “
While the common axis among all sectors of Peronism remains The support of Cristina and the rejection of what they call their “judicial proscription”the impossibility of the former president to compete enable new power disputes within space. In that sense, Guillermo Moreno’s speech acts as a turning point: while claiming the past, he proposes to look forward. “The crying time is over. Peronism is being reorganized. We must not dramatize. We are going to build an alternative and we will rule again,” he insisted.
While hard Kirchnerism sectors prepare to fill the square with a mystique of resistance, other spaces already plan internal, relaunching figures and territorial rearrangement. Governors, mayors and union referents evaluate their own candidacies in a scenario where Cristina can no longer be the visible head of the ballot. The question that underlies is not just who will conduct the new cycle, but which narrative will keep a Peronism that remains socially majority, but politically fragmented.
In short, today’s march is not just a defense of Cristina. It is also a demonstration of strength of a movement that, beaten but not finished, seeks to rebuild, reorganize and dispute power again. As he says Moreno: “When someone was imprisoned in my time it was because I was lucky. They killed us. And yet, Peronism always returns. ”
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