In the convulsed 2025 political scenario, recent migrations from PRO leaders towards Freedom advances (lla) generated intense debates and strategic reconfigurations for the next legislative elections. The confirmation of the transfer of Diego Valenzuela, mayor of Tres de February, to the ruling party was a trigger for other Pro referents to consider to follow their steps. Among the names that resonate are deputies Diego Santilli and Fernando Iglesias, the former chief of Cabinet of Jorge Macri, Néstor Grindetti; Senator Luis Judge and the mayor of Mar del Plata Guillermo Montenegro.
The passes season is already open a common adversary: Kirchnerism. So choosing the trench from where to face will be key to this year’s electoral assembly.
The national deputy Diego Santilli is a key figure in the structure of the PRO, but the constant interaction with President Milei, his positions supporting him and even the communicating vessels with different government advisors such as Rodrigo Lugones, the advisor of Santiago Caputo, let rumors run About a possible pass before closing June lists. His decision could significantly influence the political reconfiguration of the province of Buenos Aires.
Fernando Iglesias, known for his confrontational style and his active presence on social networks, is a staunch defender of PRO policies. However, sources close to the deputy indicate that Iglesias has informal conversations with representatives of Lla and that it would explore the possibility of a change of bench. His possible transfer could reinforce the most combative wing of the ruling party in Congress.
Néstor Grindetti’s pass was closed. According to government sources, he was planned to be president of the Investment and Foreign Trade Bank (BICE), but apparently they would have asked him to have a public gesture, especially critic against Jorge Macri, his previous boss, something to which Grindetti was He would have denied, so his walk would be delayed.
The National Senator for Córdoba, Luis Judge, already expressed on several occasions his interest in being a candidate for governor of his province for Lla and even requested the headquarters of the ruling party in the Senate in exchange for his pass. During the week of the scandal for the $ Libra cryptocurrency he defended the president for all corners. For now it is in a limbo.
Guillermo Montenegro, the mayor of General Pueyrredón (Mar del Plata), awaits him with open arms in Lla. Although libertarians prefer, in territorial matters, to embrace the greatest number of mayors, especially those who have re -election, which is not the case of Montenegro. The play that circulated in Radiopasillo was that Montenegro could assume in the Ministry of Justice in replacement of Mariano Cúneo Libarona.
To those who have to administer this crisis with the greatest possible surgical precision is the former president Mauricio Macri, who agreed to put himself in charge of the Acassuso pact that began as an electoral support to Milei and then muttered an accompaniment within the management and now that now He is in crisis because the Government’s iron triangle (Milei, his sister Karina and Santiago Caputo) trusts that they do not need the Pro because their electorate has already chosen them before. After returning from his stay in Cumelén, Macri was in Santa Fe supporting the radical governor Maximiliano Pullaro, and said that what happened with $ Libra is a serious event and launched criticism of Santiago Caputo and Karina Milei without appointing them.
The governors and mayors of the PRO face particular challenges in this scenario. On the one hand, they seek to preserve their territories and guarantee the continuity of their efforts and on the other, they must adapt to national political reality, where he has won prominence. The possibility of unfolding provincial and municipal elections always raises as a strategy to minimize the impact of national polarization and strengthen local candidacies. A week after the speech of Milei before the Legislative Assembly, the electoral year begins to delineate a path that will just end in October.
