“Macri has every right to say”I like my cousin‘but not to bend the rules”, fired the candidate for Buenos Aires Head of Government, Martin Lousteauaiming at the same time against the former president and the current Minister of Government, Jorge Macri.
The radical seeks to establish the lack of merits of the former mayor of Vicente López, framing his candidacy -to succeed Horacio Rodriguez Larreta– as a case of nepotism: the preference of Mauricio Macri in this case, for giving jobs to family and friends, regardless of the merit to occupy the position, but their loyalty or alliance.
A proposal that angered macrismo where “merit” is precisely the flag. “It was Horacio and not Mauricio who invited me to join the City Government”, he was heard defending himself Jorge Macri. It happened in November 2021 at the request of Rodríguez Larreta (Mauricio was not convinced that Jorge would take that leap), who argued for the need to add his “political volume”, “management experience” and “broad vision”.
Rodríguez Larreta had that gesture after his former vice, Diego Santillidisembarked in the province of Buenos Aires to compete first as deputy and now governor, where the former Vicente López was just “primus inter pares”. “Your decision and volume of work are going to be imposed for sure”, were the words with which he was received, the Head of Government determined that “the Uspallata system” would creak, the seat of the Buenos Aires executive.
Meanwhile, in the macrista circle, they exude their fury against the Lousteau shipownerswhere the radical deputy commands Emiliano Yacobitti (He was the one who in 2019 installed the former Minister of Economy of Cristina Kirchner as the first senator for the City), who is also held responsible for the questioning of Jorge Macri’s parchments to present himself as a candidate in CABA.
Campaign that was initially foisted on Elisa “Lilita” Carriówho in turn promotes the campaign of the Minister of Health, Fernan Quiros. “Lilita did not go, she is one more of Yacobitti. Carrió does it to fight for better places on the lists, ”they explain in the Buenos Aires circle, where they understand that the ARI leader will not go in depth with a proposal that directly benefits her historical rivals.
The candidacy of Quirós (who in turn assures that he will not decline, and privately expresses some anger at the groping), would divide the PRO vote in CABA in favor of Martin Lousteauwhose godparents are Enrique “Coti” Nosiglia and Daniel “El Tano” Angelicitwo that head the black list of Carrió.
The former president of Boca could contribute thanks to his judicial ties, a friendly magistrate to challenge the candidacy of Jorge Macri (they used the same argument against Larretismo in the event that the law that established the single ticket was not complied with). Although this is played for now only in a tone of threat from Buenos Aires radicalism.
nosiglia meanwhile, former Minister of the Interior of Raúl Alfonsín, is the one who finances and advises his pupils Yacobitti and Lousteauto ensure that the second can unseat the cousin of Mauricio Macri, once an ally. Path paved by the concurrent elections, rejected in chorus in the PRO. And wake up the alerts among the yellowswho emphasize internally -for now- the distrust that Lousteau should generate.
Macri, who offered him a prominent place as ambassador to the United States during the beginning of his presidency, he still remembers how that movie ended, with the radical failing in diplomacy necessary for the position. Furthermore, they insist that it is functional to Kirchnerism, of which he was an official, and point out his appearance on the journalistic channel aligned with the ruling party, C5Nas a test.
“The risk is that pull strongly in the PASO the vote of Kirchnerism as happened in 2015, when he was twenty points below Horacio, but ended up narrowing the gap to 3 percent in the ballotage, precisely thanks to the K vote. Today Jorge is 5 to 6 points ahead, Quirós may even subtract him points to Lousteau in the progressive vote, but it worries that we have entered into a very dirty ground”, they explain in the PRO Buenos Aires.
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