Patricia bullrich is determined to run for the presidency in two years with Horacio Rodríguez Larreta. The Buenos Aires chief would have opened the possibility of going through the City in a versus with Maria Eugenia Vidal, but the president of the PRO openly rejected it. “I am not going to move my address, I am going to stay in the City. But I’m not going to go through the City, ”he told Viviana Canosa.
And determined to build a right-wing space that rivals Larreta’s centrism, it has been opening the game to other actors on that spectrum for some time. Not only to Ricardo Lopez Murphy, who was central to the victory of Together in the City, but also to the space of Javier Milei Y Jose Luis Espert. And on that path, a week ago, he winked at the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Sergio berni, whom he said he rescues within the ruling party.
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“In matters of Security, Berni has ideas more similar to ours than to the government he is in. If someone wants to participate in our strength and share values… There are things to look at, like what happened with Nisman, but they are conversations that can be had, “Bullrich said, warning that it was not a priority and that he did not rule out adding other figures to his space.
The former Minister of Security had already thrown her flowers in the middle of the campaign for the 2021 legislative elections: “Given the lack of coordination in the province of Buenos Aires, I recognize the attitude of Minister Sergio Berni“, had said.
For Patricia bullrich, the passing of the lieutenant colonel would mean a reinforcement for her and also a wound for Kirchnerism, with which Berni himself recognizes himself estranged. However, the doctor-turned-sheriff was quick to put it down. “I don’t understand why I should go to Together for Change“He replied in” A dos Voces “in TN. And he added: “I have marked differences in the Frente de Todos, but I am not a fundamentalist, I believe in consensus,” he clarified.
“I’m glad you don’t come to Together for Change”, Answered the deputy of Juntos, Fernando Iglesias placeholder image, a hawk close to Macri. In Together they understand that the PRO president’s strategy is to put pressure on the opposite side. “It seems to me that the institutionality of Juntos that we seek is to give a debate to see how we are going to do for the new incorporations. Can you tell me Sergio berni or another, but more than anything what matters is the method. But Sergio Berni I don’t like anything ”, the Macrista deputy agreed with Iglesias Hernan Lombardi.
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It is not the first time that there are gestures of political gallantry between them. Last August, when Jorge Fontevecchia interviewed them, this relaxed dialogue took place between the two “toughs” in their spaces. “Can you imagine what we would have done if we were together”Berni told Bullrich. She returned with amusement: “When I am president, I will take you as Minister of Security.”
The two have a coinciding view on issues of insecurity such as land seizures or fires attributed to the Mapuche community. And both also have training as combatants: Berni is a military man and Bullrich was a guerrilla cadre from Montoneros. The two also generate discomfort among the “pigeons” in their spaces, such as Alberto and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.
For now, the pass is a no. But the coup worked. He came out to answer, and again air his discrepancies with the ruling party. Since his management began, Sergio berni had open crosses with his national counterpart, Sabina Frederic, who was replaced months ago by Aníbal Fernández. But the minister was not content, and broke spears also with Máximo Kirchner and Alberto Fernández.
It took a toll on both of them for having banned their candidacy for deputy, and threatened to break, considering that within the ruling party it is not recognized. “Loyalty is a round trip, not only with who can be the driver of the political space. It is also with my convictions and my vocation, “he said a month ago, sowing doubts about his immediate future.
However, Berni recalculated in recent weeks. “Why do I have to go? Let those who said they were better go away and lost four million votes along the way, ”he invited as a guest at Juana Viale’s table, where he clarified that“ a longer-term view”.
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Just as Bullrich does not get off the presidential fight in Juntos, Berni’s goal is to be able to have a place in the PASO of 2023, and compete with Alberto and others to lead the space formula. The one who has already made such an ambition public is her partner, the deputy Agustina Propato.
“I always say that I hope the Argentines do not miss it, I would love to accompany Sergio’s candidacy because I deeply believe in him,” said the woman, who coincides with the idea of a non-Kirchnerist Peronism that rival CFK and La Cámpora. An intern that Together and Bullrich celebrate.
