The vice president will make her first public statement in an act in La Plata, with a sign about her candidacy and the economic situation
By Natalia Vaccarezza
27/04/2023 – 13,00hs
The complicated economic panorama puts pressure on the electoral definitions and a resolution on the presidential candidacy of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. All eyes are on the speech that he will give tomorrow at the Teatro Argentino de La Plata.
The vice president chose a significant date to reappear publicly, on the expiration of 20 years of the electoral triumph of Néstor Kirchner after Carlos Menem resigned from the runoff. Different political leaders of Kirchnerism are enthusiastic about the possibility that Cristina is a candidatea, but she did not regret what she said last December when she anticipated that “she would not be a candidate for anything.”
Since the confirmation of her participation in the act, speculation grew about what the former president would do now that Alberto Fernandez He gave up running for re-election, a decision demanded by Kirchnerism and on which CFK had no opinion. The option that gains more space is that “there will not be a conclusive definition” until it’s over with the ban on justice which sentenced her to a lifetime disqualification from holding public office in the Highway Administration case.
Cristinismo expected a declaration closer to the end of May, but electoral times rushed, first with the resignation ofand Mauricio Macri and then the President’s. The Vice President’s words “they will help order” the electoral strategy of the Frente de Todosand also to “order what is happening with the dollar”, they predict in the immediate environment.
What will the vice president say about her candidacy?
“The truth, nobody knows. This Thursday we will find out”, advanced a Kirchnerist leader who hopes to hear the vice president’s words about her candidacy. The alternatives that are handled suggest that Cristina will be the only organizer in the internal politics of the Front of All. Those who drive the clamor operation dream of some important announcement, like she did in 2007 when she announced her presidential candidacy in that emblematic setting, and in 2005 she also did so as a candidate for senator. Both antecedents feed the expectations of a new release.
The dispute that divides the Frente de Todos points to whether it will have one candidate or several on the lists that will be settled in the STEP. In the event that the vice president agrees to be a candidate, no other referent will dare to face her at the polls. The chief of staff and possible pre-candidate, Agustín Rossi, has already announced it, who made it clear that if the former president is not in the elections, she will present herself as a candidate. “I would not go to an intern with Cristina, but with a candidate that she puts”sentenced the official.
On May 25, Cristina Kirchner could lead the act
Other options that are handled is that the vice president compete for another position, such as senator for the province of Buenos Aires. With this scenario, it seeks to promote the candidacy for the re-election of Axel Kicillof in the Buenos Aires territory with the aim of consolidating the Peronist vote in the most important district of the country. The possibility of the governor going up to the national ballot as Cristina’s chosen one would also be ruled out.
The possibility that the former president does not compete in the upcoming elections it is something that only excites the opposition. According to several surveys, it is the one that best measures the intention to vote within the ruling party. In the closest environment, they admit that “She does not want to be a candidate for president again”.
A speech criticizing the economy
Thursday’s call will be a “master class” under the axes “The FMI and its historical recipe for inflation and recession” and “Political fragmentation and economic concentration”, for which reason a large part of the speech will be focused on the economic management of Alberto Fernández, of whom he has made several public criticisms. On the contrary, he did not he did with the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, still backed by Kirchnerism.
The vice president leads another act
In parallel, the announcement of the alliances is expected for May 16 in the Congress of the Justicialista Party that was convened at the Ferro stadium, where the presidential candidate or candidates of the Frente de Todos will be determined, and it will be resolved whether there will also be an inmate in the province of Buenos Aires.
Another of the readings that the public reappearance of Cristina will bring will be the presences on the stage of La Plata. Governor Kicillof has already confirmed that she will attend. Minister Massa will be in Montevideo, Uruguay, to sign agreements with the Andean Financial Corporation (CAF) for US$680 million, while part of the economic team will travel to Washington to negotiate the conditions of the Extended Facilities Program with the International Monetary Fund. The relationship with the IMF will be part of the topics that Cristina Kirchner will include in her speech on Thursday.
