With the imminent start of the campaign for the presidential election several governors measure their candidate’s suit while their names begin to appear in different surveys and the possible emergence of a pole “peronist not kirchnerista” that, if it had low chances of fighting for the first places, it would complicate the calculations of the ruling party and the opposition.
The two most important names that appear in that scheme are those of Juan Schiarettigovernor and leader of Peronism in Córdoba who is not a member of the Frente de Todos, and his counterpart from San Juan, Sergio Unacwho despite being part of the pro-government alliance began to distance himself from the impeachment project against the Supreme Court promoted by the Government.
To them could be added a governor on leave who, despite being within the Frente de Todos, is not closely associated with Kirchnerism: the current chief of staff, Juan Manzur. Although his plan is to leave the Casa Rosada and return to Tucumán to accompany Osvaldo Jaldo as vice president, there are sectors of Peronism that they do not rule it out as a possible competitor.
by the side of Together for ChangeThe only governor who has signed up for the presidential elections for now is Jujuy’s Gerardo Morales, president of the UCR. However, its pair of Corrientes, Gustavo Valdesappears on the list of possible “vices” in the event that the opposition alliance advances with the scheme of crossed formulas between radicalism and the PRO.
Schiaretti and Uñac, in the polls for the presidential elections: does a non-K Peronism emerge?
Both Schiaretti and Uñac were measured by the consulting firm Zuban Córdoba y Asociados as possible presidential candidates. The Cordovan reaped a voting potential of 13.6%with a rejection of 62.5% and a percentage of indefinite workers of 23.9%.
For his part, Uñac had a voting intention of 7.2%, with a rejection of 66.2% and 23.9% undecided. Although neither of the two governors obtained an auspicious result in that poll, their inclusion among the possible presidential candidates was not accidental and could be due to the political situation. they face in their respective provinces.
Schiaretti is a leader associated with non-Kirchnerist Peronism and tried to create a space with Lavagna and Juan Urtubey
Schiaretti made the decision months ago not to force a re-election as other provincial “leaders” usually do and raised his hand as successor to the mayor of Córdoba Capital, Martín Llaryora. That decision led Cordovan Peronism to speculate on the possibility of a presidential candidacy that the president has not yet confirmed or ruled out.
While, Uñac seeks a new mandate in San Juan but would depend for it on a qualification of the Supreme Court of Justice. In addition, within provincial Peronism, he appears determined to confront the plan of the former governor and current national deputy José Luis Gioja, with the support of Kirchnerism. If the judicial permit did not arrive, the man from San Juan would be free to appear at the nationals.
The other data that emerged from that survey was the measurement of the potential to vote in favor of a list of “non-Kirchnerist Peronism” that reached 7.1%. Both Schiaretti and Uñac could fit into that category.: the first due to his historic confrontation with Cristina Kirchner’s sector, which is also highly unpopular in Córdoba; the second, due to the distance that it marked in front of the advance of the Government against the Court.
“John XXIII”: the posters that propose Manzur
Before the end of 2022 and in the midst of a wave of resignations in the national Cabinet, the Government confirmed that Manzur plans to leave the national Executive at some point this year to campaign in Tucumánbut his name was mentioned several times as a possible candidate in the primary elections (PASO).
In the last days, In the city of Mar del Plata, where political leaders from all sectors arrived, posters appeared with the legend “Juan XXIII” signed by “La Rucci”a Peronist organization independent of Kirchnerism and led by Tucuman deputy Carlos Cisneros.
Although Manzur has good relations with Kirchnerism and was Cristina Kirchner’s Minister of Health during her second term as president, his relations within Peronism are broader and, in the midst of the inmate of the Frente de Todos, he always showed himself on the side of President Alberto Fernández.
Uñac began to appear in the polls after detaching himself from the advance of the Government against the Court
Manzur’s plan is to return to Tucumán in the next few days to accompany Jaldo in the provincial elections and, although there are still no polls that measure him as a presidential candidate, in Peronism it has been commented for several months that He does not dislike the idea of looking for a place in the national fight.
K-Sealed Governors: Do They Get in the Race?
Despite the low voting intention that the latest poll by Zuban Córdoba gave to a eventual pole of non-Kirchnerist Peronists, its appearance could complicate the strategy of both the Frente de Todos and Juntos por el Cambio, since it would threaten to “bite” the votes of both sectors.
However, within the country they also have national aspirations other governors that could drive votes for the Frente de Todos and take care, in turn, of Cristina Kirchner’s electoral legacy. It’s about the chaco Jorge Capitanich and from Santiago Gerardo Zamora.
Different sources of Peronism indicate that, although neither of them is launched into a presidential race, both they have the will to get into the national elections either as head of the list or as running mates of another candidate. Both are men of fluent dialogue with Cristina Kirchner and they were the main promoters of the project to impeach the Court that President Alberto Fernández shouldered.
On the other hand, among the governors with the possibility of running as presidential candidates, the one from Buenos Aires also appears Axel Kicillofalthough in his case it would not be of his own free will but at the impulse of other sectors that make up the Frente de Todos.
Kicillof wants to go for his re-election in the Province but a Part of the Buenos Aires Peronism and Kirchnerism are fostering the possibility of him being a pre-candidate for president in a STEP from the Front of All. For this reason, she also appears in the polls with a voting intention close to 30%. However, its situation will depend on the internal dynamics of the ruling party in the coming months.
