The FDT organizes a mobilization for May 25 with the vice president. In addition, there will be plenary sessions and other meetings to define the electoral strategy
By Natalia Vaccarezza
18/04/2023 – 19,55hs
He Kirchnerism will return to militant mysticism to regain political prominence on May 25, a national date that also coincides with the 20th anniversary of Néstor Kirchner’s assumption of the presidency. Homeland Day will seek to emulate those Bicentennial celebrations on 9 de Julio Avenue and a massive act is being prepared with the possible presence of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as the only speaker.
The idea began to take shape prior to the march to the Courts that was carried out under the slogan “Democracy or judicial mafia”, which included the figures of the Buenos Aires governor, Axel Kicillof, and the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo Wado de Pedro. The unionism and political organizations that participated in the mobilization that demanded the candidacy of the former president, let the initiative to carry out a tribute to the former president, as a prior to the closing of the lists of pre-candidates that expires on June 24. .
The intention to hold the demonstration was raised with the vice president at the meeting held last week by a group of trade union leaders in the Senate. In that meeting the hope grew that Cristina still review her candidacy since at no time did he “close the door to the decision”, as revealed by one of those present. Union representatives asked her to lead the Frente de Todos formula in the next elections. She didn’t say “no or yes”.
The mystery of Cristina Kirchner
The proposal to honor Néstor Kirchner was well received by the former president, who left pending a response on whether she will participate in the act in which Kirchnerism seeks to recover the power of mobilization in the street. “There is still a long way to go, but we are making progress in holding the event,” the promoters acknowledged.
The vice president participated in different acts since the assassination attempt on September 1, where the most crowded was on December 27 at the Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Avellaneda when he stated that he would not be a candidate for “nothing” and denounced that it is not “not resignation or self-exclusion, but proscription” after his conviction in the Roads case .
The next steps of Kirchnerism will be a new plenary session and a federal march. The Buenos Aires FDT called for a militancy act at the Ferro stadium next weekend to express their support for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and “fight against the ban.” The militant discussion is part of the strategy to debate the political future of the party ahead of the elections. Two meetings have already been held in Avellaneda and another in Chaco; and will continue through other provinces in the interior of the country.
Mobilizations and future meetings are planned and in plenary sessions with two axes: ending the ban and Cristina President
The PJ’s Buenos Aires strategy
On the other hand, a group of political and union referents meet periodically in the Buenos Aires territory to diagram strategies of the Kirchner sector. There, mobilizations and future meetings are planned and in plenary sessions with two axes: end the ban and Cristina President.
The members of the Buenos Aires table are made up of Governor Axel Kicillof; the mayors of Ensenada, Mario Secco and Avellaneda, Jorge Ferraresi; the Minister of Development, Andrés Larroque; Deputy Leopoldo Moreau; the head of the AFIP Carlos Castagneto; the Minister of Government Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez; the chief advisor Carlos Bianco and the head of the Buenos Aires Cultural Institute Florencia Saintout. On behalf of trade unionism, Hugo Yasky, from CTA; Roberto Baradel, from Suteb; Sonia Alesso, from Ctera; Sergio Palazzo, from La Bancaria; Mario “Paco” Manrique, from Smata; Walter Correa, from Tanners Workers and Vanesa Siley, from Judicial.
The meetings of the Buenos Aires small table do not always take place on a weekly basis and “the same” leaders do not even go. One of the first summits was in La Plata, followed by Avellaneda and there will be other meetings in the district. “For now, the Buenos Aires strategy is being discussed. There is no national strategy“, they complain from the hard Kirchnerism.
The differences stop the candidacies
The internal differences in the FDT prevent there being an electoral resolution soon, on a par with the opposition candidates. Christianity keeps the flame burning while the PJ seeks to confirm those chosen to compete. They believe that if Cristina endorses all the mobilizations, it is that she is still in the fight. This sector is the one that believes that the only way to win the elections is for the vice president to head the national list. Some believe that she delays a response until Alberto confirms her candidacy.
In each summit, plenary or mobilization, the steps to follow and the strategy of the electoral process are agreed upon. The head of the PJ, Máximo Kirchner, moves in parallel with his party agenda. While the militancy mobilized to Comodoro Py, the deputy went out in search of consensus among local leaders of the Sixth Electoral Section that brings together 22 municipalities.
The hard wing calls on the President to reconvene a political table as was the one last February at the PJ headquarters. In May the Council should meet and then the Party Congress, which could be the scene of the second national table.
