The authorities of the block of deputies and several operators -of the Government and of the kichnerismo- worked intensely, in a Congress paralyzedto guarantee discipline and perfect attendance in the Impeachment Commission. Thus they imposed their adjusted majority to advance with the prosecution of the four members of the Supreme Court. It is a process that has no chance of success on the premises and it is doubtful that it will ever reach that decisive instance of quorum and voting. But it was necessary to show a triumph, curious, because it confronts the broader reality of the ruling party: unity on that ground and relentless battle for internal power.
Unimagined coincidence, the striking painting exposed all its lines on the same day, last Thursday. The Front of All showed representatives of all its spaces -Olivos, Kirchnerism, Massismo and various provincial leaders- united in Deputies for the burden on the judges of the Supreme Court. And almost at the same time, he transcended uneasily from the Casa Rosada that Alberto Fernández had suspended a meeting with the Peronist governors due to lack of confirmations to the appointment. Also simultaneously, the Court carried out the first meeting of the year -formal, after reserved contacts-, disseminated and interpreted as a signal in itself. In addition, suspicions were not lacking.
The dispute within the ruling party does not take place in a relaxed framework of economic containment, despite the hyperactivity that Sergio Massa. On the contrary, there are different evaluations and data. Close to Economy, they maintain that domestic battles complicate or could have a negative impact if they are not stopped without delay. They are not convinced for similar reasons by the agitation of the charge on the judicial front, but standing out in Deputies would have represented a break with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
The former president reiterated her low-profile commitment to Massa’s management. The question, in the short term, is what would be the attitude of kirchnerism if the escalation of prices is not stopped. The versions circulating in the Government itself speak of a CPI for January worse than expectedthat is, close to 6%. Nobody disputes the bullish sense. In addition to the private reports, the numbers of the City of Buenos Aires and of provinces such as Córdoba express this line, with local characteristics and also as signal of two months in a row.
It happens that even in this context, CFK and Alberto Fernández continue to tighten the political rope. Kirchnerism has qualms, plus drag anger, with the effective position of the President in the defense of his leader. They consider that he did not play thoroughly. The misgivings reach the move that ended up placing the charge against the Court in Congress, without final perspective due to the need for special majorities, unattainable. The opposition of Juntos por el Cambio and some less important spaces cast doubt on the fact that a number can even be gathered to take the debate to the lower house.
But Kirchnerism needs to place the cases that CFK is facing as central point of the agenda of the ruling party for the electoral dispute: it is more than symbolic, apart from the forced slogan of “proscription”. Political support is a basic element, in principle to convey that the axis of the ruling party was not overturned. To this is added the barrage to definitively run from the 2023 decision to Alberto Fernández. Definitely, battle for internal power. That’s what the discussion about the national table of the Front of Allwith a release date for next Thursday.
With that background curtain, management appears outdated and fragmented. An example: the change of Chief of Staff has the category of side theme. Juan Manzur A while ago he was away from such tasks and focused on the elections in his province. The departure, planned months ago, was made official by Alberto Fernández in Tucumán. And the vacant position will be assumed by Augustine Rossi. Meanwhile, Alberto Fernández will continue with his plan of actions in a campaign tone, a resource to maintain internal space and a re-election imaginary that especially irritates CFK.
The burden on the Court did not have the desired impact at start to compete with other issues at the top of the public agenda. And less distended the internal. It also didn’t work until now to bog down the opposition in this game, which is still going on anyway. entangled in her own career and gave little sign of shifting the axis of the discussion. last attempt was the counterpoint for public indebtednesslimited to a warning and little will of its leaders for this debate.
Even so, the ruling party in Deputies produced a bit of warning but significant I stopped the initial idea of trying to crack JxC. He decided to deal en bloc with all impeachment requests to Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Ronsenkrantz, Juan Carlos Maqueda and Ricardo Lorenzetti. The Civic Coalition had submitted requests against Lorenzetti years ago, but placing them in a package with the propositions of the ruling party facilitated the rejection without breaks in the opposition. Seen in a mirror, it also prevented further progress against a particular judge.
The tight vote in the Impeachment Commission projected a couple of relevant signals. He showed that it is a field to mark non-negotiable and gravitating positions on the two sidewalks. The FdeT had its 16 legislators. JxC gathered its 14. And the representative of the Federal Interblock, “Topo” Rodríguez, participated in the entire process. Beyond the result16 to 15-, the count indicates that the ruling party does not find an echo beyond its own ranks. Seen this way, he would not even achieve a quorum if he tried to take the debate to the venue. The impossibility of scratching two thirds to approve the accusation to the judges was already clear.
The Court, for its part, he also showed more than he did. It met almost in parallel to accommodate the agenda. And he let the reaction to the escalation of the pro-government party transcend: despite internal and woundsIt will move united in this area and in the midst of an election year. Has dense pending issues, including the dispute over the cut in funds to the City of Buenos Aires. Next Tuesday he will meet again. That day, the inflation number for January will be released, a matter of high impact, not exclusively economic. And two days later, the debut of the FdeT national table and a new meeting of the Political Judgment Commission are scheduled. Other coincidences of an intense February.
