Milei and another July 9th: the day of caste dependence

Javier Milei is reviewing his characterization of the caste with which he came to power. A process of critical introspection prompted by the congested electoral landscape of La Libertad Avanza (LLA) in the province of Buenos Aires may force him to be generous with some of his representatives, something he hadn't originally planned for. Especially for the September 7 elections. For this reason, he reportedly gave his sister Karina specific instructions to encourage Sebastián Pareja to relax the pressure he's putting Cristian Ritondo under and offer him a dignified exit.

The condition Mauricio Macri is demanding from "Pucho" to close an electoral agreement between the Pro Party and La Libertad Avanza (LLA). Nine Pro Party mayors threatened last night to formalize another agreement with Evolución Radical, neighborhood activists, and Peronist sectors after Ritondo postponed the Zoom meeting indefinitely to inform them of the progress of a conversation that had stalled a month ago. Pareja demands that these mayors ensure that the Libertarians make and break the list of candidates for the City Council, the body on which their governability depends.

Ritondo asked for time off for that meeting. He claimed to be exhausted from the first meeting of the May Council on Wednesday night at the Casa Rosada. The situation is so delicate that Javier Martínez is one of the leaders of the rebellion. The mayor of Pergamino is a vivid example of Daniel Angelici. Among other things, Angelici and Ritondo would be united by the mega-project, including bingo, that will be built in the Los Naranjos neighborhood of Escobar with the help of its mayor, Ariel Sujarchuk.

Ritondo is suspected of favoring the mayors who report to him in his discussions with Pareja: Marcelo Matzkin (Zárate), Fernando Bouvier (Arrecifes), and Juan Ibarguren (Pinamar). Such was the climate that Guillermo Montenegro (Mar del Plata) called for clear rules at the last meeting of the Buenos Aires Pro Party. Montenegro is at the forefront of those promoting the agreement. Patricia Bullrich and part of her team celebrated Ritondo's alleged missteps at the toast convened by the United States Embassy on Tuesday for Independence Day. The agreement with the Pro Party would reduce her participation on the candidate lists and jeopardize her permanence in the Ministry of Security. Ritondo is negotiating to control that portfolio. Bullrich is reportedly a candidate for national senator in October, as a replica of the Buenos Aires agreement, but accompanied by a candidate proposed by Macri. The alternative of being succeeded by her deputy minister, Alejandra Monteoliva , in tandem with her partner and head of the Gendarmerie, Claudio Brilloni, seems the most difficult. Bullrich would even prefer to be replaced by Diego Kravetz, the second-in-command at the SIDE, rather than Ritondo. The enmity between them was sealed by the confusing shootout in March 2019 between Buenos Aires police and Federal police officers at the Southeast Access Road to Avellaneda. Ritondo was María Eugenia Vidal 's Minister of Security, and Bullrich was Macri's Minister of Security. The then-president angrily summoned them to his office. "The day security ceases to be a problem, both of them will be out of work."

A distant premonition. Just like the reunification of the Pro Party (Pro) as the center of a third electoral path in the province. The proposal made to Macri by Emilio Monzó. The favorite dormant cell that Sergio Massa awakens on special occasions like this, according to the former president's entourage. That is, when an agreement with Milei seems imminent despite Ritondo's missteps.

Massa speculates that a centrist list will take two or even three points off La Libertad Avanza in the September 7 election. Some thought they heard him claiming preeminence over Facundo Manes and Juan Schiarett , who toured La Plata together yesterday. Ricardo Alfonsín 's Broad Front for Democracy, composed of Libres del Sur and socialists, will compete.

with the same premise on October 26.

Monzó also presented his plan to Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, an old friend of Massa's. This is a condition that weighs on Jorge Macri , who would endorse it against his cousin as part of the never-ending fight for control of the Buenos Aires city government. All of this would be of relative importance without further details. Monzó's term as national deputy expires this year. The same situation is facing Marcelo Daletto , his closest collaborator.

Daletto didn't hesitate to sacrifice himself for the "party of the ring" that Monzó claims to be. He threw himself at the grenade that the Buenos Aires Senate detonated by granting partial approval to the indefinite reelection of local and provincial legislators. Daletto was part of a sophisticated maneuver demanded by Kirchnerism from Axel Kicillof as a condition for discussing the candidacies.

That engineering included the agreed-upon absence of Juan Fagioli , Juan Grabois 's delegate in the Union for the Homeland. And the rejection of his bloc colleague, Sofía Vanelli. She is as closely linked to Massa as Laura Ventura, who abstained. But like the rest of the libertarian blues bench, Carlos Kikuchi and Sergio Vargas , they identify with the former Minister of Economy.

Verónica Magario broke the tie at 22 votes with a joy that's difficult to explain except for herself. This controversial vote makes it practically impossible for her to be elected to head the list of deputies for the Third Section, proposed by Kicillof. A position significantly lower than the one she holds. Apparently, the governor wouldn't mind completing the remainder of his term without his deputy. Máximo Kirchner refuses to be the one to replace his mother in the position she won't be able to occupy due to her conviction in the Vialidad case.

The suburban mayors' reasoning is troubled by their desire to limit the desires of La Cámpora and Kicillof. They are hopeful that Cristina will repeat the gesture of selflessness in favor of unity she displayed in 2019, when she ceded the top two spots on the list of national deputies, where Alberto Fernández and Axel Kicillof placed Victoria Tolosa Paz and Daniel Gollán . The failure of that experience casts doubt on its repeat.

The most important fear is that he will push forward a signal to 2027 if he negotiates that Leonardo Nardini and Mayra Mendoza head the lists in the First and Third Sections. The mayors of Malvinas Argentinas and Quilmes, along with those of Moreno and Lomas de Zamora, Mariel Fernández and Federico Otermín , make up the delegates he chose to negotiate the lists with Kicillof's party: Fernando Espinoza (La Matanza), Andrés Watson (Florencio Varela), Julio Alak (La Plata), and the former mayor of Ituzaingó, Alberto Descalzo . Rubén Eslaiman is Massa's designee. On Wednesday, they will meet for the first time within the national PJ (Party of the People's Party) to negotiate the order of each ally on the lists, where Luis "El bicho" Vibona and Gustavo "El lagarto" Soos could be included again. Authors of the bill passed by the Senate and members of the Peronist judicial apparatus in the Buenos Aires Legislature. Soos is a member of the Council of the Judiciary and secretary of the Constitutional Affairs Committee.

From this dual role, she not only monitors appointments in the judiciary. She also, along with Vibona, constitutes a branch independent of her political bosses: Gustavo Menéndez, mayor of Merlo, and Nardini. This machinery is challenged by the impeachment trial of Julieta Makintach , especially due to the preeminence attributed to Massa in the Buenos Aires justice system. The court overseeing that case has yet to indict her. Makintach has already resigned as a judge in the Second Criminal Court of San Isidro. If Kicillof accepts her before the indictment, the trial will be void.

The persistent rumor is that Massa and the Court member, Sergio Torres, would pressure the governor to do so immediately. Torres apparently expresses his urgency virtually. He is traveling abroad and using one of his usual leaves of absence. Makintach let it be known that if there is a trial, he will present screenshots and audio recordings that would encourage her to move forward with the irregularities and the documentary that led to her resignation. July 9th is the deadline for registering alliances. This national holiday, which an administration inclined to give another meaning to historical events, could well classify as the day the need to rely on caste was accepted.

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