Alliance in crisis? Tensions between LLA and PRO escalate again just as Congress debates important projects for Milei
At the same moment that the… The government is pushing ahead with budget and labor reformtwo of the most important legislative projects since then Javier Milei came to powerthe civil service is once again putting its connection to the PRO area to the test that helped him Shield vetoes, decrees and important laws. The clashes are spreading at the municipal and Buenos Aires levels, crossing General Paz to enter the Buenos Aires legislature and threatening to destroy the balance in Congress.
Despite Macrismo’s weakness, they in the yellow bloc are waiting relatively calmly for the next parliamentary meeting in order to establish themselves as the party – in partnership with the UCR third force of the House of Commons with the Support from Martin Menem.
They argue that the virtual draw with the United Provinces bloc In reality, that’s not the case, because… Former Gov. Juan Schiaretti could not be sworn in as a lawmaker. Without the support of Mauricio Macri, Cristian Ritondo urges the intervention of the Santa Fe PRO It is chaired by the brand new deputy and lieutenant governor on vacation Gisela Scagliawho will head the governor’s bloc. At the same time, the PRO also demands offices in the legislative palace.
Diego Santilli and Sebatián Pareja witness the embrace between Karina Milei and Cristian Ritondo. Photo: Juano Tesone.“There is no one who needs to take care of us more than them. Look at the three deputies from Tucumán: they have already received 20,000 sticks“, pointed to a legislative sword of the PRO regarding the ATN that the government approved this week for the province governed by the always predisposed Osvaldo Jaldo.
Nevertheless, the short circuits multiplied after the legislative period that made this possible Provincial debt of $3,500 million for which the government has not yet given the green light.
Sebastian ParejaPresident of the LLA in the province, brand new national MP and Delegate of Karina Milei and Eduardo “Lule” Menem To close the electoral alliance with Ritondo, he publicly questioned PRO lawmakers. On the list of those who “They have failed morallyThese included the legislators of the head of the Yellow Bloc and also those of Diego Santilliincluding the brand new Home Secretary Gustavo Coria.
The political minister whom the government received with a Cropping in your portfolio and who the figure of Manuel Adorni every time he receives a governor, ensures balance and continues to privately argue that his lawmakers voted for it turn around and did not take part in the negotiations Expand the Banco Provincia directory.
The short-circuit saga between the purple and yellow partners had more episodes this week. One of the loudest It happened in Bahía BlancaWhere couple and the provincial MP and local leader of the LLA, Oscar Liberman, They condemned an agreement between the PRO and the Peronist mayor Federico Susbielles for the Ritondista Gisela Caputo will continue to hold the presidency. Liberman – who had a strained relationship with Pareja in the September 7 election – spoke of an agreement on the Libertarian’s candidacy Mauro Reyes the presidency of the body.
In the PRO they point out that the Libertarians did not propose an alternative and that the lack of a candidate would have allowed the election of a council member who would have done so answers Hugo Moyano. Libertarians call it a betrayal to strip the council of its presidency.
He The most sensational case was in La Matanzathe most populous municipality in the province, where Hernan Finocchiaro – Alejandro’s brother, former education minister and Ritondo’s bishop – split the PRO-LLA alliance bloc, retaining the second minority and relegating the LLA to third place.
The brand new block Republican Freedom Alliance The former human capital official will take the chair Leila Gianni He took away the second vice-presidency of the local council from the Libertarians. In the PRO they are addressed to the LLA coordinator in the community, Luis Ontiveroswhat she called “hiking“of the politician with a past in JxC and massism and his wife Lorena Ramos, of radical origin. Both react to the Pareja arm.
In the PRO they cannot believe that the LLA Gianni is relegated because they understand that he has electoral power due to his reach in the media and his penetration of the second and third cordon of the district. “Speak directly to the president, but for many libertarians this is unforgivable“, they complain.
In Pinamar, the district where the LLA alliance won by the largest margin on October 26, the Libertarians and Peronism prevented the budget from being dealt with. The vote surprised the former mayor of the spa town Martin Yezawho, as a PRO MP, raised his hand to defend the president’s most unpleasant vetoes.
The two parties accuse each other of agreeing with the Peronist mayor John Paul of Jesus in it Coastal party. The noise also reached Zárate, where he rules Marcelo Matzkinfrom the PRO, which lost key positions in the council in favor of Peronism due to the vote of libertarian council members.
In it armed with Pareja and the Menem They point out that they are very careful and do not want to hinder the link in Congress. “But we want to provide clarity and give citizens the opportunity to draw their conclusions. We won’t give up“, point out the bishops of the president’s sister in the country’s main district.
None of the parties believe that the PRO will not accompany the budget and labor reform, although the Macri government continues to demand this from the government Debt to the city due to co-investment. At the political table of the ruling party, which met on Friday in La Rosada, They are not so sure that all the votes are there today to achieve half-approval of the budget on Thursday, as Martín Menem wants.
Ritondo, head of the PRO in the province, is already contacting the municipalities Renewal of party chairs for 2027. The representative just like the senator from Buenos Aires Guillermo Montenegro HE I got along much better with Santiago Caputobut the advisor signed one Ceasefire similar to a surrender with Karina Milei.
At the swearing in of the deputies of Buenos Aires, the bloc leader Agustin Romo – a reference for the group Las Fuerzas del Cielo – shared the stage with the Menems and Pareja. The agreement in the rusty iron triangle The presidential election allowed Romo to remain the bloc’s authority Juan Osaba be appointed third vice-president of the body.
The yellow MPs question the inclusion Tax articles in labor reform, which opposition MPs and senators object to. The questioning in this case speaks against Patricia Bullrich, who will not be forgiven for the yellow card suspension.
In the city, the promised land of the PRO since 2007, the ceasefire that was supposed to last until 2027 is hanging by a thread. Libertarians exploded after Jorge Macri allowed the former senator from Buenos Aires to end up in the Strategic Administrative Secretariat Christian Gribaudo, delegate of Daniel Angelici.
After voting on the budget, Karina’s delegates meet in the capital They denounce agreements between the PRO and Peronism; a constant years ago and now indispensable because the PJ has declared itself the majority bloc. In the middle is the negotiation about the budget and for the $300 billion in debt the city is demanding. In Vicente López, ruled by Jorgemacrista Soledad Martínez, the internal conflict between the allies never ended.
In this context Mauricio Macri will appear again in the next few hours with an interview on the streaming channel Laca. A bit cold, the former president had accompanied María Eugenia Vidal at a Pensar Foundation activity on Friday. The founder and leader of PRO loses status among several of its legislators, but retains its ability to cause damage. “What is the magic word that needs to be said to the leader?”he asked real estate influencer Beltrán Briones, who wants to eradicate villas in Buenos Aires: “NO” was answered in one recording by climbing up to the main office of the Casa Rosada.