“Popular! Do you believe? Who came up with that name, who was the genius? They will say that Bullrich is the divine one and that we are the popular ones!” Indignantly, a Peronist senator muttered in the Senate dining room this afternoon, angry at the new name chosen from the PJ to christen the Interbloc, which will consist of 28 lawmakers.
It was not without reason that the senator recalled the dichotomy between “divine” and “popular” that made famous Ugly ducklingthe hit youth soap opera that aired on Channel 13 between 2007 and 2008.
In reality, the new Peronist conglomerate is called “Popular“This is stated in the note that the chairman of the Kirchner Chamber, Jose Mayans (Formosa) increased the parliamentary powers of the upper house.
The 22 members of the Justicialist Bloc, of which Mayans is also chairman, will work together under the new name; The four gathered in the federal sentencing hearing presided over by Fernando Salino (St Louis); and the Civic Front of Santiago del Estero, led by the former governor Gerardo Zamora.
Although THE NATION I expected it almost a month ago, the note raised by Peronism confirms this Zamora will end up appearing as an ally of Kirchnerismby adding his presence and that of the Senator in the form of an interblock Elijah Morenowho was elected on the Citizens’ Front ticket in the election on October 26th.
In fact, Peronist sources confirmed this THE NATION that the choice of the name Popular responded to the need to fulfill one of the conditions set by the former governor of Santiago del Estero for joining the Peronist bank.
The condition was precisely that the name of the interbloc did not contain the word Peronist nor anything that alludes to Peronism, as was confided to this newspaper by an official with access to the Mayas office, who knows the adventures of the Kirchnerist sand table that leads the bloc and which also includes Anabel Fernández Sagasti (Mendoza) and Juliana Di Tullio (Buenos Aires).
As this newspaper learned, there could be news about the new Popular Interblock in the next few hours. Apparently the “Federal Conviction” bloc could add members, which would have a detrimental effect on the Justicialist Bloc, the Kirchnerist and most of the Interbloc.
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