At the same time, Axel Kicillof travels over steep paths. On the one hand, it is trying to level its national projection with the idea of building an alternative to Javier Milei. On the other hand, he has to lead an administration whose lack of resources is obvious and which is also confronted with an internal dispute with Kirchnerism that is breaking out here and there.
The governor is balancing in the middle of this storm. He feels the pressure from La Cámpora but refuses to let up. He accepts the challenges of the industry led by Máximo Kirchner in the context of a warlike coexistence. The disputes taking place in the Provincial Senate and the PJ of Buenos Aires are clear examples of a scenario that will lead to constant fighting.
The end of the year is captured by this panorama. Kicillof appears to have taken another step toward a national army by taking on the challenge of building a political alternative to the La Libertad Avanza government that goes beyond the borders of Buenos Aires. There was a first symptomatic movement: the meeting with Governor Gildo Insfrán in Formosa.
This trip would have been the start of a national journey that will gain momentum from February. The idea is to expand the Right to the Future (MDF) movement to other provinces. This task was assigned to those responsible: a triad of political cabinet ministers, consisting of Andrés “Cuervo” Larroque (community development), Carlos Bianco (government) and Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez (chief advisor).
This construction, still in its infancy, faces domestic challenges, such as spatial consolidation in the province of Buenos Aires, which is emerging as an unavoidable priority. The idea of expanding the MDF is being promoted by several leaders with territorial presence and influence, such as Julio Alak from La Plata and other historical leaders of Peronism such as Julio Pereyra and Alberto Descalzo.
It is in the territory of Buenos Aires that the Kicillofista program faces the greatest challenges. On the one hand, this political expansion may require the adoption of basic definitions, such as starting to introduce the idea that Kicillof will seek to introduce a name to inherit the seat that he will inevitably leave vacant in December 2027.
It is a desire cherished by several of the central protagonists of one of the most important political events of the current year: the Peronist mayors, who had a decisive influence on the comfortable victory that Fuerza Patria achieved against the national government in the elections of September 7th.
There are mayors who oppose the possibility that Kicillof’s national projection will result in the province no longer having its own terminal. They analyze that it would be necessary to give up beforehand in a possible negotiation with Kirchnerism and to simply renounce running for governor without saying a word. In any case, they try to get through to the end with an alternative installed.
La Cámpora pursues the same goal. The name Quilmeño Mayra Mendoza had long sounded like the name that would preserve Kicillof’s legacy.
Meanwhile, Máximo Kirchner’s group is marking its presence and fighting for spaces of power. One of these disputes is taking place in the Senate, where he is demanding an important vice presidency and the joint management of the administrative area of the Chamber, chaired by the Kicillofista Verónica Magario. The bet is good: the lieutenant governor resists and the camp threatens to take her to court for not calling meetings to discuss the issue.
Another round of internal tensions is raging in the Buenos Aires PJ. Máximo Kirchner has ended his mandate, but the dispute with Kicillofism is open. The camp leader aims to align the party with the national structure led by his mother Cristina Kirchner and is not allowed to run again as long as he manages to get his own mayor or one allied with him elected.
The dish most desired by Kicillof does not appear on the Camporista menu: that the PJ of Buenos Aires is tailored to the political wishes and needs of the governor.
The tension in Peronism has caused spicy episodes in the last week. Two protests in the rural districts of Lanús and Quilmes, led by leaders close to Juan Grabois, added fuel to the fire. The social leader always acted as an ally of Kirchnerism. La Cámpora now assumes that the incidents have to do with a realignment of the national deputy. A supposed political shift to work with Kicillof.
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