The electoral laboratory of Peronism for the 2027 elections has been underway for months and puts representatives of its presidential candidates on a hypothetical board. different aspects.
The governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillofis already traveling through the provinces in search of allies for his Right to the Future Movement, but the senator is also showing his head to enter the race. Sergio Uñac; the governor of La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela; the deputy Juan Grabois and outsiders like the evangelical pastor Dante Gebel. The mystery about Sergio Massa It remains, while new spaces emerge such as that of federal Peronism, with expectations of moving away from La Cámpora and Kicillofism.
With Right to the Future, Kicillof has shown in recent days a vocation for forging alliances outside of Buenos Aires territory and, also, outside of Peronism. His visit to Corrientes, Wednesday and Thursday of last week, demonstrated it. He met with the radical governor of that province, Juan Pablo Valdeswith whom he signed productive and commercial agreements. Kicillof is the leader of Peronism who is most committed to the race for the presidential candidacy. It is resisted by La Cámpora and other sectors aligned with the former president Cristina Kirchnerand supported by Justicialist mayors who, in many cases, aspire to influence to rehabilitate their indefinite re-elections (last Monday, the Minister of Government, Carlos Biancosaid at a press conference that the issue “has to be discussed as quickly as possible”).
These days, Christianity is agitating its demand for freedom for the former president, who is about to serve a year in house arrest, within the framework of a six-year sentence for fraud against the State in the Roads case. Simultaneously, sectors of the former president’s space support the former governor of San Juan and current national senator, Sergio Uñac. The former president presides over the Justicialist Party, where Uñac made a presentation to advance the definition of the presidential candidacy. Leaders of Buenos Aires Peronism, such as the leader of the building managers’ union, Victor Santa Mariaare among the supporters of Uñac. Santa María also began to tour the province of Buenos Aires, with an event last week in Junín, in which she asked for Cristina’s freedom so that “she can be subjected to the popular will next year.”
From the interior, one of those who did not rule out competing is the governor of La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela. In an interview with Infobae on Wednesday, he listed as possible presidential candidates from Peronism “Sergio ZiliottoSergio Uñac, Sergio Massa”, and added: “And ourselves”.
The deputy is also thrown into the fight to be a presidential candidate from the PJ. Juan Grabois. The social leader “is in competition,” they stated to THE NATION from his camp. Two weeks ago, this sector launched an “Emergency Government Program”, with the proposal of ten reforms. Among them, housing, judicial, educational, security and health. “After the World Cup, Juan is going to tour the country presenting these ten reforms and, in parallel, he is going to discuss with La Cámpora, Axel and the assembly of (Juan Manuel) Elms. And there is a campaign table for Juan the president, from which (the deputy) Itai Hagman “He is the political coordinator,” they added from Patria Grande, Grabois’ label.
The evangelical pastor Dante Gebel made his appearance on the political scene as a outsiderbut leveraged by a sector of Peronism with a strong union imprint. With the motto “Argentine Consolidation”, he launched his candidacy in March, with an event at the Lanús club organized by allies such as Juan Pablo Brey (aircraft union) and Eugenio Casielles (ex-libertarian Buenos Aires legislator), among others, but without his presence. “Everything is still standing and the armed forces of the sector are growing,” they stressed to THE NATION from the union leg that supports Gebel. Another name that is being considered as outsider It is that of the head of Banco Macro and former president of River Plate, Jorge Brito. Leaders like Sergio Berni They supported it with statements.
Without a defined candidate, federal Peronism appears, which was presented with an event in Parque Norte and the idea of differentiating itself from La Cámpora and also from Kicillof. Leaders like Olmos (head of the General Auditor’s Office of the Nation); the deputies Victoria Tolosa Paz, William Michel and Raquel “Kelly” Olmosand mayors like Federico de Achával (Pilar) are noted in that space, which will have its second presentation on June 15, with a regional meeting in the Entre Ríos town of Concepción del Uruguay.
Miguel Ángel Pichettocurrent national deputy, who recomposed his relationship with Cristina Kirchner and held numerous meetings with Peronists of different origins (one of the last, with the mayor of La Plata, Julio AlakKicillof’s point guard), garners support, although he is not officially launched in the presidential race. One of those endorsements is that of the former Secretary of Internal Trade Guillermo Moreno. “Our preference is the election of the candidate at a consensus table of the movement. Regarding our space, Pichetto is one of the (candidates) that Moreno anoints,” he told THE NATION a source of Principles and Values, the party of the former Kirchnerist official. The deputy also praised Pichetto Eduardo Valdes. “We need all the political cadres of Peronism, even leaders like Miguel Ángel Pichetto, who refers without euphemisms to Cristina and was president of the bloc in a period in which many rights were won,” Valdés told AM 770 radio on Thursday.
Although Sergio Massa appeals for silence about his next political move, within the Renewal Front there is no shortage of those who believe that he will try to run for president again, and those who, at least, want him to be a candidate. “He’s going to play,” a leader who frequents the former Minister of Economy did not hesitate to affirm. “He is my candidate for president,” enthused a man from the Renovador Front with proven loyalty to the Peronist presidential candidate who was defeated by Javier Milei in 2023.
