Among the negotiation tactics, that of “good cop and bad cop” It appears among the most used. And obviously, the world of politics is not immune to this game in which the one who plays the role of the bad guy intimidates, pressures, attacks and generates tension, so that the good police officer is the one who appears friendly, reasonable and confident, and make your agreement seem more fair and reasonable, even if it is not. This proposed Alberto Weretilneck in his relationship with Nation. In deputies His soldier Agustín Domingo voted favorably for the Bases Lawwho always seemed closer to the proposals of Javier Milei and now it’s time to play Monica Silva in Senators.
Weretilneck and the red circle of Together We Are Río Negro closely follows every movement of the Nation. He was very firm in defending provincial interests and He raised his voice for his Patagonian peers. Just a month ago he made a video in which he made clear the negative impact that Milei’s cuts have on the province, which he blamed for everything. But He never stopped negotiating.
Domingo’s vote was discussed, studied and agreed upon. Everything went as planned: maintain the gas subsidy for cold zones and the incentive for large investments that it will need for the hydrocarbon development that it proposes in the province and the port of Punta Colorada for gas. Also had warned of the vote against the return of the income taxbut Nación already had enough beans and the final result did not change the decision of Juntos.
Weretilneck defended Domingo: “We raised the issues that interested us as a province. “No to the income tax, very strategic for us, so that the gas subsidy is not affected, the Incentive Regime for Large Investments (RIGI), which we need for gas and oil on the Atlantic Coast.”
But in the Senate things are different. The numbers are smaller and there increases the price of Silva’s hand. Milei 37 votes are needed for the Base Law to be enacted and although the president renounces the old policy, Guillermo Francos sped up the negotiations with the governors with the intention that it be sanctioned and there be no problems in the signing of the aforementioned May Pact.
The former Minister of Education, who replaced the Cipoleño in the Upper House, acknowledged in relation to her position: “Conversed, yes; defined, no”. And there were also polls about what Río Negro’s vote will be. The province has two more senators, the camper Martín Doñate that he swore “I will never kneel before Milei”; and the Bariloche native Silvina García Larraburu who stays in silence and she will not be the one to break the block of 33 that Peronism has.
So the only vote that Weretilneck can negotiate is that of his replacement. It was always the governor’s intention to establish a dialogue with the Nation but nothing has been agreed yet. “Us We need the (Nation) to strongly commit to several aspects that were raised from the province, but they did not respond“explained Silva, who also anticipated that “It is most likely that the project will return to Deputies”because there will surely be modifications to the text.
From now on, the negotiation for the vote will be different. The provincial objective is the continuity of public works, and the paralyzed roundabout of routes 22 and 250 in Choele Choel, route 23 and the provincialization of routes 22 and 151 stand out in the Alto Valle area, a project that Río Negro would finance with the companies that need to reach Vaca Muerta and that the recovery would be through a selective toll.
This week the treatment of the Bases Law will begin in the Senate committees. And at Casa Rosada they know that they must sharpen their pencil to respond to the governors’ proposals. Weretilneck’s name appears on a negotiable list With Rolando Figueroa from Neuquén, Claudio Vidal from Santa Cruz, Raúl Jalil from Catamarca and Osvaldo Jaldo from Tucumán. The Cipoleño only met once with the Minister of the Interior, then there were messages and an open line, so a new meeting will not be necessaryRío Negro appointed in the provincial house in Buenos Aires the former deputy Luis Di Giacomowho From psychiatry, he knows very well how to carry out the talks without deviating from the president’s directives..
The future of The Base Law will depend on what the provinces ask for and what the Nation offers. A game of permanent negotiations where the old and effective “good cop, bad cop” tacticwith roles in permanent change.
