CORDOVA.- Javier Milei He will arrive on time to the event that he plans to lead in the afternoon in the Plaza San Martín of this frozen city, in front of the Cabildo and before several thousand Cordoban followers. He will appear with all of his ministers, who will travel in Malón on an Air Force plane. But there are serious doubts about the presence of the chief of staff, Nicolas Posse, that became the focus of the national agenda when He missed the first big libertarian show of the mandate at Luna Park and thus finished confirming his friction with the President and his sister, Karina Mileiwhich could lead to an ejection from office at any time.
The event is scheduled for 2 p.m., but The president would only begin to speak at 3:00 p.m., and there were certain desires on his side that the cold, with all the bad things it can entail for the meeting, could bring snow to the city and add epicness to the event. For now, the organizers – a weak and provisional team made up of members of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the government of Martín Llaryora and the mayor of Daniel Passerini – They believe that the conclave, which ceased to have the political weight that was given to it for months, will last only a few hours. “At four, four thirty it was over,” they said.
The head of state will be in the morning Tedeum for him National Day with the rest of the ministers, and the chief of staff He would have confirmed that he will go to the Cathedral. But it is not known if he will be in “the scholar” this afternoon. The doubts are imposed even for the protagonists themselves, who They have not yet sat down to have a hand-to-hand conversation about what the outcome of the tense situation that broke out will be, they say, due to Karina Milei’s anger about her alleged voracity to gain power and positions. In Balcarce 50 they said that The official himself does not have clear clues about what his destiny will be, but he is willing to stay.
At the same time, speculation was growing about the names to succeed him. The name of Guillermo Francos, Minister of the Interior and number one person in charge of the negotiations for the Bases law, appears as one of the strongest bets. “There are many on the table, but there is no doubt that he is one,” said a senior official last night. The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, was also mentioned, but people around her say that she would not be interested, at least, in that place. The deputy and head of the budget commission, José Luis Espert, “the teacher” for Milei, is another figure with whom there is speculation to occupy that hot seat.
For now, yesterday in La Rural they asked Milei if Posse will travel to Córdoba and he responded, very suggestively: “We have to see if it is within the logic of the protocol.”
The president will arrive around 3 p.m. on one of the presidential planes with his inner circle, although without Santiago Caputo, who preferred to remain in Buenos Aires after the national day stopped revolving around the May Pact and became a mere institutional act. The consultant had played a strong role in the strategic planning of that milestone that the Government hoped to generate with all the governors and that was frustrated precisely by the lack of support from several of them and the senators who continue to oppose the Government.
Milei representatives promised Llaryora that the event It will be sober, official in nature, and non-partisan. And the non-Kirchnerist PJ governor agreed to participate and collaborate with the organization thanks to these clarifications. But it cannot be ruled out that in his speech today the President takes his cue against the caste and, in particular, against the governors, who forced the delay of the sanction of the Bases law that he had set as a condition to celebrate the great national agreement with all of them, today.
“It’s definitely going to be something spicy,” I took a risk at Balcarce 50. And those around the governor admitted that he might feel uncomfortable if Milei went off into one of his usual outbursts. They assured that, in any case, they will respond. “It will not be the first time that we have to set limits,” they said.
The provincial leader has an oscillating relationship with the Government, which today is in a state of “good dialogue”, as he speaks frequently with the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos. It helped improve the bond, incendiary in the summer, after the libertarians agreed to introduce the changes that the governor had requested in the first stage of legislative debate on the Omnibos bill. For example, he removes it from the list of privatizations, from the companies located in this province that had been initially included, and from the Income Tax floor.
The polar cold that fell on Córdoba is a central topic of conversation among the people of Córdoba, and in the Casa Rosada they hope that the weather does not affect too much the level of the President’s convocation today. To ensure a colorful photo to lift spirits after the delay of the great national agreement, the local libertarian militancy was asked to bring at least 4,000 people. But it is not ruled out that the strong division that crosses the young space in the district will affect the success of the company. Especially after Karina Milei hurt the national representative Celeste Ponce for excluding her and raising her rival, the national representative Gabriel Bornoroni, to local power, excluding the rest of the parties that lent their seals so that La Libertad Avanza could compete local and national level last year. Last night, the libertarians from Córdoba assured that they will fill the square.
As the Government does not want to risk the head of state’s event becoming a miniature, they began to try to add adhesions at the last minute to avoid an image of desolation. In an effort to increase the list of those present, since the night before last they invited the Llaryora cabinet, which had initially been excluded (only the governor, along with his vice and the mayor of the City, were counted) and some block heads of the dialogue opposition, although everyone will reject them after the comings and goings of recent weeks. Cristian Ritondo (PRO), at least, decided to send Laura Rodríguez Machado in her place.
The president will land aboard the Tango at the local airport, where a helicopter from the same presidential fleet will wait for him to take him to the Civic Center. Once there he will get into a truck and go the wrong way down a street that will be blocked especially so that he can pass. For today, the regional CGT called for a march in the center, early, against the Government’s adjustment and threatens to extend it, at least, until the start of the ceremony. While the left will cut the Circunvalación Avenue, which could generate delays in traffic but will not hinder Milei’s arrival at Plaza San Martín.
