Argentina
The ruling coalition lacks support to eliminate the PASO, and Karina Milei’s pressure on allies grows
In the Casa Rosada, officials admit that, for now, there are not enough votes to move ahead with eliminating the primaries. According to Clarín, the general secretary is seeking to toughen the conditions for electoral agreements and maintains reservations about Patricia Bullrich.
In the Government, officials acknowledge that for now they are not securing the majority needed to eliminate the PASO. According to Clarín, although this week the ruling coalition will again open the debate in the Senate’s Constitutional Affairs Committee, the option that currently appears most likely is a one-time suspension or, failing that, keeping them but without mandatory status.
According to that outlet, in the Casa Rosada they maintain that Javier Milei is not showing concern about the debate or about the 2027 scenario. Those close to him say the President believes he is in a position to win reelection and that he sees the political dispute as a confrontation between the future and the past.
Clarín reported that Karina Milei assigns greater importance to the electoral reform. The general secretary believes that without primaries it would be harder to organize the opposition and also Peronism. Among those advising her, they believe that an internal contest between Cristina Kirchner, Máximo Kirchner and Axel Kicillof could deepen the fragmentation of that space if there were no mechanism to settle candidacies.
The ruling coalition’s public argument remains the fiscal savings that changing the system would entail. However, according to Clarín, not everyone within the Government shares the same view: some officials believe the primaries can also serve as an early warning sign against Peronism and doubt that their elimination would trigger a crisis in Kirchnerism.
In that context, Karina Milei decided to become more directly involved in the political negotiations. Still according to Clarín, the message conveyed to allies and aligned governors is that support for the new electoral law must be a prior condition for closing electoral agreements.
Distrust also extends to Patricia Bullrich. The newspaper indicated that Karina Milei began bypassing her in dealings with libertarian senators and is viewing her political moves with suspicion. In Karina Milei’s camp, they interpret some public signals from the minister as fueling fears about a possible independent political projection within the ruling space.
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