Argentina
Mayra Mendoza lashed out at Axel Kicillof and accused him of deepening the internal rift in Buenos Aires Peronism
The Buenos Aires provincial legislator questioned the governor over his ties to Cristina Kirchner, the creation of his own political space and the lack of response to demands from Quilmes. She also denounced discretionary treatment toward municipalities aligned with other sectors.
The internal rift in Buenos Aires Peronism was once again laid bare with new criticism from Mayra Mendoza of Axel Kicillof. In an interview on Sakura, the provincial legislator accused him of having decided to split the space in the province of Buenos Aires and pointed to what she described as an act of “disloyalty” toward Cristina Kirchner.
Mendoza said Kicillof reached the governorship with the political force they were part of and that, after his reelection in 2023, he moved ahead with the building of Movimiento Derecho al Futuro. According to her, that structure deepened the distance within Buenos Aires Peronism.
She also questioned leaders who, in her view, seek to distance themselves from Kirchnerism. In that context, she said there are sectors that act as if political history began with them and considered that stance to be ungrateful toward the former president.
The former mayor of Quilmes also linked that political dispute to provincial management. She said there is discretion in dealing with municipalities closer to the governor’s camp and asserted that, during the last months of her time as mayor, she did not get a response from Kicillof when she requested public works for her district.
Among those requests, she mentioned work related to the flooding that affects Quilmes because of sudestadas and the San Francisco and Las Piedras streams. According to Perfil, Mendoza also criticized the halt in public works by the national government and spoke of stalled housing, a railway station with no progress and suspended agreements to build schools.
In her remarks, Mendoza also defended Cristina Kirchner’s place within Peronism and said many leaders grew politically thanks to opportunities she gave them. According to La Nacion, she even said the former president has been “held captive at San José 1111 for more than a year by power.”
Perfil added that tensions between the Kicillof camp and La Cámpora were also reflected in the organization of the mobilization for the 50th anniversary of the Night of the Pencils in La Plata, with clashes over the availability of buses for secondary school students and differences over the slogans for the rally.
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