"Unity for the Homeland no longer exists": Kicillof will tell Máximo Kirchner that the PJ mayors will make their lists without pressure from La Cámpora.

Between this Monday and Tuesday, Axel Kicillof will use the power he gained from his last meeting with Cristina Kirchner to call a meeting with his partners in the battered political front (Dis?) Unión por la Patria, a name that could be replaced by another that at least simulates an attempt to renew Peronism.

"I agree with changing our name. Unión por la Patria failed. It no longer exists . We have to reinvent ourselves because we haven't managed to penetrate a large part of society, especially among the younger generation. Milei talks to them about AI (Artificial Intelligence), and we talk about the coup of '55," a senior member of the Buenos Aires government lamented to this newspaper.

From La Plata, they point out that calling the new political space "Peronism" is a Sergio Massa "peretta." Even some legislators from La Cámpora agree that the new front should propose something more innovative. Everyone, or the vast majority, agrees that the PJ must rebuild itself. Those with more gray hair warn that Peronist renewals never occur through natural births, but rather by forceps or cesarean section.

"Everything is as broken as it was before the conviction." Clarín consulted with the three branches of power in Buenos Aires, and the only thing they agree on is that nothing has improved since Cristina Kirchner announced her candidacy in the Third Electoral Section, which was cut short by her six-year prison sentence and an eternal ban from public office for fraudulently managing her administration.

At Kicillof's teams, the Kirchners and Sergio Massa agree that the puzzle is missing pieces. "There's going to be an agreement glued together with drool. We're going to swear at each other, and taunt each other. It's always the same, except now La Cámpora can't impose anything ," a senior official with management responsibility in the Conurbano region smiles somewhat sarcastically.

In Cristina's long-delayed meeting with Kicillof, just days before the Supreme Court's conviction was confirmed, the former president agreed that the governor would be responsible for convening Máximo and Massa to begin organizing the provincial lists the party will present on July 19 for the September 7 split elections.

The Governor's Office is skeptical about the format of the new meetings. When the three (Kicillof, Máximo, and Massa) met, they failed. The same thing happened at the expanded meeting, with three representatives from each sector.

Kicillof is already clear about what he will tell Máximo : that the 47 Peronist mayors aligned with his Right to the Future Movement (a name that Andrés "Cuervo" Larroque has suggested to remind Máximo that he does not own the Buenos Aires government or its leaders) will decide the local council lists without coercion from La Cámpora.

Máximo and his deputy (and eternal quasi-candidate) Eduardo Wado de Pedro propose that La Cámpora not include candidates for mayors aligned with the former president's son's group on the list of provincial deputies and senators.

"It's either a joke or a delusion. The places of Quilmes, Merlo, or Moreno are branded in his team. Then there are those that should be given to Massa, even though he represents a handful of communes with very few inhabitants. We all know that, as a matter of justice, Axel has more rights than anyone else. First, because he's the governor. Second, because in previous elections, he was always ignored. And third, and most importantly, he represents the group of mayors who, by far, govern the province with the most residents," they point out in La Plata.

From La Cámpora, they continue to insist that Máximo should be the natural heir to the party. That is, to the leadership. They even emphasize that he should be the candidate for Provincial Deputy for the Third Electoral Section. "If it's not him, it will be Mayra (Mendoza)," they tell Clarín . The mayor of Quilmes is the spokesperson for everything happening with the former president's judicial imprisonment.

"Cristina chose to become the leader of La Cámpora, not Peronism," maintains a governor who acknowledges that the Supreme Court's ruling was a relief and a real possibility for renewal for a PJ (Party of the People's Party) subjected to "Cristina's malpractice, which caused us to lose seven of the last eight elections." Today, Peronism governs five of Argentina's 24 provinces, and only two governors participated in the pro-Cristina march: Kicillof and Ricardo Quintela, both of whom were branded "traitors" by La Cámpora until yesterday (if not still today).