Overview
- The weekend banderazo in Parque Lezama featured Máximo Kirchner as the sole speaker and chants against Governor Axel Kicillof, and Kicillof’s absence reinforced a growing political split between cristinistas and the governor’s camp.
- Buenos Aires government spokesman Carlos Bianco publicly defended Cristina Kirchner’s conviction as unjust but declined to confirm any renewed meeting between Kicillof and the former president, stressing that PASO primaries remain the mechanism for selecting candidates.
- Máximo Kirchner used the rally to push economic positions calling for external debt restructuring and a review of utility tariffs and investment incentives, proposals that have alarmed bankers, energy firms and foreign investors.
- Kicillof is pursuing an independent territorial strategy with tours and provincial meetings to expand his national projection while the dispute moves into a critical week in the Buenos Aires legislature over committee leadership and vice‑presidential posts.
- Pressure from PJ Federal and other sectors to hold internal PASO primaries is growing as Cristina’s house‑detention remains a unifying symbol for La Cámpora, and Sergio Massa is acting as a mediator to keep channels open between the factions.