From Córdoba, CGT seeks to remove La Cámpora... with another Kirchnerist

Far from showing signs of renewal, CGT Córdoba is launching itself to compete for power within Peronism with the same old logic. Under the pretext of "representing what is not represented," they are trying out an old recipe with new spokespersons and the same manual as always. The one chosen to lead the operation is Natalia de la Sota, daughter of the former governor, now allied with Massismo and aligned with the Kirchnerist model.

Ilda Bustos's CGT is promoting a progressive, union-based coalition, although it remains tied to the Peronist apparatus that has controlled these structures for decades. On Saturday, July 26, there will be a plenary session at Canillitas, with influential union leaders who will seek to launch a space focused on "Peronist identity". The goal is to arrive at 2027 with something competitive, although they are already preparing to break into this year's legislative elections.

The new space presents itself as an alternative to Cordobesismo, but it can't hide its Justicialist DNA or its functionality to Kirchnerism. They offer nothing different: they are the same as always, with rehearsed criticisms of the local administration and old resentments against the "Porteño finger." "Broadening the base is difficult, but today in Córdoba we don't have an alternative space to Llaryorismo and Kirchnerism, which still thinks it can control everything from a distance," they say from the CGT, without realizing that their solution is nothing more than a return to the same old thing.

More than renewal, recycling of the same old union leaders and activists

The project is being pushed by historic figures from the Mediterranean CGT such as Ilda Bustos, along with leaders like Salamone, Galán, and Mandakovic. Social and union leaders who orbit Peronist progressivism, with open sympathy for Kirchnerism, are also joining. All of them, they claim, feel disappointed with the local PJ for its "distance" from Peronism's historic values and for prioritizing "employers."

The criticisms of Martín Llaryora do not target his administration, but what they describe as a "convenient ambiguity" regarding the national government. The real target seems closer: Kirchnerism, in its local version, which for this group is insufficient, not because of its ideas, but because of its names. "One of the things that unites us is that we want to distance ourselves from all that," they acknowledge.

Far from any self-criticism for having supported these leaders in the past, now they seek to displace those who do not deliver results. What they once celebrated as "militant leadership," they now denounce as "Porteño verticalism", in a move that doesn't hide its opportunism. The coalition they are leading is nothing more than a re-edition of the same power structure, with the implicit endorsement of union leaders who want to remain central players in the political distribution.

CGT wants to push La Cámpora aside to take its seat

The operation also has a name and surname: Gabriela Estévez. CGT is demanding that Gabriela Estévez, La Cámpora's leader in Córdoba, step aside for the good of the new coalition. "I don't think they'll do it, but let it be clear that we no longer want them as representatives," a source from the group remarked, also targeting Pablo Carro and Fabián Francioni.

They reproach Carro for his lack of Peronism and Francioni for being worn out, although they remain silent when it comes to others who have been on the scene for decades. Ultimately, they do not criticize the political content of Kirchnerism, but its effectiveness in maintaining the share of power they intend to dispute. There is no ideological break, there is a reconfiguration of the distribution.

Under an apparent quest for independence and federalism, what is really hidden is a fierce internal struggle for control of the candidacies. The discourse of "alternative construction" quickly fades when the change boils down to swapping some Kirchnerists for others. What bothers them about La Cámpora is not its ideology, but that it doesn't leave them a seat at the decision-making table.

The Massista heiress and a model that even José Manuel De la Sota fought against

CGT wants Natalia de la Sota to lead this new stage, a national deputy close to Massismo and the Frente Renovador. It is not surprising that she is being considered as a candidate: she is part of the same political apparatus that has governed the country with failed recipes and a progressive discourse increasingly removed from reality.

What is striking is that she seeks to represent change, when her political affiliation fully connects her with Kirchnerism, the same model her father firmly opposed when he was governor. José Manuel de la Sota would be ashamed to see how his surname is now being used as a useful tool for a political model he once fought against.

Union leaders admit that they trust the deputy will break with the "Partido Cordobés" and align herself definitively with Massismo. In other words, that she will leave a pro-Kirchnerist space to enter another, without ever leaving the same political ecosystem. The issues they promise to discuss, such as security, are the same ones Kirchnerism ignored and now claims to want to prioritize.