La Derecha Diario Kirchnerism launched 'Fuerza Patria,' the coalition that replaces Unión por la Patria.
The announcement was made after negotiations between Axel Kicillof, Sergio Massa, and Máximo Kirchner
After a series of meetings held at the Buenos Aires provincial government, attended by the ultra-Kirchnerist governor Axel Kicillof, the leader of the Frente Renovador, Sergio Massa, and the national deputy and president of the provincial PJ, Máximo Kirchner, the electoral front "Fuerza Patria" was presented.
Far from being a new space, it is simply a front that replaces the name "Unión por la Patria" with "Fuerza Patria", in a new attempt by Kirchnerism to distance itself from the failure of its last administration.
After negotiations among the Kirchnerist leaders, Buenos Aires Peronism released its first statement under the new name with which it will compete in the legislative elections on September 7 in the province of Buenos Aires.
The meetings, which concluded on Thursday night, were essential for defining the final details of the electoral strategy and sealing the unity of Peronism in Buenos Aires territory, ahead of an election of high political relevance, both to consolidate La Libertad Avanza's political power and to put an end to Kirchnerism in its main stronghold.
The first statements
In its first statement, Fuerza Patria used the same campaign tone as always, with criticism toward the National Government and President Javier Milei.
"For almost two years, our country has been subjected to an experiment of disintegration and cruelty, a model especially harmful to the Province of Buenos Aires, which Milei has been punishing with particular ferocity as part of his constant aggression against federalism," stated the document released by the new group, which forgets that they governed until December 2023 and left a country on the verge of the worst crisis in its history.
Additionally, while Kirchnerism is attempting to destabilize the national government to overthrow it, the new front denounces what it considers an "attack on democracy" by Milei, referring to the conviction against the corrupt former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
Who makes up Fuerza Patria
The new front is made up of a wide range of left-wing parties and political groups: Nuevo Encuentro, Frente Grande, Patria de los Comunes, Principios y Valores, Partido del Trabajo y del Pueblo, Unidad Popular, Frente Patria Grande, Frente Renovador, Partido Justicialista, Acción Marplatense, Innovar (the neighborhood-based group from Bragado), and the Partido de la Victoria.
The formation of the space included prominent leaders such as Federico Otermín, mayor of Lomas de Zamora; Mariel Fernández, municipal chief of Moreno; the Buenos Aires Minister of Infrastructure; Martín Sabbatella, leader of Nuevo Encuentro; Mario Secco, mayor of Ensenada for Frente Grande; provincial deputy Gustavo Pulti for Acción Marplatense; and Máximo Kirchner representing the Partido Justicialista.
The official formation of the Fuerza Patria front included the approval of its internal regulations and the appointment of an Electoral Board, whose composition was supported by all the forces that make up the new space.
According to the agreement, the board will be made up of Carlos Bianco (representing the Movimiento Derecho al Futuro), Leonardo Nardini (from the Buenos Aires Partido Justicialista), and Rubén Eslaiman (for Frente Renovador).
Although consensus was reached to present unified lists in the legislative elections on September 7, some differences persist among the various sectors regarding the distribution of positions within the eight electoral sections.
One of the main tensions lies in defining who will head the ballots. From the Movimiento Derecho al Futuro, they believe that this responsibility should fall directly on Governor Axel Kicillof, while other groups propose that the decision should result from an agreement among the three most important K leaders of the front.
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