Larroque accused Máximo Kirchner of promoting an 'institutional coup' against Kicillof.

The Minister of Development of the province of Buenos Aires, Andrés "Cuervo" Larroque, once again publicly criticized national deputy Máximo Kirchner, whom he accused of promoting an institutional coup against Governor Axel Kicillof.

According to the official, there are sectors of Kirchnerism that are trying to force the provincial leader to subordinate to a political core that "doesn't have legitimacy in electoral terms."

"They want the governor elected by popular will to subordinate to a political core that doesn't have legitimacy," Larroque stated in a conversation with radio La Red.

Although he was one of the founders of La Cámpora, Larroque has been distanced from that structure for years. In this context, he supported the splitting of legislative elections in the province, a measure promoted by Kicillof and strongly questioned by the more hardline Kirchnerism.

The Kirchnerist internal conflict exposed

The official denounced that there is an "institutional abnormality" in the Buenos Aires Legislature:  "The two block presidents who claim to be officialists act as battering rams for the opposition." For Larroque, this constitutes a critical situation that can no longer be hidden.

"We concealed it for years in the name of unity. But if they're going to cross all the limits, let's speak clearly," he expressed.

From his perspective, Kicillof is today the strongest figure in Peronism, and the space should rally behind him. Additionally,  he rejected the criticisms that labeled the splitting as a "unilateral and unconsulted" decision, and assured that there were attempts at dialogue until the last moment.

Cristina Kirchner and the role of La Cámpora

When asked about the role of former President Cristina Kirchner, Larroque considered that today she "chose to support Máximo's sector", although he expressed his wish for her to rectify that stance. The previous day, he had even said that the former president was "a hostage of Máximo's little group."

Meanwhile, the mayor of Quilmes, Mayra Mendoza, was in charge of responding to Kicillof on behalf of La Cámpora. In radio statements, she criticized the governor's decision: "It surprised us a lot, it wasn't what we had agreed."

"Axel went solo and set an electoral calendar without consulting with the rest of the space," added Mendoza, who emphasized that Cristina Kirchner wanted "everyone to go together in a single election."

She also recalled that the former president expressed her willingness to compete if the governor insisted on the splitting, which opens the possibility of an internal contest in the third electoral section.