Overview
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner released a four-page letter calling Axel Kicillof’s decision to separate the provincial and national votes an “error político,” arguing the 49-day gap let anti-Peronist voters regroup in October.
- Officials in La Plata rejected her analysis, saying provincializing the September contest produced a 14-point win and that the nationally focused October race drove the defeat, while accusing her of reinterpreting her earlier position.
- Facing the fallout, Kicillof gathered intendentes from his Movimiento Derecho al Futuro in La Plata to assess the results and coordinate next steps, with several mayors reading Cristina’s message as a break with the governor.
- Some local leaders publicly defended the desdoblamiento and criticized La Cámpora’s role in national candidate lists and territorial representation, as figures like María Teresa García urged unity and framed the letter as analysis rather than an attack.
- The dispute follows a razor-thin result in the province, where Diego Santilli’s La Libertad Avanza/PRO list edged Jorge Taiana’s Fuerza Patria by less than one point, and it now intersects with Kicillof’s push to pass the 2026 budget, tax law and debt authorization.