Overview

• Negotiations between PRO and La Libertad Avanza remain deadlocked over libertarian demands for dominant list placements in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.
• Facing the August 7 registration cutoff, PRO has opened parallel talks with Confianza Pública, GEN, the Socialistas and Ricardo López Murphy to form a backup electoral front.
• Grito Federal governors Ignacio Torres and Rogelio Frigerio have rallied PRO deputies in the Chamber of Deputies to advance two coparticipation bills redistributing fuel taxes and ATN funds.
• President Javier Milei is using this week’s legislative calendar to test his ties with provincial governors and gauge support for sustaining vetoes on social and fiscal measures.
• In San Luis, Alejandro Cacace’s bid to switch from the UCR to LLA faltered when party leaders offered him only the third slot on the national deputy list.