Overview
- The national government is advancing a plan to suspend or abolish PASO, Argentina’s mandatory open primaries, and to allow 'colectoras', allied lists that critics say can replicate primary outcomes.
- Senator Patricia Bullrich has publicly pushed to eliminate PASO and rejected colectoras as a solution, saying colectoras would distort the electoral system.
- Jujuy governor Carlos Sadir rejected eliminating PASO while saying the UCR might consider a temporary suspension, and he praised Diego Santilli’s appointment as chief of cabinet for improving provincial dialogue.
- Other governors are divided: Tucumán’s Osvaldo Jaldo opposes removing PASO, while Catamarca’s Raúl Jalil has said the primaries do not serve society, highlighting the split among provincial leaders.
- The executive does not yet have the congressional majorities required to change the law—37 votes in the Senate and 129 in the Chamber of Deputies—so negotiators led by Santilli must still secure governors’ and cross‑party legislators’ support.