Overview
- Diego Santilli will open a prioritized round of meetings over the next two weeks to obtain votes for the 2027 budget and to advance an electoral reform package tied to political agreements with provincial governors.
- The Casa Rosada is giving first priority to the roughly 13 governors who accompanied President Javier Milei to Argentina Week in Paris while keeping others as legislative interlocutors rather than electoral partners.
- Karina Milei instructed that progress on electoral reform be conditioned on sealed pacts of non‑aggression and reciprocal political guarantees, a move designed to protect governors' local campaigns.
- A key point of resistance among allies is the proposal to eliminate PASO, Argentina’s open primary system, and the government faces added urgency from opposition moves in Congress to challenge DNU 70/23.
- If Santilli secures deals, the government would win short‑term legislative support for the budget and reduce congressional threats to executive decrees; failure to do so could force a change in the administration’s legislative and electoral strategy.