Overview
- Diego Santilli began a new round of meetings in the Casa Rosada on Thursday when he received Tucumán governor Osvaldo Jaldo and scheduled a session with Corrientes governor Juan Pablo Valdés for Friday.
- The government’s stated goal is to assemble enough provincial support to bring an electoral reform that would cancel the PASO primaries to the Senate by the end of October and to secure votes for the 2027 budget.
- Governors who traveled to the Argentina Week in Paris have demanded formal guarantees that the national coalition will not attack local allies in their districts before they deliver votes in Congress.
- There are clear internal tensions: Economy Minister Luis Caputo is pressing for a quick pact to steady market expectations, while leaders tied to the Menem wing are more cautious about signing deals that could weaken their local party structures.
- Removing PASO would change how candidates are selected and shift bargaining power toward provincial bosses who control Senate and deputy seats, and the negotiations in mid‑October federal meetings will be decisive for whether the pact can be closed.