From the environment of the Buenos Aires campaign manager, they pointed fingers at Biagetti, linking her to the presidential advisor, by stating that she promised to 'blow up' the setup in the province of Buenos Aires, and they assured the existence of chats that would have come to the attention of Milei through which the activist anticipated her move. 'The girl has been making a total mess in the fourth electoral section,' claimed an important source to the agency Noticias Argentinas, which additionally revealed that the Junín executive board managed to halt an alleged harassment complaint that the wife of the campaign manager of the fourth section, Leandro Cabrera, attempted to file against Biagetti for repeatedly calling her husband in the early hours of the morning.
Amid the open conflict, Santiago Caputo, Sebastián Pareja, and Eduardo 'Lule' Menem made calls throughout Thursday among themselves and with Karina and Javier Milei until finally, at 9 PM, the undersecretary of Socio-Urban Integration ordered the removal of Pascual to contain the Governor's discontent, and Biagetti was left out of the coordination table of the section. 'What happened on Thursday was chaotic. The poor numbers of the libertarian lists in the province led by Governor Maximiliano Pullaro exposed the fracture among Milei's collaborators.'
With May 11 on the horizon, the consultant opted to intercede in the provincial elections of Salta and Jujuy by sending a delegation from the Forces of Heaven, led by Romo and Parisini, to support local candidates, after being accused of not participating in the Santa Fe campaign. Despite the divergences among the purple actors, each one fulfills their role in the strategy designed for the province of Buenos Aires, where Karina Milei is working to finalize an electoral agreement with some influential PRO figures like Cristian Ritondo and Diego Santilli. If achieved, discussions about the formation of the lists will need to be revisited when everyone wants to propose their own names.
President Javier Milei experienced a particular May 1st, as the magnitude of the internal conflict within La Libertad Avanza forced him to intercede in the open dispute between presidential advisor Santiago Caputo and the Buenos Aires campaign manager Sebastián Pareja. Active from early on, wearing YPF overalls, the President had to make calls with his collaborators from the Quinta de Olivos to cool down the situation created by the departure of Alberto Pascual, former head of PAMI in Junín, after the activist from the Forces of Heaven, Marina Biagetti, reported being expelled from the Buenos Aires party by order of Pareja's associate. Concurrently with the social media complaint, Pascual was removed from the PAMI Junín direction through a harsh press release.
'We will not tolerate that retirees' money ends up in the hands of con artists who have been making illegal deals for years,' argued the agency and also announced that they would promote an 'internal investigation' into the management of branches across the country. The health insurance for retirees is under the orbit of the Ministry of Health led by Mario Lugones, who joined the Cabinet through Santiago Caputo, who has a strong link with his son, Rodrigo Lugones, also a political consultant during formative times with Jaime Durán Barba.
Upon learning of the young activist's complaint, which includes screenshots of chats in which, from the local space, they argue the decision to expel her for responding to the advisor, and becoming aware of the official's departure for spurious reasons, the libertarian decided to intervene directly. Angry and after seeing the massive dissemination of the issue that responded to Caputo's space, led by influencer Daniel Parisini, better known for his handle on X as 'Gordo Dan', and deputy Agustín Romo as visible faces, Milei ordered the immediate removal of Pascual. Sebastián Pareja contacted the President to give him his version about the provincial representative. However, the differences seem to be resolved in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires through the candidacy of presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni, who serves as a neutralizer to jointly face the greater dispute: dethroning the PRO from its foundational stronghold. 'It was a disgrace,' said an important official, who blamed the Forces of Heaven for 'playing dirty' by making an internal debate public.
Regarding the leaked chats that explain the marginalization of the libertarian, those close to Pareja clarified that it was 'childish behavior' from second and third lines of the Junín setup, and specified that Pascual is not even mentioned in the conversations. 'The girl who expels her for being from the Forces of Heaven didn’t understand anything. She must have mistakenly understood that there is a war between the Forces of Heaven and Karina Milei,' they summarized to this agency while denying that the dismissed staff was aware of events. On the other side of the purple divide, some accuse Pareja of acting in Karina Milei's name without the Secretary General of the Presidency being aware of his movements. 'He uses her name because he knows Karina cannot be everywhere,' stated an important libertarian voice.
He is also accused of trying to further his own agenda and build around his own brand, separate from the President's. Underneath it all lies the strategic dispute over the formation of the lists and the tension does not only affect Pareja. Eduardo 'Lule' Menem, the right-hand man of the younger Milei, is also strongly criticized for the electoral plan he proposes to compete in the interior of the country. The truth is that the space led by the presidential advisor prioritizes the need to favor political agreements in provincial elections, with the focus on the national legislative election in October, while the grassroots organizers aim to design a purple ballot, without nuances, and with strong participation from local leaders. The results in Santa Fe were a small sample of the internal discrepancies and led to a crossfire between sectors that, as the electoral calendar progresses, promises to intensify.
