Buenos Aires intendents from the Peronist movement on Friday backed Governor Axel Kicillof following criticism from former President Cristina Kirchner, stating that the split of the election in the district was "very positive" because "the electoral result in September allowed us to win in 107 out of 135 municipalities".
"We won 34 provincial legislative seats, including senators and deputies, out of a total of 69," stated the mayor of La Plata, Julio Alak, in comments to the press after leaving the meeting at Pereyra Iraola Park.
For his part, the Minister of Government, Carlos Bianco, pointed out that Kicillof "asked the ministers and mayors not to get entangled in any internal discussions," asserting that "we only have one adversary, which is the president and his policies, and now a more powerful adversary has been added, which is (Donald) Trump".
He also stated that at the meeting, "the general guidelines of the Budget and the need the province has after two years without this tool, without a financing law or a tax law," were discussed.
"The province needs these instruments to carry out its policies in this ruinous context we are living in," he added.
Alak also indicated that Cristina Kirchner's letter "was not a subject of analysis" and affirmed that in the October elections, "a tie was reached with La Libertad Avanza (LLA)".
"The general balance was very positive, with the difficulties we have always had in legislative elections," he added.
Kicillof met for more than three hours with over 40 mayors amid a tense climate in Peronism following the former president's reproaches over the split election.
The meeting took place at "La Casona" of the Ministry of Agricultural Development, located in Pereyra Iraola Park in Berazategui, and was attended by the mayors of Almirante Brown, Mariano Cascallares; La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza; Ituzaingó, Pablo Descalzo; and Florencio Varela, Andrés Watson, among others.
