The president of the Justicialist Party (PJ) of Buenos Aires, Máximo Kirchner, expressed his willingness to compete in an internal party election for the leadership position and sought to minimize tensions with Governor Axel Kicillof following the electoral defeat on October 26. The national legislator defended his management at the head of the party and asserted that he has no personal conflicts with the provincial governor. "I am willing to compete in an internal election for the PJ of Buenos Aires and I have no personal problems with Axel Kicillof; I voted for him, what more do they want me to do?" Kirchner stated. He emphasized that he never built personal campaigns or sabotaged other leaders, proposing dialogue and stressing the value of respect in politics. "The important thing is that there is respect and that everything is discussed behind closed doors, so that the PJ recovers its humanism and solidarity," he added. When asked about Cristina Kirchner, he described her as "a very firm, methodical person with enormous capacity for discussion and self-criticism." He concluded his intervention by betting on maintaining a constructive attitude: "We have to move away from petty fights and get back to building a fairer country with more opportunities." One of the axes of the interview revolved around the economy. Kirchner recognized the loss of transformative initiative and will to power after the cycle of governments of the Front for All: "The absence of a collective purpose is what drives many voters away. Today there are fewer and fewer property owners and more young people who see the idea of owning their own home as very far away." He also referred to the level of indebtedness of Argentine households as "alarming." Despite this, he reaffirmed his disposition to subject his leadership to the vote of the affiliates and called for a more decisive approach: "The challenge is to bring words closer to action and be more decisive. We need to recover the trust of society with facts, not just speeches."
