Villarruel after the breakup with Miley: his support network and a strategic comeback with a view to 2025
xavier miley Decision to break ties with the Vice President Victoria VillaruelHis political style and his closeness to “the race” caused disillusionment, and fueled internal divisions in La Libertad Avanza. The criticism that the head of state made during a television interview surprised Villarruel, who had been marginalized from the Casa Rosada’s decision-making for some time. For now, Senate chiefs are keen to minimize institutional conflict. What’s more: His usual interlocutor assures that he is not considering distancing himself from the management of Miley nor planning to create his own army in view of the 2025 legislative elections.
Still shocked from the moment Miley came out to repeat the questions about herself, Villaruel carefully calculates her next steps. Till midnight he remained in touch with his closest aides in the Senate and put on hold his planned agenda of activities today. He advised him to step on the ball. The doors inside the palace are an illusion. He believes there was a “misunderstanding” and that Miley’s attack was “unnecessary”. “We were surprised,” Was included in the Vice President’s team.
People around Villaruel speculate that he has no intention of breaking up with Miley. “We feel part of the government. Both of them will have to sit down and find a solution. “We have to be responsible” Says an advisor to the Vice President. Its slopes have already activated underground efforts to achieve rapprochement next week. “By this we all lose; We have nothing left,” he portrays.
Yesterday, Miley once again criticized a good number of the person who was with her in the formula for the 2023 elections: in a conversation with La Nación + channel, the President said that Villaruel “No influence in decision making” The Executive does not participate in Cabinet meetings, so he clarified that they “only” maintain institutional dialogue. In turn, Miley said that Villarruel is “close to the red circle.” “This is what we call caste.”He pronounced the sentence.
People who work with him often claim that Villarruel had decided to proceed with the processes of separation from the Democratic Party. -In the middle of the year he resigned as president of the party in his political base Buenos Aires in order to make himself available for government in the 2025 legislative elections. That is, Villarruel wanted to signal that he wanted to help the ruling party at the national level in terms of the presidency of the LLA, Kareena MileyOne of his main opponents, decided to call him out. “I was there to help, I wanted to be free to do whatever the government needed electorally.” They comment. The fight to the point of no return with Miley raises questions about the spot Villaruel will occupy in 2027. “Our goal is to have it finalized next week,” says a source close to Vice, who is confident that Miley and her Vices can complement each other well again. ,
In Buenos Aires Province, the land that Villarruel knew how to use as a political platform was alienated from the organic formation that he leads. Sebastian ParejaKareena miley hill. Nor does it have any impact on the network of responding Melist groups santiago caputoLike “the powers of heaven.” People close to the vice president reiterate that she does not have her own platform and does not consider entering into controversy with Miley in 2025. For example, she distances herself from the senator’s plan. francisco poltroniwhich was expelled from the LLA bloc, in order to launch a “republican” position to compete in the next elections and confront both Kirchnerism and “radicals disguised as libertarians”. “I do not agree with the President’s statements; They are unfair and unnecessary. He is not close to the caste”When asked, Paltroni commented NationThe senator has already activated contacts with the Democratic Party in Buenos Aires.
Although they will not be removing their chips in the near future, Villarruel’s lieutenant in the upper house admits that personal and political relations with Miley have deteriorated during his administration“He did not attend some cabinet meetings because he had other commitments in the Senate, but there are also ministers who did not go for a month. Sometimes, topics are discussed in which she has no influence and hence, she does not work,” her loyalists defend her. He says negotiations with Miley were practically shut downThe recipe that Villarruel applied to negotiate with opposition leaders in the Senate aroused condemnation among ultra-milista soldiers. They guess he’s designing his own project He invoices Mili for removing him from security and defense areas before the inaugurationVice’s associates, on the other hand, believe that balance is needed to maintain control of “the house.” Guarantee the support of UCR, PRO and United ProvincesThe ruling party’s key partner when approving laws in the Senate. “Victoria has no desire to compete with Miley. On the contrary, everything he did was to strengthen the President and achieve the objectives of the government.Villarruel’s goons argue that without connections to collaborators how can we get the numbers? mauricio macriThe head of PRO, usually defines it as “a political team”.
On the first floor of the Casa Rosada they speculate that there will be no direct counterattack by Villarruel after Miley’s surprise attack. with Guillermo FrancosThe Chief of Staff, the Chief, wants to soften the President’s statements. “If he responds, he will not dare to go against Javier. In any case, he is going to kill Karina or Santiago (Caputo).Pride in the ranks of LLA.
The Vice President came under criticism due to suspicions arising from her autonomous movements on the political board at the top of the government. Not only did it cause outrage that he distanced himself from Miley’s decision to promote controversial judge Ariel Lizzo’s list to fill a vacancy. in the Supreme Court or the opening of negotiations with the United Kingdom on the Malvinas. He also got angry at the President’s small table because Act Villarruel organized in the Senate to remember the victims of guerrilla organizationslike montoneros, or planning Statue of Isabel Martínez de Perón“A government with these characteristics, which led to the creation of ‘Rodrigazo’, is not a model worth following. It’s not even fair to make that claim for someone who made triple A,” Miley insisted.
without national deputy guillermo montenegroAs one of the LLA legislators who met the repressors in Aziza prison, his boss and the execution branch, Villarruel does not have a wide network of support or significant political support. A figure who is gaining ground in Villarruel’s circle of trust Emilio Jose Viramonte Olmos, Former consul of Denmark and Sweden in Córdoba. Viramonte has had a close relationship with the Vice President for years and recently took up a position as an advisor in the Senate. For example, he is usually one of the negotiators with Caputo, Miley’s all-terrain advisor.
For daily tasks, Villarruel relies on his advisors and colleagues in the Senate, such as Guadalupe Jones, Augustin Giustinian or Maria Laura Izzoamong others, and in a group of young people who achieved prominence in the upper house. These are members of the group La Derecha ArgentinaUnder the leadership of the head of the civil assistance agency, Juan Martin DonatoThis place brings together Villarruel’s loyalists who usually flock around the office of the head of the Chamber and, above all, his workers on social networks. At the moment, they neither have any regional structure nor do they have the firepower within the Libertarian Galaxy or the youth regions that come with Miley. They present themselves as the “youth” of Villarruel.But Vice likes to call them ““Villarulines”.
Donato provoked resistance among the technical staff of the Senate. They blame him not only for his lack of training, but also for his “disgusting” attitude. The complaints reached the ears of Weiss, who defended his soldier. Those around him consider him a good strategist.
“This is ‘El Gordo Don’ of Villarruel”Makes fun of a fanatic who walks through the corridors of the palace. According to parliamentary sources, Donato joined other right-wing militants in the leadership. Others held commissioned positions.
Donato has an active profile on the network, where he uploads photos with Villaruel in the Senate or during the Vice President’s visits to the provinces. Last night, Miley took up the challenge after she criticized her political boss. “That son of a bitch (Sergio) Massa didn’t win the first round by 3%. “What a desire to inflate balls and underestimate the popular vote,” wrote a Senate official and a representative of La Derecha.
The director of legal affairs, Grisela Alejandra García Ortiz, also revolved around the Vice President, who knew how to stay close to him jose torelloIntimate of Mauricio Macri, or Human Resources Director, Gonzalo Izurieta. “There is no political table and no ‘Praetorian Guard,'” Repeat to people close to the Vice President.
So far, Bartolome AbdalaThe provisional president of the Senate opted for silence. On the other hand, LLA Block Chief Mohd. Ezequiel AttaucheSaid that Villarruel “is working for the purposes of the government within the Senate,” although he acknowledged “disloyalty.” His statements were not accepted in the adverse environment. Attauche clarified that political issues are defined with Karina Miley and that Villaruel plays an institutional role. “They try to hurt her with this,” says a liberal who frequently interacts with Miley.
Meanwhile, Poltroni, who was exiled for questioning Lizzo’s election and challenging Caputo, is preparing to launch his own venue with an eye on 2025. He plans to present a national union of parties on December 17 with the intention of creating a single force, the “Republicans”. Guarantee freedom of thought. He assured that he is trying to achieve capillary expansion in the most populous districts of the country to compete next year. “This is my armor; “Victoria is not behind this,” insisted the senator, who is betting on adding the lawyer to his group. Maria Eugenia TalericoFormer UIF vice president and economist gustavo lazzari,