Kicillof and Kirchnerism seek to cool the feud and unify the campaign: they will share an event in Quilmes with Mayra Mendoza.

After a closing of lists on the verge of implosion and the start of the campaign with Axel Kicillof surrounded by his candidates and without those of Kirchnerism , the Peronists set out to cool down the fight and unify the campaign strategy , with an initial joint activity between leaders of both sectors. Although differences will remain, such as regarding the centrality of Cristina Kirchner in the discourse, they will seek to pause the internal conflict and concentrate their energies on the confrontation with Javier Milei.

Kicillof will meet this Friday at the National University of Quilmes with Mayor Mayra Mendoza , the third candidate for deputy for the Third Section, the Fuerza Patria front's main candidate in the September 7 Buenos Aires elections. Facundo Tignanelli , second on the list and close to Máximo Kirchner, will also be present.

Directly supported by Cristina Fernández de Mendoza to join the ticket —one of the discussions even revolved around whether she should lead the party instead of Verónica Magario—Mendoza maintained a confrontation with Kicillof that she made no secret of in public. This week, she once again took issue with him for not supporting the former president as head of the PJ (Party of the People's Party). "My relationship with the governor is institutional," she stated on the streaming channel Laca.

While the mayor was making these statements, Kicillof was moving forward with a campaign event in Berazategui, accompanied by Magario, Mariano Cascallares—fourth on the list for the Third Section—and the host, Juan José Mussi, a temporary candidate for councilor for that district. Mendoza had been invited but did not attend.

"We need to de-dramatize and downplay the internal issues. The problem people are having is that Milei is in power. We're going to join the activities and begin to find common ground on how to carry out the campaign," Tignanelli, the leader of the Union for the Homeland bloc of deputies seeking reappointment, told Clarín .

The two factions, in tension over the Peronist leadership, had reached a point of contention after a fierce clash over the province's split, and another conflict arose in the discussion over the lists: token candidates. Cristina Kirchner spoke out against it, Kicillof nevertheless imposed Magario —the vice-governor will not take office in the Legislature—and several mayors from the Right to the Future Movement, such as Mussi, will be on the ballots for council members: Fernando Espinoza (La Matanza), Jorge Ferraresi (Avellaneda), Andrés Watson (Varela), and Mario Secco (Ensenada), among others.

Another initial difference, which they will try to mitigate, was evident in the degree of emphasis placed on Cristina Kirchner's conviction and house arrest in the speech. At the events in Almirante Brown and Berazategui, Kicillof did not allude to this point. He had, however, done so in his post against Peter Lamelas , Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to the country.

" We're not going to be campaign auditors to see how many times he mentions Cristina or not. Or if we highlight such a project. Both things are undisguisable. Cristina's situation and Milei's failure to do anything in the province of Buenos Aires," Tignanelli eased the tension, alluding to the governor's demand for greater Kirchner support for his administration.

" They are two different models. Two completely opposite ways of seeing everything," Kicillof contrasted in his speech in Berazategui. "The campaign is either Axel or Milei," a member of the Buenos Aires Cabinet summed up the strategy outlined in the governor's office.

"It's fine for him to challenge, but he's not a candidate. Candidates have to play an important role," La Cámpora warned. Candidates who support Cristina Kirchner will give greater importance to the former president, who will lend her voice to the campaign from her department in Constitución.