Kicillof shakes up the Buenos Aires branch of the Peronist party: he called for a university march and will launch training courses.

Kicillof, at the headquarters of the Buenos Aires branch of the PJ (Justicialist Party), alongside the party's top officials, concluded the presentation of his book "From Smith to Keynes" last Saturday, stating, "I also invite you to defend public universities next Tuesday." The governor of Buenos Aires province, Axel Kicillof, confirmed that he would be in Plaza de Mayo this Tuesday to participate in the Federal University March, organized in protest against the government's budget cuts under Javier Milei, and to demand compliance with the University Funding Law, approved by Congress. Notably, he will be representing the Buenos Aires branch of the Justicialist Party, which he has led since the end of April, when he took over the party's leadership. At that time, he told the press that he wanted to create a party "with open doors." On Thursday, he will attend the launch of the training courses organized by the PJ, coordinated by the mayor of La Plata and secretary of training, Julio Alak. The governor aims to project himself as proactive in his political endeavors—and, as he emphasizes, non-electoral—despite the constant calls for his presidential candidacy in next year's elections. This mirrors what happened during his visit to the province of Córdoba, where the union leader, Héctor Daer, promoted him as a presidential candidate for the Peronist movement. It also occurred among those who attended the book presentation at La Rural. It is likely to happen again on Friday when he launches the MDF (Movement for the Right to the Future) Women and Diversity initiative from the SOSBA campsite in the city of Ensenada. Kicillof, alongside the mayor of Cosquín, Córdoba, Raúl Cardinali. "This is a march organized by the union front of the National Inter-University Council and the FUBA (University Federation of Buenos Aires). The central event will be in Plaza de Mayo at 4 p.m. We are inviting representatives from the government of the province of Buenos Aires, the Justicialist Party of the province of Buenos Aires, and our movement, the Movement for the Right to the Future (MDF)," explained the Minister of Government, Carlos Bianco, on Monday. Kicillof is expected to be at Diagonal Sur and Perú at 3:30 p.m. "There is a very important march on Tuesday to which we will attend, and we will be there because people will not allow them to take away what is rightfully theirs," Kicillof told Radio 10 on Monday. On Thursday, he will attend the launch of the political training courses promoted by the Buenos Aires branch of the PJ, under the coordination of Alak. The noteworthy aspect is that this will be under the banner of the provincial PJ, as the mayor of the capital city of Buenos Aires has been conducting similar activities for some time through the Political Training Institute (ICP) he leads. In recent years, Kicillof has given lectures in that institution. This time, under the structure of the Justicialist Party, the governor will give a talk at the Teatro Coliseo Podestá next Thursday afternoon. Kicillof during a lecture at the Political Training Institute. Now, he will do the same from the Buenos Aires branch of the PJ. It is expected that almost the entire structure of the PJ will be present, or at least the main party officials, such as Vice Governor Verónica Magario or the mayor of Lomas de Zamora, Federico Otermín, who hold the vice-presidencies. However, the political project that Kicillof is building is not without internal discussions and tensions within the Peronist movement. The latest example arose when the national deputy, Teresa García—a key figure in Kirchnerism—stated that "there is no possibility for anyone who will govern from the Peronist movement, for the one who will govern this country, not to take into account the two terms of Cristina as president and the reasons why she is detained." This followed her agreement with an idea proposed by journalist Nancy Pazos, who asked if the Peronist movement should seek a "new Cámpora" as a candidate for next year's elections, drawing a parallel between Cristina Kirchner's detention and her inability to be a candidate, and the situation that the Peronist movement faced before Juan Domingo Perón's return to Argentina, which led to Héctor Cámpora's brief presidency in 1973. This statement by the national legislator received support from various leaders within the Kicillof sphere.