Karina Milei and Santilli met with Valdés in Corrientes over the PASO primaries and the El Niño emergency

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The national government revived political efforts to suspend or eliminate the PASO primaries next year. In that vein, Karina Milei and Diego Santilli arrived in Corrientes this Thursday, where they were received by Radical governor Juan Pablo Valdés. Officially, the Corrientes governor showed the Presidential secretary and the Cabinet chief the Emergency Operations Command (COE) within the Technology Park, where specialized information on climate phenomena impacting the region is concentrated. According to a statement, the provincial government authorities also "shared a status report on the water infrastructure works that the province began executing several months in advance to mitigate the impact" of El Niño. On the political front, meanwhile, Karina Milei, Santilli, and Governor Valdés took the opportunity to then talk behind closed doors about the suspension of the PASO in the 2027 national elections, which the Government seeks to reactivate as part of the Senate agenda. Entre Ríos Governor Rogelio Frigerio and Cabinet Chief Diego Santilli. Upon returning to Buenos Aires, Santilli received Entre Ríos Governor Rogelio Frigerio in his office at the Casa Rosada. Official sources said both agreed on the need to move forward with consideration of the suspension of the PASO and electoral reform. Earlier, in Corrientes, Karina Milei had congratulated Valdés on the actions being taken in response to El Niño. "We have to return to a country where the national government works together and the provinces work with the municipalities, understanding that everyone is Argentine, that everyone is from Corrientes, that everyone is a citizen of this country," said Valdés. Santilli, for his part, stated: "It is very important to see how the Federal Emergency Agency was integrated with the province of Corrientes; the joint work they are doing and the technology in which the province and Governor Valdés have invested is very important."

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