The agreement to finalize the provincial lists is delayed, and Kicillof's pressure on La Cámpora is growing.

Amid clashes between representatives aligned with Axel Kicillof and Cristina Kirchner, the dispute within Peronism over the deadlines for submitting candidacies for the provincial elections has entered a new round, with no clear outcome. The House Political Reform Committee has opened the debate, but for the moment, there has been no agreement or session in sight to move forward with the changes.

The climate of confrontation between leaders of Kicillof's faction and La Cámpora continued to escalate, with the dispute over the electoral calendar as the cited motive, although, as with the debate over splitting or turnout, the Peronist leadership and the incipient fight over the pen to define the lists were the underlying factors.

Now tensions have escalated due to Kicillof's demand, supported by the Electoral Board's arguments, to extend the deadline between candidate registration and the provincial and municipal elections scheduled for September 7. Current regulations establish the deadline for registering candidates one month in advance, and the governor is asking to move it up to 70 days in advance.

Kicillof hoped that, in parallel with the suspension of the PASO (Primary Elections), the modification of the dates would be approved, as proposed in the bill he sent to the Legislature, but the Kirchnerist party did not support this article. The technical discussion revolves around whether there will be enough time to validate more than 10,000 candidates, formalize the ballots, print them, and distribute them at polling places. On the political front, speculation is rife about whether the provincial election closure will be closer or further away from the national one.

In the session to discuss this year's primaries, Representative Susana González—from Kicillof's camp—exposed the internal conflict in the chamber. "It cannot be tolerated that we, the ruling party, are the ones putting spokes in the wheel. I regret that this bloc acts as an opposition simply because things are going badly for the governor ," she said.

Andrés Larroque, the Buenos Aires province's Minister of Development, responded to the accusation on Tuesday and went a step further. "They're extorting Axel in order to negotiate for positions of power. If they want to be in the opposition, they have to join the opposition," one of the founders of La Cámpora, who had long clashed with Máximo Kirchner, told El Destape.

The response came a few hours later from Facundo Tignanelli, the head of the bloc of deputies that answers to the head of the Buenos Aires PJ (Party of the People's Party). "We are not the ones who have a vocation for rupture, nor are we the ones who do not support the ruling party. In places where the blocs of councilors have split, a comrade from La Cámpora governs, such as Lanús and Quilmes ," he pointed out, referring to the ruptures promoted by Jorge Ferraresi , one of the mayors in Kicillof's coalition most active in the confrontation with La Cámpora.

" I don't believe, nor do I want to believe, that they sent Larroque to say that. We never heard the governor or Minister (Carlos) Bianco say, either publicly or privately, that they were dissatisfied with the work of the Legislature," Tignanelli concluded.

There were tense moments at the meeting of the Political Reform Commission, during which Peronist leaders from both sectors clashed as if they were not part of the same coalition. Led by Hilda Kogan, head of the Buenos Aires Supreme Court, the members of the Electoral Board argued their request for a longer period between the submission of the lists and the election.

Bianco then outlined the Executive's perspective and avoided answering questions about the logistical and security preparations required to ensure the organization of the election. Questions were asked by opposition members Maricel Etchecoin and Diego Garciarena, as well as by Tignanelli and Teresa García, the senator close to Cristina Kirchner.

The discussion has been put on hold for the time being, with no confirmed resumption date in the committee chaired by Radical Party member Emiliano Balbín, nor any estimated session date. An attempt will be made next week if an agreement is reached.