The special session that was to address the indefinite reelections for Buenos Aires mayors this Thursday was cancelled.

At the last minute, the session scheduled for this Thursday in the Buenos Aires Province Legislature to discuss indefinite reelections was cut short due to a lack of votes to constitute a quorum and amid internal disputes within Peronism between Axel Kicillof and Cristina Kirchner over the electoral structure for the 2025 legislative elections.

The Buenos Aires Legislature was expected to advance the discussion on the issue, as 52 Peronist mayors, 17 Radicals, seven from the PRO party, four from local councils, and one Libertarian are ineligible for reelection in 2027.

Meanwhile, 19 other legislators are also unable to run this year , so there is pressure to have it approved before the closing of the lists on July 19.

Among the provincial senators who cannot run for another term, there are many heavyweights. For the Peronist party, there are Luis Omar Vivona, provincial senator and political associate of Leonardo Nardini, mayor of Malvinas Argentinas; and Gustavo "Lagarto" Soos, right-hand man to Merlo mayor Gustavo Menéndez. For the Libertarian party, there is Daniela Reich, wife of Diego Valenzuela, mayor of Tres de Febrero.

The session was called by Verónica Magario , vice governor and president of the Senate, to discuss the bill by Kirchnerist Luis Vivona, which allows legislators, council members, and school counselors to run for office indefinitely.

The senators who report to Kicillof warned that they would not provide the necessary votes for the session, while Kirchnerism led negotiations in other blocs but failed to find any support.

Senators Marcelo Feliú, Pedro Borgini, Federico Fagioli, Sofía Vanelli and Ayelén Durán, all from Unión por la Patria, announced that they would not go down to the chamber to obtain the quorum, which is reached with 24 senators , so that number was not reached and the treatment was dropped.

In short, everything is now pointing to a new negotiation for a session with the full reelection package, which must go through the General Legislation Committee for approval by a simple majority.

The law capping reelections was passed in 2016 through an agreement between the PRO party, led by María Eugenia Vidal, and the Massismo party. It was amended at the end of 2021 after it was limited to two senators, ten deputies, and dozens of council members. This year, when it was discussed in committee, Reich was absent, and along with other absences, he made it possible for the ruling to be approved.

Now the deadline also extends to María Teresa García, president of the ruling party bloc in the provincial Senate. Also barred from running are Macri's Aldana Ahumada, Radical Party member Agustín Máspoli (Chacabuco), Camporista María Elena "Male" Defunchio (9 de Julio), Flavia Delmonte of the UCR (Central University of Costa) in La Costa, Peronist Gabriela Demaría (La Costa), and Radical gynecologist Luis Alejandro Cellillo (General Alvear).

The Radical Party expressed its opposition to the bill , and even Radical Senator Delmonte—who could benefit from the amendment—voted against the ruling in the committee meeting.

In the House of Representatives, the law would restrict the participation of Mariana Larroque, a Kicillofist member and sister of Community Development Minister Andrés "Cuervo" Larroque; Maricel Etchecoin, a member of the Civic Coalition; and Nicolás Russo, who took office on December 10, 2019, and was reelected in 2021. The Peronist party leader, Facundo Tignanelli, and fellow Peronists Susana González and Carlos "Cuto" Moreno.

Neither did Macri's Matías Ranzini (Zárate), Camporist Fernanda Díaz (Colón), Massista María Fernanda Bevilacqua (Villarino), Radicals Emiliano Balbín (Salliqueló), and Anahí Bilbao (Laprida). And Guillermo Kane, of the Left Front.