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With Boudou's backing, Kirchnerism is already discussing Cristina's second re-election
El Cronista
January 27, 2012

By Noelia Barral Grigera

During a pro-government meeting, a local legislator from La Campora asked for CFK 2015 and Boudou agreed, Those around the vice president said he didn't get any signals from the President on the matter

The debate over a constitutional reform has flown above Kirchnerism for at least a year, but never has it gotten such a push as yesterday, with 're-re-election' included. It was Vice President Amado Boudou who, during a meeting with 70 pro-government leaders, back the position of a Buenos Aires provincial legislator from La Campora and said that "it won't take a wait of three years" to debate a change in the constitution that opens the possibility for a third presidential term.

The idea was evaluated during an analysis of the current political scene held by national and provincial candidates, officials and legislators of Kirchnerism; they are those who suppose that the lack of a strong opposition to the government is provoking a fight for succession in 2015 that is leaving doors open in officialdom. In that course, they agreed to highlight Cristina as the best electoral option and it was there when La Campora asked for "continuity" of the president.

"I ask the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Deputies to reform the constitution for the re-re-election of Cristina," then said Buenos Aires legislator Fernanda Raverta, according to what El Cronista could learn from attendees of that meeting. In addition to Boudou (who is president of the Senate), the other man aluded to, Julian Dominguez, was also listening. Also there were Buenos Aires Vice Governor Gabriel Mariotto; ANSeS chief Diego Bossio; national Deputies Diana Conti, Teresa Garc a and Carlos Kunkel; Senator An bal Fern ndez; Buenos Aires provincial senate Vice President, and La Campora member, Jos Ottavis; candidates for the fifth section of the province; provincial Minister Cristina Alvarez Rodr guez; some city leaders from the capital area, like Hugo Curto; and other provincial legislators, like Horacio Gonz lez.

While at the end of the meeting Boudou backed the initiative and said that "it won't take three years" to debate it, those close to the Vice President assured this newspaper that Cristina didn't send any signal whatsoever to open the discussion. The same is said from the Congress.

The only time the President spoke in public about her possible re-re-election was about a year ago, in the last Legislative Assembly, and after Conti began to call for an "eternal Cristina". Before the Congress, the President warned: "Nothing is going to come of this agitation that I've been seeing today in some newspaper around constitutional reforms. If I wasn't able to get a budget approved, can someone explain to me how I'm going to get a constitutional reform? They're off their rockers." Then came 54% of the votes and the overturning of the Congress, leaving the government with a solid majority in both Houses, while still far from the two-thirds needed for the reform.

In recent months, those speaking of changes to the constitution have been Supreme Court Justice Eugenio Zaffaroni, who wants a radical change from a presidential system to a parliamentary system; and Dominguez, who wants changes in Co-participation (the funding scheme to divide tax revenues with the provinces). Yesterday, Boudou joined in, with a more ambitious goal and fixed term: as soon as possible.

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