Máximo Kirchner denounces internal sabotage
Máximo Kirchner has once again strained Peronism's internal dynamics ahead of 2027, targeting sectors of the party that, he claims, seek to block a potential Cristina Kirchner candidacy. The national deputy said his faction wants the former president to compete electorally again and linked that discussion to his ongoing dispute with Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof. In an interview with AM750, Kirchner stated that there is a boycott within Peronism against Cristina's figure and made his group's position explicit: they want her to be a candidate in 2027.[S1][S2]
The definition comes as Peronism has yet to decide how it will organize its electoral offer for the next presidential elections. Kicillof has been signaling that he intends to build his own alternative, though he has not formally confirmed a candidacy. In recent days, the Buenos Aires governor reinforced that political construction with an international agenda that included meetings in New York and an intervention in which he again questioned Javier Milei's economic program. Before traveling to the United States, during an event in Avellaneda, he had also sent a message to the PJ's internal debate: an alternative is not built from an office.[S1][S2]
Against that backdrop, Máximo Kirchner defended Cristina's political weight and argued that polls show the continued relevance of her leadership. He said no poll fails to show the preponderance of her figure. The deputy went further when referring to resistance within his own space, stating that there would be a high-caliber democratic whip if there were no boycott against Cristina within Peronism itself. The possibility of a Cristina Kirchner candidacy is also intertwined with her judicial situation. The former president is barred from holding public office following the final conviction in the Vialidad case. Her defense is pushing various filings to challenge that situation, including one before international organizations.[S1][S2]
A bill to tax capital flight
During the same interview, Máximo Kirchner also defended a bill that proposes establishing a tax on certain transfers of profits obtained in Argentina to foreign destinations. The initiative sets rates between 2% and 5%, depending on the destination of the funds and the fiscal characteristics of the receiving country. The deputy clarified that the proposal does not target personal savings in general, but rather companies or individuals who transfer abroad profits generated in the country without a productive counterpart. According to the estimate presented by Kirchner, if the mechanism had been in effect during 2025, the state could have collected around US$1.9 billion.[S1][S2]
The bill contemplates that the resources obtained be allocated to provinces and municipalities and to various areas related to health, education, disability, medications, and PAMI care. Kirchner specified that the rate would vary according to the destination: 3% for transfers to countries with which Argentina maintains double taxation agreements or high taxation, 2% for the rest of the cases, and up to 5% when it involves a tax haven. He also noted that if the law were approved, it would be up to Milei's own government—through the Economy Ministry, with Luis Caputo, and other areas—to implement it.[S1][S2]
