Peronismo y oposición política en el parlamento argentino. La dimensión del conflicto con la unión cívica radical (1946-1951)

Abstract

The outcome of the 1946 polls which resulted in Perón’s election delimited fields of action and strategies by the opposing parties. This article analyzes the Congress as centre of politicalinstitutional conflict between Government and Opposition. It mainly studies the initiatives of the UCR (Unión Cívica Radical) which had the widest representation at Congress. Special attention is given to the way in which determined currents within Radicalism took advantage of their parliamentary oppositional work to define conducts, leaders and ideas struggling to become hegemonic within the party. The Parliament did not remain the same along the presidential period, which leads to the analysis of the changes in representation of the UCR congressmen and the relationship between the executive and legislative powers.