The result puts freedom advances, the president’s young party, as the most voted force in the Argentine capital, which since 2007 was governed by Pro, the group of former Mandanician Mauricio Macri (2015–2019)
The party of the Argentine president, Javier Mileiwon this Sunday (18) the legislative elections in the city of Buenos Airesa traditional stronghold of the pro-right pro movement, which was third behind Peronism (center-left), according to the electoral body. The result puts freedom advances, Milei’s young party, as the most voted force in the Argentine capital, which since 2007 was governed by the Pro, the association of former President Mauricio Macri (2015–2019), whose support was crucial to the victory of the Ultraliberal representative in 2023.
“Today the yellow bastion was painted with Violet,” said Milei at celebrating the victory, in reference to the colors that identify his party and that of Pro. “And from now on we will paint the whole country from violet!” With 98.15% of the ballot boxes, Milei’s spokesman Manuel Adorni won with more than 30.13% of the votes the list of Peronism headed by Leandro Santoro, which obtained 27.35%, and Silvia Lospennato, which got 15.92%, according to the Institute of Electoral Management of Buenos Aires.
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“Today we chose between two models,” said Adorni, alluding to Peronism. “Between the caste model, the privileges, the one of the few; and the model of freedom.” After the disclosure of the data, Santoro, who was a favorite in many of the research, asked to “put the result of the election in context” and stressed that “Pro, as a political project, failed to represent the majority of the size”.
For politologist Carlos Fara, “the pro hegemony was broken after 20 years, and perhaps it is the beginning of an end, at least as a protagonist at the national level.” “Although the government of Milei has been suffering some wear in the last five months, the truth is that it tends to be the first minority in the election of the middle of mandate,” said the analyst in his column in the popular diary. In turn, Lospennato said that the results were not expected and considered that “it is not good for the country that political discussion becomes a discussion without rules of democracy.”
*With information from AFP
Posted by Carolina Ferreira
Source: Jovempan
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