Argentina selects presidential candidates in primaries
- August 13, 2023
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Argentines will vote this Sunday in the primaries in which who will be the presidential candidates will decide and they will give the key to the outcome of
Argentines will vote this Sunday in the primaries in which who will be the presidential candidates will decide and they will give the key to the outcome of the October 22nd general election, in the midst of a population weary and irritated by the prolonged economic crisis.
Approximately 35.4 million Argentines are called up for determine the lists of candidates by voting who will be able to compete in October, when the President and Vice President are elected, 130 out of 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 24 out of 72 seats in the Senate will be renewed, and 43 Argentine representatives will be elected to the MERCOSUR Parliament.
The centre-right opposition, the favorite in the presidential election, will determine its candidate in a tense dispute between the mayor of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta and former minister Patricia Bullrich, represents the most radical wing of the Together for Change coalition.
The urgency of the primaries, however, exceeds this bid, as the centre-left ruling party candidate, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, he will expect the number of votes he wins to reveal the real chances that the Peronist alliance Unión por la Patria will retain the presidency.
In addition, disappointment in classical politics caused by annual inflation of 116% and poverty close to 40%. improved the chances of ultra-liberal Javier Milea, whose specific potential will be known in this election, known locally as PASO.
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For the primaries political forces must receive at least 1.5% of the vote to be able to compete in the October elections.
“We should expect more abstentions, perhaps also more empty votes. We have a warning about this in the provincial elections so far,” he said. Reuters political scientist Carlos Fara.
“The hardest element to measure is Milea’s performance. because this phenomenon is not from politics,” he added.
The future president will have a grim financial outlook: the lack of foreign exchange has left the central bank coffers almost empty and the country kept $44 billion in debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for years.
“I am thinking about voting with a blank vote or for a party that does not add votes. No candidate convinces me completely.” said Mikaela Panzera, a 22-year-old food company employee.
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According to most polls, pre-election competition will eventually be determined in a vote in Novemberas none of the candidates seem to garner enough votes to become president directly in the first round of October.
“I still don’t know who I will vote for, and I think we are all in the same position: no one else votes for thought or political affinity, it’s all punishment punishment, Christian Guardo, 45, a food company executive, said.
Voting centers closes at 18:00 local timeand the first results are expected at 21:00.
These primary elections, which are mandatory for both political parties and voters aged 18 to 70, This is the seventh day that Argentina celebrates.Since the adoption of this system since the 2011 elections
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Every front or political party may submit more than one list of candidates in the elections this Sunday to resolve their internal differences with a popular vote, but they can also present themselves with a single unity list and seek a minimum of 1.5% of the vote to gain access to the October elections.
For these primaries recorded a record of 27 presidential formulasin addition to 3782 contenders for the seat of deputy and 386 candidates for the Senate.
The result of the primaries is played out in four key districts, the most populous in the country: the provinces Buenos Aires (37% of the national registry), Cordova (8.7%) and Santa Fe (8%) and the capital of Argentina (7.2%).
Simultaneously with the national this Sunday celebrate primaries for provincial and municipal offices in the provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre Rios and Catamarca.
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And at the same time there is also elections in the southern province of Santa Cruz, where provincial general elections are held rather than primaries, and in the city of Buenos Aires, where primaries for head of local government and legislative and communal positions but because of a different electronic voting system from the national primaries, which the people of the capital must vote for twice this Sunday.
This convergence of elections and the fact that record number of lists of candidates they are returning to a complex electoral process and delays at polling stations and vote counting are not ruled out.
From the national government responsible for the preliminary vote count, which will take place on Sunday evening, they warned that the start of the dissemination of the first data on the vote, start at 21:00 local time, it may be delayed beyond this time.
The final test, for which selective justice is responsible and the only one with legal effect, will begin Next Tuesday.
(According to information from Reuters And EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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