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Argentines will choose October 22 to the next presidentIn a tight race that polls show will be decided by surprise elections, ultra-liberal Javier Miley, Peronist minister Sergio Massa
Argentines will choose October 22 to the next presidentIn a tight race that polls show will be decided by surprise elections, ultra-liberal Javier Miley, Peronist minister Sergio Massa and conservative candidate Patricia Bullrich.
At the beginning of December, the new president will take the reins of the country into his own hands. the economy is going through a serious crisismarked by triple-digit inflation, the instability of its currency and growing poverty.
In the August primaries, Miley from the party Freedom advances (LLA), violated all forecasts, maintaining 30% of the vote, overtaking the opposition coalition Together for change (JxC) of Bullrich – with 28.3% of the votes – and the ruling alliance Unión por la Patria (UxP) of the Masses, which had 27.3% of the votes.
Until this point, pollsters had ranked the Libertarian Party in third, sometimes distant, place among all presidential candidates.
The elections will also feature dissident Peronist Juan Schiaretti from the We Do for Our Country party and Miriam Bregman, a candidate from the Left Front.
To be elected president in the first round, any candidate must obtain more than 45% of the votes cast, or at least 40% plus a difference of more than 10 percentage points with his follower. Otherwise, the two candidates with the most votes will determine the outcome of the election in a runoff on November 19.
Below is a summary of the main candidates and their bids for the presidency. Argentina:
JAVIER MILEI
With his wild hair, histrionic demeanor and fiery speech aimed at what he calls the “political caste”, Javier Miley is the biggest political surprise in Argentina in years.
A complete outsider to the Argentine political establishment, the now 52-year-old lawmaker and economist was until a few years ago a television commentator, best known for his eccentricities and histrionics.
Photo: Reuters
However, thanks to social dissatisfaction with traditional politicians caused by a severe economic crisis with high inflation, Miley and his party rose to the point of beating two heavyweights of local politics in the primaries.
Among other far-right proposals, Miley said he would abolish the central bank and adopt the US dollar as currency to reduce inflation. He also promised to privatize health care and education and eliminate public works, which would lead to sharp cuts in the state budget.
SERGIO MASSA
The current economy minister, a 51-year-old lawyer, will seek to retain power in the elections for the ruling Peronist coalition, which is winding down its current administration under embroiled President Alberto Fernandez.
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Massa, a longtime politician who cemented his grip on power as mayor of the Tigre suburb, sees cutting the budget deficit and strengthening reserves as the answer to Argentina’s complex economic puzzle, along with the classic Peronist goal of betting on the domestic economy. market.
With fluid contacts with businessmen and Washington, Massa is an expression of Peronism seeking to position itself as a conciliator with markets that have watched with satisfaction the apparent decline in the influence of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the centre-left leader. in a coalition, in party decisions.
PATRICIA BULLRICH
Although Bullrich defeated her intra-JxC rival by a wide margin in the August primaries, security minister under Mauricio Macri’s administration between 2015 and 2019 also suffered a heavy defeat when she was overtaken by Miley as the main opposition candidate.
Bullrich, 67, said fiscal cuts were necessary to fight inflation, but he also proposed quickly eliminating taxes on agricultural exports, one of the Argentine state’s main sources of resources.
Photo: Reuters
With a strong emphasis on restoring “order,” Bullrich secured the JxC presidential nomination by issuing a strong speech denying the possibility of negotiations with Peronism and making promises such as the speedy elimination of capital controls.
JUAN SCHIARETTI
The 74-year-old former governor of Cordoba province is a member of the dissident faction of the ruling Peronist coalition due to differences with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. In the primaries, his party “We Do for Our Country” received 3.8% of the vote.
Photo: Reuters
MIRIAM BREGMAN
A historical socialist representative of Argentina, the 51-year-old lawyer is the presidential candidate of the Front Left (FIT) coalition of parties, which received 2.7% of the vote in open primaries.
Photo: Reuters
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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