President Alberto Fernández affirmed today that he is going to “return to the Tucumans” the chief of staff and governor of Tucumán on leave, Juan Manzur, so that he “leads Peronism to victory.” After the president’s words this afternoon, The official is expected to make his departure on February 15.
In this way, Manzur will return to his province to campaign alongside Osvaldo Jaldo, current governor and running mate of the minister, who this time will lead the ballot.
During an act in Tucumán for the inauguration of the Los Nogales and El Manantial transformer stations, Alberto Fernández anticipated Manzur’s departure today: “We are going to return Juan to the Tucumans so that he can work with the Tucumans, so that he can lead Peronism to victory and Osvaldo Jaldo is governor,” he said.
In an electoral tone, the President asked the people of Tucumán that “we call ourselves to reflection, that we listen to each other, because it is time to decide” and sentenced: “On May 14 you are going to decide who governs Tucumán. Do not forget Argentina who left us.”
“There were difficult moments, I had to endure a pandemic, I had to endure the war, I had to endure internal conflicts, why not say it. There was a difficult moment where I needed Juan to accompany me at the head of the Cabinet of Ministers. I asked him to come, to leave the government of Tucumán for a while, to help me,” recalled the president, at the same time that he thanked Manzur for the help he had provided all this time.
Thus, a new drop in the national government will take place, but one that has been expected since the end of last year, when the President asked the Chief of Staff to wait a while to leave the Casa Rosada.
Even, at the end of 2022, the president’s entourage had confirmed that at the beginning of February the Chief of Staff was going to leave the national government to concentrate all his energy on the electoral campaign.
In Balcarce 50 there is still no certainty who will be the replacement for the Tucuman, at some point the option of the current Deputy Chief of Staff, Juan Manuel Olmos, was mentioned, but those around him denied the possibility.
