After the announcement of Alberto Fernandez of give up a candidacy for his re-election, the head of state and president of the PJ led a brief meeting at the party headquarters in the City of Buenos Aires in which it was decided that the The Party Congress will be held on May 16 to define the alliances for the national elections, but there was no debate regarding candidates or electoral strategy. After a little more than 20 minutes of meeting, the governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, spokesperson and pointed out: “Now we are leaving with a joint strategy to face an election year.”
At the door of the Matheu 130 headquarters, Kicillof spoke with the microphone in hand and accepted questions from the journalists together with the chief of staff, Agustín Rossi. The Buenos Aires president made it clear that it was a match only to “meet the requirements of the match” to convene the Congress of the PJ, but in which The substantive issues were not defined: neither candidacies nor will there be or will not STEP.
As to a candidacy of the vice president, Cristina KirchnerKicillof reiterated that “A legal case weighs on her, a proscription” and considered that this “puts democracy in a situation of limitation” for being “the main political leader”. Regarding Alberto’s decision, the governor considered that “acted realistically” and called to think together how to deal with the “right-wing program of cutting rights.”
“The news we received from the president gives the pattern that now we must begin to organize ourselves and give a clear strategy for the elections“, Kicillof maintained, but when asked by the chroniclers regarding the possibility of going to inmates, he made it clear that it has not yet been defined: “Finding unit consensus candidates or a STEP will be part of the strategy”.
The provincial president reiterated that in Buenos Aires is willing to face an internal candidate of the Frente de Todos. Tomorrow, the Minister of Social Development, Victoria Toulouse Peace, He will carry out an act of launching his group “Camino a la victoria”, as a sign of the albertismo of presenting in internal elections.
“In the province, with anyone who wants to present himself, we will be there. In the national case, it will be decided,” Kicillof said at the door of the PJ headquarters, also accompanied by deputy Eduardo Valdéz and part of his cabinet: the Security Minister, Sergio Berni; the Buenos Aires government minister, Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez; and the chief advisor, Carlos Bianco.
