The candidacy of Sergio Massa, its finance minister Argentinianthe ruling center-left alliance announced on Friday presidential elections which will be held in less than four months and more specifically on October 22.
Sergio Massa, 51, economy minister from July 2022, will be “our presidential candidate,” Unión por la Patria (“Union for the Fatherland,” as the “All Front” has renamed itself) said.
The announcement was made after a series of meetings and the withdrawal from the race of other potential candidateslike that of the Minister of the Interior Eduardo “Uado” de Pedro the day before, or the former vice president and current ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli.
The decision was announced 24 hours before the August 13 deadline for nominations for internal party procedures.and it prevents the scenario of the ruling faction, whose popularity is falling due to the takeoff of inflation (114% in twelve months), to experience tough competition that would do it particular political damage.
The Union for the Fatherland expressed “gratitude” to Daniel Scioli and Vado de Pedro “for choosing the unity of Peronism,” referring to the broad and complex current claiming the legacy of Juan Domingo Peron, president from 1946 to 1955. then in 1973-1974.
The alliance clarified that Agustin Rossi, 63 years old, current prime minister, a close associate of outgoing president Alberto Fernandez, will be the vice-presidential candidate on the “ticket”, the ballot of Sergio Massa.
Unity is still lacking in the conservative opposition, in which the mayor of Buenos Aires since 2015, Horacio Lareta, 57 (center right), and former security minister Patricia Bullrich, 67 (right), are seen as the main contenders of the anointing.
Sergio Mesa, who studied law, the former head of the cabinet (2008-2009) when Cristina Fernandez was still president, former president of the Parliament, Sergio Massa took over as “minister of the state” a year ago, when the markets were feverish and in the political scene of the country and three ministers were changed within a month. If he had not taken over, “we would have left in a helicopter”, commented former Minister of Development Jorge Ferraresi at the time, referring to him who is often called a fireman in the management of the country’s economy.
More politician than technocrat in reality, Mr. Massa took on the daunting task of tackling inflation while staying within the suffocating confines of the International Monetary Fund’s program.
Source: News Beast
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