National government officials and leaders of the Frente de Todos (FdT) supported this Monday the decision of President Alberto Fernández to convene a political table of the ruling party to define strategies for the next elections, considering that “debates should take place inside” of the coalition
“We celebrate and support the initiative of President Alberto Fernández to convene a space for debate so that our political space continues to deepen the path of development, with a federal and inclusive sense,” published the Chief of Staff, Juan Manzuron his Twitter account.
We celebrate and support the initiative of the president @alferdez to convene a space for debate so that our political space continues deepening the path of development, with a federal and inclusive sense https://t.co/pJ8nyDlGnc
– Juan Manzur (@JuanManzurOK) February 6, 2023
In the same vein, the comptroller of the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI), Augustine Rossiwhen affirming that the FdT “will find a good electoral alternative” to arrive “empowered” to the elections.
“I am one of those who put enormous trust in the patience, capacity, intelligence and commitment of our main leaders. We are going to find a good electoral alternative and we are going to arrive empowered to the electionsboth in the first and second round,” Rossi said on FM La Patriada.
At the same time, he called for “not naturalizing the ban” of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in a year in which “Argentine democracy turns 40 and it is the first time that we are going to have a banned political leader.”
The political table announced on Sunday by the President through Twitter has the objective of designing “the electoral rules of the Front and the strategy to follow with a view to the different elections this year”, in which authorities and legislators will be renewed on December 22. the 24 jurisdictions, President and Vice and 24 senators and 130 national deputies.
As president of the PJ, the most important party in our government coalition, I have decided to convene in the coming days the formation of a table that designs the electoral rules of the Front and the strategy to follow with a view to the different elections this year.
– Alberto Fernandez (@alferdez) February 5, 2023
The Secretary for Relations with Civil Society and Community Development of the Chief of Staff and leader of the Evita Movement, Fernando “Chino” Navarrowas of the opinion that the call “is positive” and that “it should express the breadth and diversity” of the FdT.
“All the sectors and parties that make up the FdT must be represented,” Navarro remarked on Radio Futurock.
The one who also valued the call of the President is the general co-secretary of the CGT and leader of the Truckers Union, Pablo Moyanohighlighting that “it is the right time to start discussing what we are going to present” in the next elections.
“I spoke with Alberto (Fernández) last week. All sectors were demanding to have a table to discuss and say what we have to say. The idea was to give our proposals to society so that we can present them in the next elections,” he said. for the homeland
One of the issues to be defined by the political table of the ruling party will be if you present a single list or there will be competition in the STEPwith different applicants who will decide who will be the candidate for the Presidency that finally represents the coalition.
The deputy of the Front of All (FdT) Eduardo Valdes andHe assessed that “there must be dialogue” between the different sectors of the ruling party in order to “have aptitude” in the elections.
“We have to have a dialogue between all sectors and in this way we will have a great electoral aptitude in August, when the PASO is held, and in October, when the general elections are held. I have no doubt about that,” Valdés assured for Silver Radio.
The pro-government senator from Buenos Aires and leader of the newspaper vendors union Omar Plaini He pondered the decision and asked that “work be done on a program that goes beyond the definition of the candidacies.”
“I am confident that this area of debate will serve to open the call to the social, production and labor sectors that accompany our government coalition with whom we share the same country project,” Plaini stressed on Radio Provincia.
The Governor of Entre Rios, Gustavo Bordet, said this Monday in Paraná about the President’s initiative that “all the tables are important because they lead to amalgamate consensus.” These agreements “are necessary,” he pointed out, and called for seeking the “broadest possible agreements” to reach a list of candidates.
Fernández summoned, as president of the PJ, to “a table that designs the electoral rules of the Front and the strategy to follow with a view to the different elections this year.”
“I am confident that this area of debate will serve to open the call to the social, production and labor sectors that accompany our government coalition with whom we share the same country project,” Fernández said when launching the call via Twitter. .
Regarding the candidacies, the President said in Madrid on May 10 of last year, during an interview with the Spanish public channel RTVE, that he would go for re-election, although he later clarified that it was not yet the time to be “thinking about that”. .
For their part, sources close to Sergio Massa They pointed out to Télam that for the Tígrense “it is incompatible to be Minister of Economy and a candidate for president”, a phrase that the head of the Palace of Finance is repeating in various areas.
Manzur is also mentioned in the pre-candidate orbit -who does not rule out competing for the governorship of Tucumán-, the governor of Chaco, Jorge Capitanich, and the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo “Wado” de Pedro.
Meanwhile, Vice President Fernández de Kirchner initially announced that her name will not be on any ballot this year, while in a second intervention, during an act in Avellaneda, she remarked that the limitations she faced in electoral matters were due to a ” proscription”. Sectors related to the head of the Senate promote her candidacy and the mayor of Avellaneda, Jorge Ferraresi, said that she is “her candidate” of her.
