The head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, announced this Wednesday his candidacy for the Presidency through social networks. “It is time to encourage us to transform the country forever. # Hora2023”, she wrote with a photo at kilometer 0 of the emblematic Route 40.
Thus, Larreta tries to show “strong federal support” but in other sectors of the PRO they expressed their resentment at what they consider an “unconsulted” launch.
It is time to encourage us to transform the country forever. #Time2023 pic.twitter.com/tnxS3G5fh4
— Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (@horaciorlarreta) February 22, 2023
In advance of the announcement, Larreta and Bullrich maintained a new crossing; this time for the implementation of tasers In Buenos Aires city.
The Buenos Aires chief of staff, Felipe Miguel, affirmed on Tuesday that the use of Tasers “is not a matter of deciding to use them” but rather that they require “authorization” from the national government, in response to the statements of the PRO president , who had warned Rodríguez Larreta in the last few hours to “make the decision” to implement them.
The announcement of the launch of Larreta, meanwhile, once again produced tensions within the PRO since from the sectors linked to two of the potential opponents in an internal party, such as Bullrich and Vidal, they questioned the electoral strategy chosen by the head of Government.
“It is a confirmation that shows some anxiety and they are accelerating times in the face of a society that is concerned about other things,” they analyzed from the campaign team of the president of the PRO party, while assuring that the former Minister of Security “will continue in her axis with visits to the provinces and in contact with the people”.
For his part, from the electoral assembly of Vidal -national deputy and former governor of Buenos Aires- they warned Télam that they were not informed of Larreta’s announcement.
With annoyance, they pointed out that the announcement “was not consulted with anyone from the PRO, but that it is a decision of Horacio and his campaign command”; while they added that “it is not right or wrong, each one has their own reading of reality.”
