2023-10-24 17:30:53
The Buenos Aires candidate of Unión por la Patria, Leandro Santoro, decided to get out of the second round electoral of the City, so the candidate of Together for Change, Jorge Macri is established as the new head of Government.
This was confirmed to Argentine News Buenos Aires sources from UxP, following the version regarding giving up the candidacy in the runoff began to circulate strongly since this Monday.
Santoro informed his inner circle of the decisionfollowing Macri obtained 49.61% of the votes in the first round, less than half a point away from reaching the 50 necessary to win without a ballot.
«First of all, we want to thank the almost 600,000 Buenos Aires men and women who gave us their trust through the vote. The result encourages us to continue building an alternative to Macrism in the City,” expressed Union for the Homeland of the City.
In a statement, he noted that “A few hours before the final scrutiny begins, the minutes record that the result that Jorge Macri will obtain will be very few votes away from reaching the number established by the Constitution of the CABA to be elected Head of Government.”
“That is why a realistic reading of the electoral result, added to Javier Milei’s explicit support for Jorge Macri, gives us the idea that it would be foolish to force a runoff.”indicated the force.
Furthermore, he continued: “For these reasons, we consider the correct strategy that this historical moment demands of us is to concentrate our efforts on defending democracy once morest the authoritarian threat, contributing to Sergio Massa winning in the City of Buenos Aires and being elected President of the Nation.”
“Finally we ratify our commitment to continue working to achieve a more just, sensitive and humane City,” Santoro’s statement added.
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