2023-04-16 21:29:00
The elections closed
Río Negro closed the polling stations at 6:00 p.m. following an election day in which they sought to define new governor and lieutenant governor, in addition to the renewal of their provincial legislatures.
Of the eight gubernatorial candidates, Juntos Somos Río Negro seeks to retain power at the hands of senator and former governor Alberto Weretilneckwho shares a formula with the mayor of Viedma, Pedro Pesatti, the same pairing that came to power in 2015.
The candidate of Juntos Somos Río Negro, Alberto Weretilneck, voted in Cipolletti and pointed out that he had a lot of support and affection throughout the province, stating that the project he leads “has a lot of support and today we are putting it to the consideration of the people of Rionegrin”. .
The candidate for governor of Cambia Río Negro, Aníbal Tortoriello, voted in Cipolletti and said that his space will make a “great election.” “I am convinced, we have seen through the campaign the enormous receptivity that our proposal, our people, our lists have had, we are going to have a very good result,” he indicated.
The other two candidates to occupy the position held today by Arabela Carreras were Silvia Horne (Let’s go with everyone); Gustavo Casas (Unity for Victory); rafael zamaro (We are Popular and Social Unity) and Gabriel DiTullio (We can Project Río Negro).
Alberto Weretilneck: “There is a lot to change from the leadership”
One of the first to vote this morning was the former governor Alberto Weretilneck, candidate to regain office Together we are Rio Negro, who cast his vote in the city of Cipolleti. In turn, it appears in three ballots different, since he heads his own and appears in two others, one following an agreement with the Peronist sector Rio Negro unites uscommanded by Martín Doñate, and another derived from the pact with the radicalism of said province.
“The fact of having been out of public management gives one the possibility of self-criticismto see those things that we did not do, or that we did wrong, or to the things that we did not pay attention to,” said the former governor in dialogue with the press in relation to his decision to want to lead the province once more.
In this same line, he added: “We have a youth that demands new points of view, the change of us as leaders, and the economic process that we are experiencing also has a lot to do with the change to see. This means that there is a lot to change from the leadership“.
“We are considering a provincial project, this election has nothing to do with national politics“, Weretilneck then pointed out in search of detaching himself from the Government. In turn, he maintained that he does not expect any type of support from the main leaders of the Frente de Todos.
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He also insisted: “This is a provincial election. Although we have made a provincial agreement with the national Justicialista Party (PJ) and the Radical Civic Union (UCR), we are clear that it is a local election, provincial issues are discussed. I don’t think it has any incidence at the national level.“.
It should be noted that the former governor from Río Negro arrived at the elections as the obvious favorite among the more than 580,000 voters, according to the polls that positioned him with 20 points above the candidate of Together for ChangeAníbal Tortoriello.
He then cast his vote Hannibal Tortoriello, PRO leader and coalition candidate Change Rio Negro, And in statements to the press he stated: “I regret that in Argentine politics the party colors continue to prevail when governed”.
“Actually, each public official must perform and work for societywith the best dialogue between municipal, provincial and national governments,” said the candidate who cast his vote at Colegio 5 de Cipolleti.
Then came the turn to vote for the current governor of Río Negro, Arabela Carreraswho did it following 10 in the morning and affirmed that “he is very expectant with the electoral result.”
“We have the opportunity to discuss our view of the province. The discussion we are giving is regarding the Río Negro of the future“said the provincial official and added:” We are very grateful because we have a lot of support.
Voting of the candidates in Neuquén
Patricia Jure she was the first to vote out of the six candidates for governor of the province. The candidate of left front He voted at School 56 in the city of Neuquén in the company of his candidate for lieutenant governor, Raúl Godoy.
Minutes later, another of the candidates for provincial president, the current lieutenant governor, cast his vote. Marcos Koopmannbelonging to Neuquén Popular Movementa party that has not lost an election since 1962.
“We expect the greatest turnout so that the people of Neuquén define the destinations of the province for the next four years,” encouraged the candidate, who stated that “the results will be around 8:30 p.m.” and assured that “the movement guarantees autonomy”.
Neuquén: Koopmann was confident in maintaining the hegemony of the MPN
A little later, the candidate for governor of Together for Change Neuquén, Paul Cerviwho arrived at the place accompanied by the candidate for mayor Valeria Todero.
“We are convinced that we are going to make a good choice and that there will be a change in the province of Neuquén,” he said.
After 9 in the morning, the IFD No. 1, in the town of Cutral Co, approached the candidate for governor of Neuquén for the Frente de Todos, to cast his vote. Ramon Rioseco.
Once outside the establishment, he called on the residents to “celebrate the participating democracy of this opportunity that we have every 4 years to offer our opinion of the province and the future we want.”
For his part, the Community candidate, and former member of the MPN, rolando figueroa, later voted and arrived at the place in the company of the candidate for lieutenant governor Gloria Ruíz. “we have given it allwe have done everything they have allowed us to do and we have disseminated everything they have allowed us to disseminate,” he said following casting his vote.
“We are experiencing it with glory, it is an important civic day. It is 40 years of a democracy that we must not forget that it cost us a lot to achieve, so It is a historic day, celebrating democracy“, said Figueroa, who formed a wayward front of the pro-government force and presents himself as the main threat to put an end to the 60-year rule of the MPN.
Moments later, the current governor of Neuquén, Omar Gutierrezwho might not run since he already served two consecutive terms as president of the province following being elected in 2015 and 2019, so now from his political space they placed their hopes in Koopmann.
“I want to congratulate and thank the excellent organization of the electoral act of the day of the date and the forceful participation of the province of Neuquén,” said the official and stated: “According to our estimates, there will be 80% participation in the electoral roll”.
In addition, the governor highlighted the Single Electronic Ballot system, which he described as “modern and efficient” and celebrated that this “It guarantees that around 7:30 p.m. or 8:00 p.m. we will have the counting data” and allows “to be clear regarding who the winners are”.
Later, at noon, he cast his vote Carlos Eguia, candidate for governor for La Libertad Avanza, space with Javier Milei as a reference. He himself assured that “there will be a lot of participation” and expressed: “I ask people who do not have the obligation to vote, because it is the only way to change things.”
With Eguía’s vote, it was already possible to affirm that the six candidates for the governorship of Neuquén have already cast their vote. And following 12 noon, according to the provincial government, 40% of the voters already voted.
Single Electronic Ticket in Neuquén
This Sunday the 546,166 Neuquén authorized to vote may do so through the Electronic single ticket systemwhich had already been implemented in the same province in 2019.
Through this system, the inhabitants of the province will elect the new occupants of the posts of governor, lieutenant governor, 35 titular deputies y 18 substitutestogether with the mayors and councilors of 14 municipalities and other municipal authorities.
Specifically, the process for voting through the aforementioned system is as follows:
- Present the ID to the table authorities
- Receive the Single Electronic Ticket
- Insert the ticket in the corresponding slot
- Select voting mode
- Choosing the candidates to vote
- Verify that the choice that appears on the screen is correct
- Print the ticket
- Check that the chosen option matches what appears in the system through the verifier
- fold the ticket
- Deliver the die to the table authorities
- sign in the register
- Withdraw the voting slip
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