Unusual: an ultra K mayor was vaccinated with a portrait of Vladimir Putin in his hand

03/03/2021 19:13

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Updated 03/03/2021 19:26

The mayor of Roque Pérez received the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.

He portrayed the moment with a photograph that he disseminated on social networks, as did hundreds of people who posed with a smile, a couple of tears or V-shaped fingers. Unlike all of them, Juan Carlos "Chinchu" Gasparini

left an unusual postcard : He

received the vaccine with a

portrait of Vladimir Putin in his hand, 

just hours after returning to his position after a sick leave.

"I brought the photo because

I am proud of him,

everyone said he was going to poison us and he is saving our lives," explained Gasparini, a 72-year-old man from the Frente de Todos, referring to the disputed Sputnik V and the president's photograph. Russian.

He also said that he could not be vaccinated due to myelodysplasia syndrome, the disease he suffers.

"The doctors had advised me against it. A few weeks ago, they authorized me to start vaccinating," said "Chinchu", in statements to

Radio Gráfica

.

I received the vaccine THANK YOU !!

@ alferdez. @ Kicillofok @CFKArgentina

They said they were going to poison us and they are saving our lives pic.twitter.com/SbvHHe3v2R

- Chinchu Gasparini (@Gasparini_RP) March 3, 2021

On his pose with the Russian president, the mayor completed his reasons: "For a long time I

wanted to pay tribute to Putin

for having saved so many lives in Argentina. Today

everyone wants to be vaccinated with the Russian vaccine

. I already said it three months ago. : that we were all going to fight to receive Sputnik V. "

"Chinchu", an

ally of Cristina Kirchner

in the province of Buenos Aires, recounted his life on several occasions: he spent months on the street when he was a boy, he survived with changas (he even hunted otters to sell leather) and he met his father at the 46 years.

"The policy was education and the house that I did not have. Only Peronism can make a person like me mayor," he evaluated.

Juan Carlos "Chinchu" Gasparini, mayor of Roque Pérez, with Cristina Kirchner.

In recent times, he suffered serious health problems, although that circumstance did not prevent him from

winning by just 11 votes

against Juan María Cravero (together for Change) in the October 2019 elections.

Roque Pérez seems to have defined Gasparini's destiny from a young age.

This Buenos Aires party is the one that revisionism identified as the true birthplace of Juan Domingo Perón.

A militant for decades,

"Chinchu" was a councilor and in 2011 he acceded to the mayor's office for the first time

.

He remained in office despite the catastrophic results of Kirchnerism in the 2015 elections, when he himself gave his support to Aníbal Fernández's candidacy for governor.

Juan Carlos "Chinchu" Gasparini and María Eugenia Vidal, in 2018.

Then the health problems began.

They detected

Myelodysplasia syndrome

, which affects the creation of mature cells in the bone marrow.

For this reason, he was hospitalized on several occasions and since 2018 he was granted licenses to dedicate himself to his health.

Between studies and treatments, he was interned in his town and in La Plata.

He received the support of leaders from across the political spectrum: in the provincial capital he was even visited by then-governor María Eugenia Vidal, a political rival.

This is how his campaign went, until in October 2019 he defined the local election vote by vote.

Juan Carlos "Chinchu" Gasparini, mayor of Roque Pérez.

Photo Facebook Roque Pérez

The provisional ballot placed him eight votes above

Cravero.

The recount gave him a little more advantage: 4,389 votes in his favor and 4,378 for the candidate of Together for Change, in a district with 10,953 qualified voters.

The inconveniences did not end.

"At the moment, although his condition is favorable, he is admitted to the Roque Pérez Hospital and undergoing a new treatment for said diagnosis. We emphasize that the treatment is prolonged," wrote his daughter, Bárbara Gasparini, last August.

In the last weeks he made some official appearances.

Among them, an act in which he was shown with Axel Kicillof, a week ago.

Finally, after so long, he returned to the quartermaster.

And about 24 hours later, he thanked Putin

.

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