09/12/2021 11:11 PM
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Updated 09/12/2021 11:11 PM
With a strong and joyful "good night, City", María Eugenia Vidal celebrated her victory in the PASO 2021 elections this Sunday night. Minutes after the first count data was published, the candidate for national deputy sent her a
hard message to Kirchnerism
.
"There was a thunderous 'enough' at the polls," he said.
It was the climax of the festivities in the Buenos Aires bunker of Juntos por el Cambio, in Costa Salguero.
After the intervention of her companions on the list, and under the watchful eye of Mauricio Macri and Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the former Buenos Aires governor took the stage and held a speech that had moments of gratitude, emotion and warnings.
The most fragment
hard were
his words against Kirchnerism.
"Tonight we felt a
thunderous enough at the polls
, against the outrage and abuse. Tonight more than 7 out of 10 Buenos Aires chose a different path. And within that, the path they chose the most was Together for Change. That does not only happen in the City. It is happening throughout the country, "harangued Vidal.
"Tonight the votes said 'falta menos' You know, I know and.
Kirchnerismo knows: With
less
. With
less so that there is
an opposition bloc in Congress to block most so that cynicism and lies are exhausted, to recover the education we lost, "added the candidate for national deputy.
It was in this context that he remarked: "There is no going back."
Larreta, Macri and a moving hug
Although he denied that the results were "a personal revenge" after his defeat in the Province in the 2019 elections, Vidal thanked "a new opportunity."
The embrace of María Eugenia Vidal and Mauricio Macri.
Photo Juan Manuel Foglia.
"Thanks to everyone who went to vote today and gave us a new opportunity. Especially to the elderly, those who promised me for weeks that they had no obligation but were still going to vote. Thank you for giving us
this new opportunity
, which is a task and an obligation, "said Vidal.
There was room for excitement.
There were hugs with Rodríguez Larreta ("Thank you for your trust"), with Macri ("For accompanying me") and a
moving
one
with Esteban Bullrich
.
"Thanks to a person who was an
example of unity and mettle.
Thank you, Esteban Bullrich," said Vidal.
The former Minister of Education and current national senator received closed applause from the public and burst into tears, before hugging the former president of the Province of Buenos Aires.
The moving embrace of María Eugenia Vidal with Esteban Bullrich, at PASO 2021. Photo Juan Manuel Foglia
"Unity" message
There was no lack of signals for Ricardo López Murphy and Adolfo Rubinstein, who placed second and third in the internship of Together for Change in the City.
In this regard, Vidal held a message of unity towards the general elections on November 14: "Thanks to them tonight we are more.
We have a better list
and we are going to better defend our convictions and values. Because together we can do more."
Later, he remarked: "The responsibility is to understand that it is together. This is not about me. We are all of us, that is the only way. It will do an honor to integrate campaign lists with Adolfo (Rubinstein) and Ricardo (López Murphy) ".
Despite strong support at the polls, the candidate said that the electoral support of the PASO "is not a blank check" but was hopeful of a victory for the opposition coalition within two months.
María Eugenia Vidal with Ricardo López Murphy and Adolfo Rubinstein, at PASO 2021. Photo Juan Manuel Foglia
"They did not give us a blank check. It is a task and a responsibility. Between now and November we want to have an opposition bloc that
prevents the automatic majority in Congress
. To end fear forever," said the candidate for a bench in the low camera.
And he added: "Tonight there was a
first step
, something changed, it began to happen. We recovered something that we thought we had lost. The Argentines said that we are alive and we did not lower our arms, they could not with us. the polls and we said the same. "
Finally, he dedicated some paragraphs to
those who did not go to the voting centers
this Sunday, in an election that is heading to be the least attended since the return of democracy.
"Know that I understand you. And know that
we are going to summon you a thousand times. You
are integrated into this team. Demonstrate that getting up and fighting is worth it, staying on the side of the road is never an option. With you and yours we are not leaving. never give up, "Vidal closed his speech.
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