The Argentine electoral season started this Sunday with the peculiar open and simultaneous primary, but not mandatory, of La Pampa.
Just the first of at least a dozen Sundays in 2023 where in some corner of the country there will be citizens casting ballots and candidates praying to be elected.
Politics seems to coincide only in that:
since it can't handle the loaves, it multiplies the elections
.
And don't let it go down.
A kind of
in crescendo
will happen .
Among the most important days, April 16, they will elect governor Río Negro and Neuquén.
On May 7, Jujuy, Misiones and La Rioja.
On the 14th, La Pampa, San Juan, Salta and Tucumán will do so.
On June 11, San Luis, plus the PASO in Mendoza.
On Sunday, August 13,
a key appointment: the PASO
for president, deputies and national senators and for local positions in the Province and the City of Buenos Aires.
October 22 is the star date
,
with the general election for president, Buenos Aires governor, head of the City Government and national legislators, as well as local positions in Chubut, Santa Cruz, Catamarca and La Rioja.
On November 19, if necessary, it would be the presidential ballot.
The La Pampa elections defined the provincial inmate of Together for Change.
Photo: Telam
In short, 11 provinces have already confirmed the split.
Others continue without setting a date, including some very important ones, such as
Córdoba, Santa Fe and Entre Ríos
.
Six would vote unified with the nationals.
To make things more entertaining, there will be districts with PASO, others without, with balloting and without, with electronic voting or the traditional paper ballot, some with Ley de Lemas and
even the rarity of Tucuman couplings
.
You can't get more Argentine.
Of course, what contributes the most
to the general confusion is the heated internship
that the two central coalitions of the country are going through for the important candidacies.
As is known, they are far from having certain names.
On the opposition side,
applicants and unknowns abound
.
Rodríguez Larreta, Bullrich, Vidal, Morales, Carrió, Pichetto and Manes.
Seven.
None is a number, beyond the fact that the Buenos Aires head of government and the president of the PRO have some advantage in the polls.
Of course,
the problem of these seven is an eighth, Mauricio Macri
, who does not define if he will run the race at La Rosada again or not.
The uncertainty generated by the former president does not seem to benefit Together for Change.
His explicit support for a pre-candidate could overturn the internship and advance times, saving energy and costs.
It would limit wear.
It would be a generous attitude, a quality that is not in excess in an ecosystem where it is customary to look first at one's own navel.
After a month in Qatar and another in Patagonia, he will now leave for Italy to continue with his tasks as a FIFA official.
Macri evidently
believes that his absences will not take their toll on him
.
Neither as a party referee nor as a candidate, in case that was his choice.
He will have to see it.
In the ruling party, doubts also reign, but what is missing are candidates.
President Fernández postulates himself, although at the same time he is the one who measures the worst, and not to mention the little consideration that his former elector, Cristina Kirchner, has for him.
She said that she would not be a candidate, because she was “outlawed”.
The enigma is what effect an operational clamor for it would have.
Massa, for her part, says no, but it is known that she would like it.
The limit is set by inflation.
So?
Who will have the big bonnet?
The Front of All does not have it easy.
His lousy management and his exposed internal fracture are poor cards for this game.
Engrossed in these issues, passionate about the elections and the internal one, the leaders of both sides prioritize personal agendas and appear incapable of making sacrifices "for the team."
They seem to lose sight of everyday reality,
how hard life in Argentina has been
for a large, very large number of people.
Distracted, they are still surprised by the growth in Javier Milei's polls.
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