If Horacio Rodríguez Larreta had been traveling for a long time with
a steady pace
the race that he compared to a marathon, this week the last stretch will start with his launch to the presidential candidacy.
Willing to compete in the PASO against Patricia Bullrich, awaiting the definitions of Mauricio Macri and radicalism, the Buenos Aires head of government will
officially confirm through his social networks
that he will dispute the succession of Alberto Fernández.
After the releases of Diego Santilli in the province of Buenos Aires and Fernán Quirós in the City, Rodríguez Larreta will ratify his aspirations with the dissemination of a video in which he will maintain that he is "prepared" to face the challenge and will talk about the
project
of country that will propose, with a
message in favor of consensus
- the idea of gathering the agreement of 70% of the leadership - to face the transformations that it considers necessary and away from the so-called crack.
“We have been working for this for 20 years, now the last eight months are missing”
, one of the main officials involved in the electoral assembly did not hide some anxiety, although he dismissed a change of speed in the strategy.
In principle, an advance is planned on Wednesday and the launch through networks on Thursday at noon.
There will also be images of support for leaders and in the afternoon he will lead an activity.
“In these moments you have to be temperate, not despair.
You have to trust the strategy, without shouting, we are on the path of consensus.
They are not going to get us out of there,” Rodríguez Larreta transmitted to his campaign team, with the purpose of rejecting a variation in the plans.
Even so, the confirmation of your candidacy will function as the beginning of another stage.
“
It has to do with the fact that times are shortened,
we have to finish putting together the structures, the control, the campaign.
It would be strange without the formal launch”, they argued at the Buenos Aires headquarters on Uspallata street.
Bullrich does not plan to do so at the moment.
“
For now we do not plan anything formal, we consider that society is in another moment.
Sounds fast, and what can change?
The next day Larreta is still head of the Buenos Aires Government, we do not see the effect”, they pointed out near the head of the PRO, who this week will go to Salta, will have activities in the Buenos Aires suburbs and then in Mendoza for the Harvest.
Due to radicalism, Gerardo Morales
is preparing its launch for mid-March
and Facundo Manes did not define the moment.
Elisa Carrió assured that she will be a pre-candidate for the Civic Coalition and for the PRO. María Eugenia Vidal also tours the country, with the idea of resolving her role in the next electoral dispute in April.
soften the image
During the summer, Rodríguez Larreta chained activities on the coast, provincial festivals and in recent days the carnivals, as part of the
strategy to soften his image
associated with management.
Paddle matches, surfing, recitals and flour in the face became common images.
The saga had started with the officialization of his relationship with Milagros Maylin and the celebrations of the World Cup matches, in Seeber square, bars and 9 de Julio.
In turn, in the weeks prior to its release, Rodríguez Larreta exhibited a
confluence with part of radicalism
, with the Beatle photo with Morales and Martín Lousteau.
Added to his link with Carrió, the head of government set out to show a
pole within Juntos por el Cambio
cut from the hard wing of the PRO.
With the president of Jujuy, the possibility of a joint formula was installed.
He also held meetings with Macri in the country Cumelén in Villa La Angostura, with the aim of ensuring that, in the event that the former president does not seek his second term, he does not lean towards any of the competitors in the PASO.
"That Mauricio maintains neutrality to preserve a share of influence
," translated a reference from his sector.
The former president continued the ambiguity about his next steps and tried to
mark the field
with his movements, from promoting Jorge Macri for the City and pressing for the PRO to keep the district to placing leaders he trusts in the armed forces such as Hernán Lombardi in Bullrich's team, Darío Nieto in Vidal's and Fernando de Andreis in his cousin's.
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