In the midst of the inmate of the Frente de Todos, a rumor emerged of a "covered" candidate who would be the favorite of Vice President Cristina Kirchner:
Pablo Gerardo González
.
The news that circulated in journalistic versions published by different media, from Clarín to sites related to Kirchnerism such as Verbitsky's Rocket to the Moon;
and El Destape, by Roberto Navarro.
Pablo González, the man who was rumored to be the vice president's choice for an eventual presidential candidacy.
Photo Juano Tesone.
"The hidden candidate that Clarín is talking about is the president of YPF, Pablo Gerardo González," Navarro told his radio program.
And he added: "When you talk about the possibility of playing something in a scenario where you see that the candidates could be (Javier) Milei and (Patricia) Bullrich, do you beat them with someone traditional or do you have to go with a different one? Well there It is where this name that everyone says is a covert begins to be considered.
This Sunday, González gave a report with FM La Patriada, where he referred to the versions that give him as the "outsider" candidate who can play in the next elections.
"After that (the versions) I was with Cristina and she didn't say anything to me,
I was waiting for an offer, I was ready
," he said with a laugh.
González together with President Alberto Fernández together with Vice President Cristina de Kirchner at the ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the state company YPF. Photos Emmanuel.
However, he later maintained that he does not know where the versions came from regarding the fact that he could present himself as a presidential candidate and that he did not "give" him to ask the vice president about the subject.
"I don't know where it came from. I obviously talked to her, I had been with Alicia in Santa Cruz, I talk to Máximo, I have a relationship, but nobody said anything to me," he added.
González said that he did not want to go out to give interviews immediately on the subject and that he "had fun" watching the political speculation that was made from various media.
The CEO of YPF avoided the media, because he was about to seal the agreement with Repsol due to a trial in the US that ensure paths for the investment of US$ 50,000 million in LNG.
"I was worried when my old woman calls me, she is 80 years old, and tells me: '
I have to find out on TV that my son is going to be a candidate for president
.' Not old, nothing to do with it," he said.
In this way, González ruled out the version that put him among the former president's favorites to fight the election.
"I do politics in my province," he said, referring to Santa Cruz.
The head of YPF was a state prosecutor, senator and deputy, member of the Judicial Council and deputy governor of Alicia Kirchner in Santa Cruz.
Until these days he even mentioned him as a possible candidate to succeed the governor in that province in this year's elections.
At that level comes the confidence that Cristina and Máximo Kirchner have in the official.
González's name began to circulate in the midst of the crossroads that the ruling party is going through, given the alleged banning of Cristina Kirchner, Alberto Fernández's search for re-election, and other candidates seeking to join the fight such as Daniel Scioli, Sergio Massa, or Eduardo Wado De Pedro.
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