"The objective is to put the three ahead in April inflation,"
Sergio Massa
enthused
in January.
How far were the expectations of the Minister of Economy from the reality that will finally be known on Friday, May 12, after the INDEC led by
Marco Lavagna
backtracked with the idea of postponing the publication of the official figure for a day later of the elections in 5 key districts for the ruling party.
The Frente de Todos seeks
to write with local victories a story
and a path that will position it for the national elections, that will turn the decision to unfold the elections of 15 governors into a springboard instead of an abyss.
Tucumán, Salta, La Pampa, Tierra del Fuego and San Juan
are the 5 provinces that will go to the polls on May 14.
The 5 are governed by different
allies
of the Frente de Todos and in all the officialisms they seek to repeat and consolidate the idea that the national election is not lost.
José Luis Gioja and Sergio Uñac will fight for the governorship of San Juan.
Juan Manzur
, who left his office in the Casa Rosada to lead the campaign that leads him as a running mate of the current lieutenant governor
Osvaldo Jaldo
, is at stake much more than his permanence at the top of Tucumán's power.
Favorites for the elections, the former chief of staff
wants Jaldo a comfortable
and forceful victory that will put him back in the presidential race if the chances of the Minister of Economy fade and none of the presidential candidates that sound but do not take off grow .
You have nothing to lose.
Even if he loses, a scenario that nobody imagines, he has the seat of senator assured, since he is the substitute for
Pablo Yedlin
, the man he trusts who is also a candidate for the first provincial legislator.
The opposition wants to surprise the country's sixth electoral district with the formula made up of the radical deputy
Roberto Sánchez
and the former Peronist mayor of the capital
Germán Alfaro
.
In 2021, despite the fact that Manzur's name was printed on the ballot (as a substitute), the Tucuman ruling party ended up winning by just one point.
The situation in San Juan is similar to that of Tucumán.
There is no shortage of leaders in Peronism who believe in the potential of Governor
Sergio Uñac
, who is in his third term.
"He is bold and I like him a lot, but he has his feet on the ground," said a PJ leader about Uñac's chances of making a leap.
In front of him he will have his predecessor
José Luis Gioja
, who presents himself as CFK's representative in the province.
Without STEP and with a virtual law of slogans, the Open and Democratic Participation System, Together for Change seeks a stroke of luck with 4 candidates:
Eduardo Cáceres, Marcelo Orrego, Marcelo Arancibia and Sergio Vallejos.
In Salta he seeks to repeat
Gustavo Sáenz
, who was a candidate for vice de Massa in 2019. The current governor maintains his relationship with the Minister of Economy and also with the Frente de Todos, with whom he shared national lists in 2021 but competed in the provincial ones.
He will repeat the same scheme in these elections.
In fact , he will face
Emilio Estrada
, the former official of
Wado de Pedro
, who headed the list of legislative elections 2 years ago and who has now allied himself with Olmedo and PRO ally
Carlos Zapata
.
The opposition seeks a bump with a consensus formula between
Miguel Nanni
(UCR) and
Virginia Cornejo
, who responds to
Patricia Bullrich.
With a small census and less electoral weight, they will also seek to revalidate the Pampas governor
Sergio Ziliotto
and
Gustavo Melella
from Tierra del Fuego .
The first is a classic Peronist and the second an ally of FORJA, who was always close to Alberto Fernández.
JxC unified its candidacy in La Pampa behind the radical
Martín Berhongaray
, who defeated the PRO candidate
Martín Maquieyra
.
Meanwhile, Melella will face
Pablo Blanco
, from the UCR, and
Héctor Stefani
from PRO.
This Sunday, at the beginning of the electoral super May, Peronism will seek to retain power in La Rioja.
Governor
Ricardo Quintela
, who appears as a favorite, is the only provincial leader who points to Wado de Pedro as presidential candidate whenever he can.
In Jujuy, the radical
Gerardo Morales
will try to impose his dauphin, Finance Minister
Carlos Sadir
, while Peronism will be divided into three options.
In Misiones, meanwhile, the Concord Renovation Front - controlled by
Carlos Rovira
- and usually an ally of the national ruling party, is promoting the chances of former governor
Hugo Passalacqua
to succeed
Oscar Herrera Ahuad
.
Two allies of the FdT will play their luck;
among them the Broad Front, with former deputy Julia Perié.
Martín Arjol, from the UCR, seeks to repeat the triumph of JxC in the legislative elections of 2 years ago.
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Reversal of the INDEC: it will give the inflation data for April on Friday the 12th, before the elections in five provinces
The manipulation of INDEC, a registered trademark of Kirchnerism