With eight days to go before the crucial parliamentary election in Argentina, President Javier Milei returned to the streets to ask for votes for candidates from the Freedom Advances party, thus trying to achieve representation in the Chamber and Senate to accelerate his program of economic and political reforms. On Friday, he was in the suburbs of the Province of Buenos Aires and, this Saturday, he decided to carry out events in areas of strong Peronist opposition.
Despite receiving warnings of possible protests, Milei arrived under heavy security this morning in Santiago del Estero, where he lost the vote in the 2023 presidential election and where polls show support for opposing forces. Later, he should extend his visit to Tucumán, another province where his popularity is falling.
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Local newspapers highlight that Santiago del Estero is a place where Milei was beaten by the Peronist candidate Sergio Massa by 68.41% of the votes against 31.5%. The parliamentary contest is difficult because Governor Gerardo Zamora is a long-time supporter of Kirchnerism and has a strong power structure in his province. He is leaving office, but is running for senator under his own banner, the Civic Front.
In this district, in addition to the election of governor and vice-governor, three seats in the Senate and the same number of seats for deputies will be renewed, in addition to 20 seats in the provincial legislature and other minor positions.
After the visit to Estero, the president and his sister, Karina Milei, and the official delegation will travel to Tucumán, where there is a dispute only for national deputies. The main name of the libertarians for this election is businessman Federico Pelli, a newcomer to politics.
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Tucumán is governed by Osvaldo Jaldo, a Peronist who had been accused by allies of pragmatically supporting the Milei government in some votes, but relations with the federal government cooled when the president showed personal interest in the local election.
