Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mayor of Buenos Aires, denies that he is “minister of the Mass Economy”

The mayor of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larretadenied this Sunday, during election day in Argentinawho will become “(Sergio) Massa’s Minister of Economy”, in response to a version that appeared on social media.

The one who was a pre-candidate for the Argentine presidency Together for Change (center-right), and who lost in the primaries to Patricia Bullrichis one of the members of the coalition who decided to remain neutral in flow while the former Minister of Security and the former President Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), leader of the formation, expressed his support for the opponent Javier Milei.

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“I’m not going to be Minister of Economy of the Pasta. “I have always been and will be Together for Change,” she expressed. Rodriguez Larreta before the media as he left the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), where he voted.

With this, he reacted to a message published on the social network X (formerly Twitter) by a television presenter, Pamela Davidwho broke the electoral ban, which began on Friday, to write: “Last night I had lunch with @SergioMassa. If he is the president-elect, his Economy Minister will be @horaciorlarreta.”

In addition to the fact that the head of the Government of City of Buenos Aireswho ends his term on December 10th, has already denied it several times, the official candidate for the Argentine Presidency said, within his idea of ​​summoning other political forces for a Government of national unity, that his Minister of Economy does not do so. It will be his party.

Rodríguez Larreta stated that today “is a very important election” and stressed that Argentines must be “proud” of the consolidation of democracy “in these 40 years”.

Around 35.8 million Argentines are eligible to vote, with mandatory suffrage for citizens between 18 and 70 years old and optional for adults and teenagers aged 16 and 17, as well as for residents abroad.

Argentina decides this Sunday who will be president in the second round after in the general elections on October 22nd the official candidate, Sergio Massa, obtained 36.78% of the votes and the leader of La Libertad Avanza (far right), Javier Milei, 29.99. %.

The next Argentine president will govern from December 10th for the period 2023-2027.

Source: Elcomercio

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