After 60 years, the Neuquén Popular Movement (MPN) lost local government to a multi-party alliance led by the dissident “Rolo” Figueroa. The party founded and led by the sapag clanwas defeated by a coalition that incorporated, in addition to rebel leaders of the local ruling party, parties of various origins and the active support of PRO leaders.
and the president Alberto Fernandez and other pro-government supporters rose to victory in Río Negro, where Alberto Weretilneck incorporated into The Campora in one of its collectors and greeted the Kirchnerist Martín Doñate after learning the result of the polls.
In Neuquén, the governor-elect obtained 147,663 votes (35.64%) while the MPN candidate obtained 137,316 (33.14%). the christianist Ramon Rioseco came third with 52,650 votes (12.71%), the candidate who supported javier mileiCarlos Eguía, gathered 33,074 (7.98%) and Paul Cervifrom Together for Change, closed with 15,548 (3.75%).
As to Black riverthe official candidate for governor prevailed in the official count of votes and the provincial force that he leads, Together we are Rio Negro, managed to retain power in the Patagonian province. The senator weretilneck outranked the candidate Change Rio Negro, Hannibal Tortoriello by about 22 percentage points. Despite the defeat, sources from that opposition force highlighted the growth they had compared to the 2019 election.
On a soccer level, Mauricio Macri He was one of the first to celebrate the triumph of rolo figueroa making a reference to the World Cup in Qatar: “As the boys of the National Team in Qatar showed us, I am more convinced than ever that we are facing a change of era. Congratulations Rolo Figueroa for this historic victory.”
President Alberto Fernandez he was more measured in congratulations than the former president. ” As we celebrate 40 years of democracy, we continue to celebrate it every day when citizens can express themselves as they have done today in Neuquén. Congratulations governor-elect rolo figueroa and to all the people of Neuquén”, said the president and added: “He also celebrated the successful day that the people of Río Negro have carried out and I congratulate the governor Alberto Weretilneck“.
For his part, Horacio Rodriguez Larreta declared: “Today, Neuquén voted with a single electronic ballot, as we are going to do in the City. A fast, efficient and reliable system that takes us into the 21st century and gives the definitive results in record time. Next year we will implement it in the whole country”. A shot by raising the controversy raised in the internal one about the Buenos Aires electoral system, in which he added: “In Río Negro, where there were also elections, the data has not yet been loaded. The Single Electronic Ticket is to adapt to the world we live in”.
For the Front of All, the voice was given by the Minister of the InteriorEduardo “Wado” DePedro who highlighted that the election was polarized “between two strong figures of the MPN” and tried to register it in a provincial logic. “Rolo Figueroa comes from the MPN, he held the highest positions within the structure and it can be said that the internal two sectors was settled in a general election,” De Pedro wrote.
And he added: “That vision that the MPN always had is based on a provincial project, a vision deeply rooted in the management and defense of the province’s resources. People return to choose ideas and projects that have to do with the real, concrete transformation or the concrete continuity of a way of governing”.
The former governor of Buenos Aires, Maria Eugenia Vidal, congratulated: “A big hug to all Neuquén, to Rolo Figueroa, to the entire Pro Neuquen team.”
Finally, Patricia Bullrich celebrated: Congratulations to the PRO of Neuquén for accompanying the list of Rolo Figueroa, the new governor of the province, and to all those who were elected by our party!” In addition, the head of the Pro added a tweet mentioning a local result obtained in Villa Mascardi.
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