Rodríguez Larreta announced Jorge Macri as the sole candidate of the PRO in the City of Buenos Aires

The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, announced this morning that Jorge Macri will be the PRO candidate who will compete in the Buenos Aires PASO of Together for Change. He did so after receiving the results of the three polls commissioned by the party, in line with the agreement he sealed a few weeks ago with his contender in the presidential intern, Patricia Bullrich.In a letter entitled “The Future of the City”, the mayor highlighted the “transformation” made by the PRO in the City – he highlighted in that aspect the figure of Mauricio Macri – and said that “these transformations have to move forward.” For this, in recent weeks we have been working as a team within the PRO (…) This is not a decision that is made quickly, but it is a decision that is taken well and conscientiously,” he said. It is worth remembering that the definition was taken from the results of three surveys commissioned by the Buenos Aires Government to the consultants Aresco, Trespuntozero and Isonomía.” Both Fernán (Quirós) and Jorge (Macri) have ample capacity to face this challenge. Jorge has a very consolidated voting intention and Fernán, a very auspicious potentiality, “introduced Rodríguez Larreta about the two pre-candidates who were still in the race. Then, he made the decision official: “Faced with this evidence, together and with the generosity of Fernán to always privilege the unity and potential of the PRO, we have decided that to guarantee the continuity of all the changes we have carried out in the City and to work for all the challenges that still remain to be achieved, Jorge will be the candidate of the PRO to compete for the Head of Government.” Rodríguez Larreta thanked his health minister and praised his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and made explicit his support for the former president’s cousin. “I want to express my full support,” he said. I trust him and I am sure that he will leave everything to live up to the legacy that Mauricio started in 2007 and that he had the honor to continue since 2015.” Jorge is a man with a unique experience and management capacity, which made Vicente López one of the most developed municipalities in the country. His vision, management capacity and commitment to transformation will continue to make Buenos Aires a beacon for all of Argentina and Latin America,” said the presidential candidate of Together for Change.Once the decision was official, Patricia Bullrich reiterated her support for the mayor’s candidacy on Vicente López’s license. “Congratulations @jorgemacri . I told you a long time ago. It was you. People wanted to continue the work started years ago by the PRO. Now, the polls ratify it,” he wrote in Twitter.La discussion for the PRO candidacies in the City unleashed a strong internal in the party founded by Mauricio Macri. It is that while the former president and Patricia Bullrich promoted the candidacy of Jorge Macri, Rodríguez Larreta supported Fernán Quirós, after also letting Soledad Acuña (Minister of Education of Buenos Aires) and Emmanuel Ferrario (1st vice president of the Legislature) run. At the same time that a certain sector of the party reproached the mayor for his link with radicalism, from the decision to call concurrent elections in the Federal Capital.In parallel, a question was raised about the candidacy of Jorge Macri, since, according to Buenos Aires leaders, he would not meet the conditions established in the Constitution of the City.This was reflected in a judicial presentation made by Nito Artaza, pre-candidate for head of government, before the Electoral Tribunal to define if the official of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta is authorized to compete in the district.

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