Libertarian candidates did not exceed 4% in San Juan and Milei took off from the result.

Between the blow of Together for Change and the defeat of the Peronist Party, the gubernatorial elections in San Juan yielded another bad result for the libertarian leaders. Under the slogan Development and Freedom, Agustín Ramírez, Paola Miers and Yolanda Agüero competed. Between the three, they obtained 3.79% of the vote (1.81%, 1.27% and .071%, respectively). Hours before the elections, La Libertad Avanza issued a statement in which it clarified that the space led by Javier Milei “does not officially participate in the elections in the province of San Juan next Sunday, nor does it support any candidate.” Despite this, the face of the pre-candidate for president appeared on the ballots of the three candidates of the slogan Development and Freedom.” We are not participating in San Juan,” the economist said. “It is an irregularity that cannot be allowed, but the Electoral Justice allows it, no matter how much we make the complaints,” he continued, explaining why his face appeared on the ballots. At the same time, he took aim at the press for “lying” and “saying we participate in places where we don’t participate.” “We made a statement saying that we were not participating and that reached 250 journalists. If they report differently, it is because they are lying on purpose,” he said. Libertarians fail to gain a foothold in provincial elections. So far, they have only managed to overcome the double-digit threshold in La Rioja, where Martín Menem, with the backing of Milei, reached 15%, far from expectations and polls, which placed him head to head with JxC, which finally took second place. In Tierra del Fuego, Milei backed the candidacy of Andrea Almirón, but the result was similar: he got 7%. Even worse was the performance in Tucumán. Its candidate, Ricardo Bussi, won only 4%. In 2019, without the support of the economist, it had touched 14 points.

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