The Argentine president will not run for reelection in the October elections.
A little more than a month before the electoral lists close, the big question is whether Vice President Cristina Kirchner will run.
28 January 2023, Argentina, Buenos Aires: Alberto Angel Fernandez, President of Argentina, speaks at a press conference following his talks with German Chancellor Scholz at the Foreign Ministry. On his Latin America trip, Scholz will first visit Argentina and then Chile and Brazil. The aim of the trip is to strengthen cooperation with Latin America in competition with Russia and China. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced that he will not run in the October general elections. "It is clear that we did not achieve everything we set out to do", acknowledged the president after listing a series of measures taken by his government in a video posted on his Twitter account. "Beyond the internal criticisms, the greater or lesser accompaniment, I don't have an adversary in the Frente de Todos (his party)."
The video was released hours before the start of the Justicialist Party Council, a meeting of Peronist supporters to be chaired by Fernández. The latest polls predicted a poor result if he were to run: his administration has a 71% disapproval rating, the worst in the last 17 years for a president, according to a Poliarquía survey reported by Infobae. However, some recent polls showed him as the best performer among his party's candidates. Far, however, from the opposition.
Fernandez's decision follows the announcement by her predecessor, Mauricio Macri, that he would abstain from participating in the upcoming elections. With several candidates already confirmed, the big question is whether Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will run.
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