Mendoza province Governor Francisco Perez, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli, said he has no specific aspirations after his term as governor ends this year beyond helping Scioli. Source: Office of Francisco Perez via Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) — Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli will seek to be a presidential candidate this year with or without the blessing of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, his ally and counterpart in Mendoza said.
Scioli, 58, is the best-prepared candidate to run Argentina after serving two terms as governor of the country’s most populous province, Francisco Perez, governor of Mendoza province, said in an interview. Another potential pro-government candidate, Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo, has almost no support outside the capital, he said. Fernandez, who isn’t eligible to run again, hasn’t publicly endorsed anyone.
“It’s a possibility, it’s her political decision, I don’t know what will happen,” Perez said about whether Fernandez will tap Scioli as her main candidate ahead of the ruling alliance’s primaries in August. “He’s expressed to me his strength and determination to continue regardless and he’s been preparing for a long time.”
The October presidential election will mark the end of 13 years of rule by the Kirchner family after Fernandez succeeded her husband, Nestor Kirchner, in 2007. More than a decade of growth in South America’s second-biggest economy has stalled amid a myriad of currency exchange rates due to capital controls and an inflation rate above 20 percent. Scioli, who was vice president under Kirchner, would return to a single exchange rate for the peso and work to slow inflation by promoting investment, Perez said.
‘We’ve Plateaued’
“We’ve come off years of transformations and growth but in the past two years, due to international and domestic economic factors, we’ve plateaued,” Perez, 47, said in his Mendoza office. “I personally think there are too many candidates in the primaries.”
Officials in Randazzo’s press office didn’t respond to calls and e-mails from Bloomberg News seeking comment. Scioli press officials didn’t respond to a telephone message or e-mail seeking comment.
Perez, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for Scioli, said he has no specific aspirations after his term as governor ends this year beyond helping Scioli. Perez spoke after the province’s annual wine harvest festival, which drew 40,000 visitors to the arid region bordering Chile.
Mendoza’s streets were full of orange billboards and propaganda with Scioli’s name on them during the harvest festival last weekend, including ads from Scioli’s Buenos Aires regional government. Scioli rode with Perez on a float in the parade.
Mendoza will hold its elections for governor in June, four months before the national elections on Oct. 25.
Internal Polls
In a national survey by Raul Aragon & Asociados asking voters who they would pick in a presidential primary, Scioli led Randazzo among likely ruling-party candidates with 13.2 percent compared with 8.3 percent. The survey of 3,000 people was published March 3 and had a margin of error of 1.8 percentage points.
In recent months Fernandez, 62, has appeared with Randazzo at events to inaugurate train cars brought from China while Scioli has attended her events on stage in Buenos Aires province.
“Randazzo has criticized his political adversaries and it hasn’t worked for him,” Perez said. “His popularity is practically nonexistent in the interior of the country.”
Mauricio Macri, the opposition mayor of Buenos Aires city who has led recent opinion polls for the first time, doesn’t have the experience or nationwide alliances to run Argentina, Perez said. Officials in Macri’s press office didn’t return calls and e-mails seeking comment on the race.
“If Macri hasn’t been able to control the candidates in his own internal primaries in the party, how is he going to run Argentina?” he said. “There will be constant social conflicts if he wins.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Cancel in Buenos Aires at dcancel@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Philip Sanders at psanders@bloomberg.net Bill Faries, Randall Woods
(Bloomberg) — Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli will seek to be a presidential candidate this year with or without the blessing of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, his ally and counterpart in Mendoza said.
Scioli, 58, is the best-prepared candidate to run Argentina after serving two terms as governor of the country’s most populous province, Francisco Perez, governor of Mendoza province, said in an interview. Another potential pro-government candidate, Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo, has almost no support outside the capital, he said. Fernandez, who isn’t eligible to run again, hasn’t publicly endorsed anyone.
“It’s a possibility, it’s her political decision, I don’t know what will happen,” Perez said about whether Fernandez will tap Scioli as her main candidate ahead of the ruling alliance’s primaries in August. “He’s expressed to me his strength and determination to continue regardless and he’s been preparing for a long time.”
The October presidential election will mark the end of 13 years of rule by the Kirchner family after Fernandez succeeded her husband, Nestor Kirchner, in 2007. More than a decade of growth in South America’s second-biggest economy has stalled amid a myriad of currency exchange rates due to capital controls and an inflation rate above 20 percent. Scioli, who was vice president under Kirchner, would return to a single exchange rate for the peso and work to slow inflation by promoting investment, Perez said.
‘We’ve Plateaued’
“We’ve come off years of transformations and growth but in the past two years, due to international and domestic economic factors, we’ve plateaued,” Perez, 47, said in his Mendoza office. “I personally think there are too many candidates in the primaries.”
Officials in Randazzo’s press office didn’t respond to calls and e-mails from Bloomberg News seeking comment. Scioli press officials didn’t respond to a telephone message or e-mail seeking comment.
Perez, who has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential candidate for Scioli, said he has no specific aspirations after his term as governor ends this year beyond helping Scioli. Perez spoke after the province’s annual wine harvest festival, which drew 40,000 visitors to the arid region bordering Chile.
Mendoza’s streets were full of orange billboards and propaganda with Scioli’s name on them during the harvest festival last weekend, including ads from Scioli’s Buenos Aires regional government. Scioli rode with Perez on a float in the parade.
Mendoza will hold its elections for governor in June, four months before the national elections on Oct. 25.
Internal Polls
In a national survey by Raul Aragon & Asociados asking voters who they would pick in a presidential primary, Scioli led Randazzo among likely ruling-party candidates with 13.2 percent compared with 8.3 percent. The survey of 3,000 people was published March 3 and had a margin of error of 1.8 percentage points.
In recent months Fernandez, 62, has appeared with Randazzo at events to inaugurate train cars brought from China while Scioli has attended her events on stage in Buenos Aires province.
“Randazzo has criticized his political adversaries and it hasn’t worked for him,” Perez said. “His popularity is practically nonexistent in the interior of the country.”
Mauricio Macri, the opposition mayor of Buenos Aires city who has led recent opinion polls for the first time, doesn’t have the experience or nationwide alliances to run Argentina, Perez said. Officials in Macri’s press office didn’t return calls and e-mails seeking comment on the race.
“If Macri hasn’t been able to control the candidates in his own internal primaries in the party, how is he going to run Argentina?” he said. “There will be constant social conflicts if he wins.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel Cancel in Buenos Aires at dcancel@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Philip Sanders at psanders@bloomberg.net Bill Faries, Randall Woods
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