The Argentine president, the Peronist Alberto Fernández, has pointed out that with these elections ends a stage marked by the economic and health crisis and asks for “consensus” to form large majorities.
In the legislative elections held this Sunday in Argentina, the ruling coalition of the Argentine president, Front of AllIt has been two senators from achieving an absolute majority, which means that Peronism will lose control of the Senate when it is reconstituted in December.
The ruling party goes from having 41 senators to 35, while Together for Change of former president Mauricio Macri adds 33 (adding his own results and those of his allies) and the four remaining senators will be represented by other formations.
This will be the first time that Peronism needs allies to form a majority in the Senate, necessary to approve the laws sent by the Government.
The Argentine population was called yesterday to the polls to elect 127 of the 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies (half) and 24 seats in the Senate (a third).
About 34 million Argentines have gone to the polls and the participation has been 71%.
The president of Argentina, the Peronist Alberto Fernández, has pointed out that with this election “ends a very tough stage for the country” marked by the economic and health crisis. Thus, in view of the political panorama that has been defined in the country, Alberto Fernandez it has recognized that “large majorities are needed to generate consensus.”
For his part, the leader of the opposition coalition and former president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, has stated that society has sent a “very forceful” message against “lies, ineptitude, abuse and the abuse of systematic power.”
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