On Sunday, Argentina went to the polls to vote for a new president. There was no clear winner and there will be a runoff next month between the top two pollers. Argentina’s economy minister Sergio Massa took an unexpected lead of over 36 percent of the votes while far-right candidate Javier Milei was in the second place with 30 percent of the votes. Conservative former security minister polled 23.8 percent and was in the third position.
When Sergio Massa obtained a lead, many were surprised as they thought that he would be punished by voters as he was in-charge when Argentina is facing what can be termed as its biggest financial crisis as inflation in the South American nation is hovering around 140 percent.
Economy minister Sergio Massa focused his campaign on explaining why the current government in Argentina had taken several steps that hurt the country’s economy. He said that his government had to put in place austerity measures as the previous center-right administration had run up a huge debt with the IMF.
Massa also said that the devastating drought that had swept across Argentina had made the already difficult situation in the country worse. He told voters that the worst was over and over.
Closest rival, far right candidate Javier Milei had a more radical approach to solving the financial crisis. Some of his campaign proposals included replacing the Argentine peso with the U.S. dollar, cutting down ministries, loosening gun laws, restricting access to abortion and more.
Milei describes himself as an “anarcho capitalist.” He has publicly stated his admiration for former president Donald Trump. His firebrand approach has reportedly sent some voters to Massa although they are disappointed with the current administration’s policies.
On Sunday night, after gaining a lead in the polls Massa said, “I’m going to call for a government of national unity—a government of national unity built on the foundation of summoning the best individuals, regardless of their political affiliation.”
On Sunday night, Milei seemed to have toned down his radical approach to regain his edge. He said, “We didn’t come here to take away rights; we came to take away privileges.”
A candidate in Argentina has to obtain more than 45 percent in the first round. A candidate can also get a minimum of 40 percent and a lead of 10 points or more over the candidate in the second place.
Although Sergio Massa was the top contender, he did not meet either of these conditions so there will be a runoff in Argentina, next month. A new president will hold office in December and administer the county for four years.
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