2023-11-20 00:51:09
After Sergio Massa acknowledged defeat in the runoff this Sunday, November 19, the word of his opponent, the leader of La Libertad Avanza, Javier Milei, was expected from one moment to the next.
Around 10 p.m., the closest leaders began to parade in the libertarian bunker and the elected president’s speech began.
“It seems so,” Milei said as soon as he started his speech referring to the election result. “Today the reconstruction of Argentina begins,” she added.
And then he thanked his entire team and issued a special message to his sister Karina. “And I want to give special thanks to the architect of all this, Santiago Caputo.”
He also extended his gratitude to the prosecutors who joined this election, along with Mauricio Macri and Patricia Bullrich.
“Today begins the end of Argentine decline,” he added. “We know that there are people who are going to resist, to them we say, within the law, everything, outside the law, nothing,” he added.
“We want to ask the Government to be responsible, to understand that a new Argentina has arrived and to be responsible until the end of their mandate, on 10/12,” he added.
“The situation in Argentina is critical, there is no room for lukewarmness, for half measures,” he said. “If we do not move forward with the structural changes we need, we are going to plunge into the worst crisis in history.”
Then Milei referred to poverty and destitution and said that this only has a solution with libertarian ideas. “We are going to work with all the nations of the free world, side by side to get Argentina out of the place where it is,” she asserted.
Sergio Massa acknowledged defeat and said he congratulated Javier Milei
Sergio Massathe candidate of Unión por la Patria, recognized the defeat in the runoff and in this way, confirmed that Javier Miley, from La Libertad Avanza, will be the new president of the Nation. “The results are not what we expected. I have contacted Javier Milei to congratulate him,” said the Minister of Economy after 8:10 p.m.
Massa did so without the first official data having been released (although it had already emerged through journalistic media), surrounded by leaders of his political force, among whom Axel Kicillof and Agustín Rossi stood out. Neither President Alberto Fernández nor the vice president, Cristina Kirchner, were present.
“I have asked the president-elect and the acting president to put in place mechanisms for the transition,” said Massa in the Unión por la Patria bunker.
And he added: “Milei is the president of the Argentines. From tomorrow the responsibility falls on Milei.”
Minutes later, the official data was opened and the libertarian’s victory could be confirmed. 90% of the tables scrutinized, Milei won with 55.82% against Massa’s 44.17%. In numbers, there are 13,688,673 against 10,832,933 for the ruling party.
Second round
In this election – the second electoral round of a long process – Massa and Milei competed. On the one hand, the Minister of Economy who was betting on the continuity of the national Government; and on the other, a outsider that promises to dollarize and close the Central Bank, among other proposals.
One of the data that stood out throughout the day was the participation, which was similar to the last general elections. After 6 p.m., the Electoral Chamber said that – in a provisional figure – it had reached 76% (in the general elections it was 77.66%).
In general terms, the runoff went smoothly and there were not many complaints about missing ballots or irregular actions at different polling stations throughout the country.
Both Unión por la Patria and La Libertad Avanza considered that the day took place peacefully, without major incidents (in the previous session, leaders close to Milei had spoken of “fraud”, something that did not return to the scene).
Some 35 million Argentines were eligible to vote throughout the national territory and abroad to designate the president who will administer the State for the next four years.
Córdoba
In Córdoba, with a register of 3,005,000 qualified voters, the official scrutiny gave a large victory to Milei.
According to the official scrutiny, and having surpassed 90% of the tables counted, Milei won with 74.14% compared to Massa’s 25.85%.
In Capital, meanwhile, the libertarian wins with 75.08% over the official candidate’s 24.91%.
Tickets
Minutes before the close of the elections, the National Electoral Chamber (CNE) clarified that ballots that are torn or have a different number than the one assigned are “valid” because “the will expressed by the voter” must prevail over any another circumstance.
“Article 101 of the National Electoral Code establishes that even if the ballot number is damaged, the ballots are valid when they have the categories and political grouping legible,” he clarified.
In addition, it was noted that “the will of the voter must take precedence over any other circumstance.”
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