2023-04-17 00:57:33
He national deputy Rolando Figueroa, from the Community Frontbecame the next governor of Neuquén following defeating the pro-government candidate, Lieutenant Governor Marcos Koopmann, by four points.
In this way, Figueroa managed to get the Neuquén Popular Movement (MPN) out of power in Neuquén, in power since 1962, except for the years of the military dictatorship.
According to official data, the candidate obtained 35.61% of the votes with 98% of the polling stations, with an advantage over Marcos Koopmannwho obtained 32.49% of the votes.
In third place was Ramón Rioseco, with 12.79%, and in fourth place was Carlos Eguía, who reached 8.19%, ahead of Mario Cervi, who got 3.86%.
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With this result, the national deputy stayed with the Governorship for the next four years and will take office next December.
The national deputy, who had the support of national figures from Together for Change such as Mauricio Macriwas part of the Neuquén Popular Movement, but in these elections he decided to break with the party and form the Community Front.
In 2018 he had competed for the gubernatorial candidacy once morest Gutiérrez, he was lieutenant governor and now he has held a seat in the lower house since 2021.
The recently elected governor celebrated his victory saying that the “great agreement” of forces that he achieved in the province sent “a very strong signal nationally that the crack does a lot of damage.”
“The first words are to thank the people of Neuquén for a civic day,” said Figueroa upon arriving at his bunker in the provincial capital to celebrate with his leaders and militants, along with his running mate Gloria Ruiz.
In statements to the press, the current national deputy highlighted the political “great agreement” he achieved in the district, made up of leaders from the UCR, the PRO, the Civic Coalition and Peronism.
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“We gave a signal to politics that the cracks do a lot of damage. From Neuquén we have sent a very strong signal at the national level”emphasized Figueroa, and predicted: “A Neuquén is coming with a lot of dialogue.”
When asked regarding the months remaining until his inauguration on December 10, the president-elect said that “the transition is speculated on in a law, but the governor (Omar Gutiérrez) is a statesman and he will not have problems in have meetings”.
“We said that the election had been polarized and evidently it had been polarized and this is because of the great agreement that we reached in Neuquén“, highlighted Figueroa.
Regarding his ideas as of December 10, the brand new governor-elect maintained that “you have to leave things that are right and change what is wrong.”
“For that we have the government team and knowledge,” said the legislator, and regarding the historic defeat following 60 years of the MPN, he considered that “the one who lost was the ruling party in the province, Azul.”
“Here we see that the Neuquinos won, We have given a demonstration to be able to carry out the possibility of seeing the province grow from another side. We don’t want a spill, we want the people of Neuquén to have the main dish,” he said.
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