The first round of the presidential election in Argentina is scheduled for October 22nd, with a possible runoff on November 19th.
“I want to be a good president”, said the mayor this Thursday, in a recorded message, in which he called for “an end to hatred and the beginning of a great transformation”.
Rodrguez Larreta, 57, mayor since 2015, must compete within the Republican Proposal (PRO) with other political figures, such as former Minister of Security and president of PRO, Patricia Bullrich, and former governor of Buenos Aires Mara Eugenia Vidal.
Center-left president Alberto Fernández, whose term ends on December 10, said he was “willing” to seek re-election for the Peronist Frente de Todos, but has not yet formalized his pre-candidacy.
His government suffered the wear and tear of an economy hit by inflation that closed 2022 at 94.8%, a record in the last 32 years.