Following on Sunday’s electoral victory in the northern province of Catamarca, Argentina’s Cabinet Chief, Aníbal Fernández insisted that the Victory Front ruling party might go with a non-Peronist vice-presidential candidate on next October’s presidential elections. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rules”According to the latest opinion polls the Argentine electorate seems divides in three thirds (sic) :
Mar 16th, 2011 - 01:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0(i) one which supports CFK and what she stands for;
(ii) another third belongs to the dissident ruling Peronist party and
(iii) the rest to an atomized opposition unable to unite - as happened in Catamarca’s Sunday election.”
Good to know that 'thirds' divide three ways ;-)
CKF needs a coalition with a big voting bloc of the like-minded; this comes from electorally linking with 'the dissident ruling Peronist party', not the splintered multifarious oppositions.
The tactic always works for Brasil, and CFK has seen this and know it gives 'permanent Government'.
All that remains is the horse-trading to determine how many ministerial positions it will cost the CFK-Party.
Turnips trying to explain argentine political scenario are always hilarious.
Mar 16th, 2011 - 01:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Thanks, Billy.
Mar 16th, 2011 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0My comment is the last para. (#1), based on watching it happen in Brasil.
PS. What's the difference between a turnip and a swede?
There's no difference between turnips and Swedes you can eat them both, the turnip and the Swede, Swedish girls that is.
Mar 17th, 2011 - 02:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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