Superminister Sergio Massa, the only candidate of the ruling party in Argentina

Powerful Minister of Economy, Sergio Massait will be the only candidate for president for the ruling party in the elections in Argentina to be held next year in October. “Due to institutional, political and social responsibility, our area has decided to form a list of unity that will represent us in the next elections,” announced the official account of Unión por la Patria, the new name of the Frente de Todos, the coalition that rules Argentina.

At midnight, the deadline for candidates to register for preliminary, public, simultaneous and mandatory elections expired, known as Stepwhich formally started the campaign for those elections, which will be held on August 13.

Despite being the interior minister this Thursday, Edward of Petermade his candidacy official on the same day, the ambassador of Argentina in Brazil, Daniel Scioliratified his, the pro-government coalition announced late Friday a unified formula consisting of Massa and current chief of staff Agustín Rossi.

“Our candidate for president will be Sergi

o Massa and will follow him as vice-presidential candidate Agustín Rossi. We recognize compañeros Wada de Pedro and Daniel Scioli, who bet on the unity of Peronism, putting the collective before the individual,” the ruling coalition announced on Twitter.

According to this publication, both De Pedro, a person very close to Vice President Cristina Fernández, and Scioli, who was number two in the Executive Administration during the time of President Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007), accepted the unity candidacy to avoid participating in the Steps and thereby focusing on the campaign for the presidential elections in October.

Minister of Economy

Massa (51) has been Minister of the Economy since July 28, 2022, after serving as deputy and mayor of Tigre (Buenos Aires province). Rossi, 63, is the chief of cabinet of Alberto Fernández’s government, after serving as councilor in Rosario, Mercosur parliamentarian, deputy and defense minister between 2019 and 2021.

Rossi, very close to the Argentine president, recently announced that he will participate in Paso with his own candidacy. Both President Fernández and the Vice President and former President have given up their chances to run in the October 22 election.