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sandensea

(22,667 posts)
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 03:06 PM Aug 2017

Facing defeat in key district, Argentina's Macri suspends vote count

Argentine President Mauricio Macri is coming under fire after the vote count for the country's largest district, Buenos Aires Province, was drastically slowed and later suspended once results showed that his leading opponent, former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was headed for a narrow victory in Sunday's senate primaries.

The vote count, conducted by the Argentine Postal Service, proceeded normally until 2 a.m., when 80% of the assigned tabulators were ordered to stop working; the order was reportedly given by President Macri himself.

"They froze the still partial result for four or five hours for show, so they could claim victory on television when they actually lost in 14 Argentine provinces (out of 23). They hijacked the votes of 300,000 Buenos Aires residents," former House Speaker Leopoldo Moreau, an ally of Mrs. Kirchner, said.

Over 1,500 precincts remain to be counted in Buenos Aires Province - two-thirds of these in areas where Kirchner's center-left Citizen's Unity was ahead by double digits. Citizen's Unity had received 34.11% when the count was stopped this morning, with Macri's right-wing Let's Change coalition (led by his Education Minister, Esteban Bullrich) at 34.19%.

Sunday's elections were primaries ahead of the final round in October. Turnout was high at 74%.

As the tops of their respective tickets, Kirchner and Bullrich are all but guaranteed a senate seat themselves, given that in Argentina the runner-up in each province receives one of three seats for that province.

A victory in Buenos Aires Province, home to 17 million out of Argentina's 44 million people, would boost Kirchner's chances of returning as president in 2019, however, and be seen as a rebuke of Macri's right-wing policies, which have led to a 7-fold hike in utility rates and a decline in real wages.

Buenos Aires Province, especially the largely working class Greater Buenos Aires area, has been particularly affected.

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So many votes; so little to do. Argentine tabulators were ordered to stop counting around 2 a.m. once results showed the ruling party would be overtaken.
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Facing defeat in key district, Argentina's Macri suspends vote count (Original Post) sandensea Aug 2017 OP
Good grief. Sounds familiar. Just like Miami-Dade in 2000. If they can't cheat, they will lose. Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #1
It's also worth noting that the judge overseeing the BA Prov. vote is a personal friend of Macri's. sandensea Aug 2017 #2
Wow. Keeping true to form, without exception, isn't he? Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #4
They got to vote? GatoGordo Aug 2017 #3

Judi Lynn

(162,115 posts)
1. Good grief. Sounds familiar. Just like Miami-Dade in 2000. If they can't cheat, they will lose.
Mon Aug 14, 2017, 08:33 PM
Aug 2017

Very sad seeing right-wing dirtbags get by with it time after time, isn't it?

He probably got a congratulatory message from Felipe Calderón, and an incoherent phone call from Hump.

Thank you for taking the time to bring a great translation, a clear picture.

Keeping the faith.

sandensea

(22,667 posts)
2. It's also worth noting that the judge overseeing the BA Prov. vote is a personal friend of Macri's.
Tue Aug 15, 2017, 02:27 AM
Aug 2017

Juan Manuel Culotta, who has been close to the president since their days in the exclusive Cardinal Newman High School (north of Buenos Aires).

His appointment was, as you might have guessed, quite recent and technically illegal - made "legal" only by means of a waiver from the Council of Magistrates, which Macri controls.

Things may get interesting. Thanks as always for your thoughts, Judi.



Judge Juan Manuel Culotta. What's a little monkey business between friends?

Judi Lynn

(162,115 posts)
4. Wow. Keeping true to form, without exception, isn't he?
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 12:47 PM
Aug 2017

It looks as if one way or another, his fascist network extends almost everywhere, by now.

The cancer has metastasized, for sure.

Sooner or later, fate WILL have a grand surprise in store for them. Hope it won't be much later, for the people's sake.

Great learning as much as possible about this rancid group which clearly didn't go away at all when the dictatorship ended.

 

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)
3. They got to vote?
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 11:00 AM
Aug 2017

Lucky them. Venezuelans don't have the luxury to vote. Not since Chavismo lost epically the last time there was a free election.

Suspended vote count... how quaint!

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