(CNN Español) – At least five government ministers of Alberto Fernandez have made their resignation available to the president of Argentina, sources close to the hierarchs have confirmed to CNN.
Three days after the adverse results that the bureaucracy suffered in Sunday’s primary election, the ministers who made their positions available to the president are the incumbent Interior Minister, Eduardo “Wado” de Pere; of Justice, Martín Soria; of Science, Technology and Innovation, Roberto Salvarezza; of Culture, Tristan Bauer; of Environment, Juan Cabandié.
It had initially been reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Felipe Solá, had also made his resignation available, but according to the latest information update this is no longer the case.
The same was done by the director of the Comprehensive Medical Care Program (PAMI), Luana Volnovich, and the director of the National Social Security Administration (Anses), Fernanda Raverta, two key bodies for the management of resources for policies. social.
“Listening to his words on Sunday night, where he raised the need to interpret the verdict expressed by the Argentine people, I considered that the best way to collaborate with this task is to put my resignation at their disposal. “De Pedro wrote in a letter to Fernandez, which his team sent to CNN.
The Fernández government has not reported whether or not these resignations have been accepted.
For his part, Sergio Massa, president of the Chamber of Deputies and one of the members of the pro-government alliance Front de Tots, summoned to an emergency meeting government officials who are part of the Renovating Front, the party that he leads.
From the Pink House maintain that there will be no announcements until this meeting is over.
The hard setback of officialdom in the primary elections
This Sunday, simultaneous and compulsory open primary elections (PAS) were held in Argentina, prior to the legislative elections on November 14, with an adverse result for the ruling Front de Tots, which fell in most provinces. , including the largest.
According to the official data, Together by the Change, the main opposing force, prevailed in the City of Buenos Aires and the provinces of Buenos Aires, Cordova, Santa Fe and Mendoza, the five more populated with country.
The biggest surprise came in the province of Buenos Aires, ruled by former Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, where the opposition won 37.99% of the vote (adding the votes of Diego Santillian and Facundo Manes, who competed in internal), against 33.64% of the Front of All.
Meanwhile, in the City of Buenos Aires, where Together for Change is officialdom, collected 48.19% of the vote (plus the three internal lines), well above the 24.66% of the list of the Front of All.
The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, acknowledged this Sunday the electoral defeat of the bureaucracy in the primary elections and stressed that he has taken into account the result and what he will work to reverse in the next general election.