The governor of Tucumán, Osvaldo Jaldofaced this Sunday, in the town of La Cocha, his first electoral test after rehearsing a dialogue position with the administration of Javier Milei. The result was positive for the Peronist president, since his candidate, Gabriela Susana Rodríguezwas the winner of the election.
Rodríguez won 4,700 votes (70%) compared to the 1,900 that his rival, Daniel Hoffmann (28%), of the Unión por la Cocha front garnered. According to data from the Provincial Electoral Board (JEP), 8,712 citizens of La Cocha were authorized to vote.
Victory for Osvaldo Jaldo’s candidate in La Cocha
After her victory was confirmed, the leader of the Front for La Cocha was visited by Governor Jaldo, who expressed his congratulations on her victory.
The president was accompanied by his wife Ana María Grillo and part of his Cabinet such as the Ministers of the Interior, Dario Monteros, Health, Luis Medina Ruiz, legislators Leopoldo “Pumita” Rodríguez and brother of the winner, Francisco Serra, Roque Argañaraz, Jorge Leal, Marcelo Herrera, Nancy Bulacios, the municipal heads of Tafí del Valle, Francisco Caliva, of Monteros, Francisco Serra (h), of Alberdi, Luis Armando Campos, as well as Juan Saravia, Sergio Castro, councilors of the capital and other municipalities such as La Cocha and Monteros, among others.
Rodríguez will be mayor until 2027. The position was vacant as a result of the death in a road accident on September 15 of Leopoldo “El Puma” Rodríguez.
Once the elections were over, Jaldo expressed: “Without a doubt, this victory means trust and adherence to the legacy left by the beloved comrade Leopoldo ‘Puma’ Rodríguez; and it strongly ratifies the support for our political space that always puts the interests of the people of Tucuman first.”
“The Government of the Province will continue to be at the side of the municipal administration, working jointly for the well-being of our people. We did a lot and there is still a lot to do, the people of Tucumán know that we are on the right path,” he concluded.
With 70% of the register of people from Cocheños who went to the polls, Rodríguez garnered more than 4,700 votes against 1,900 for Daniel Hoffmann, of the Frente Unión por La Cocha.
There were 26 tables set up, of which 13 were at the José M. Torres school and another 13 at school No. 244 Justo José de Urquiza. The security and custody of the elections will be in charge within the school establishments of the National Gendarmerie and outside the school establishments by the Provincial Police.
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Although it is not a large electoral bastion, Osvaldo Jaldo played hard to win the elections in La Cocha and thus achieved a key victory to close the year and shore up his role as leader of Tucumán’s Justicialism, in the midst of the dispute with Juan Manzur.
It also matters because the governor of Tucumán broke with Unión por la Patria (UP) in order to be able to rehearse an autonomous position in his relationship with the Casa Rosada. Since that escape of three deputies, who left UP to form the Independence bloc, which occurred during the debate on the Bases law, the president became one of those closest to the libertarian management.
He even supported his counterpart from La Rioja, Ricardo Quintela, in his attempt to command the national Justicialist Party (PJ), an event that was finally aborted after the interference of Cristina Kirchner, who ended up keeping the position.
As he told Scope On the eve of the election, the Tucumán Government House played so much as a message that the closing of the official campaign was led by the candidate Rodríguez, Jaldo and the vice-governor Michael Acevedo.
Along with them was a large delegation of officials and provincial legislators, especially those closest to the former vice-governor of Tucumán. “There is no doubt that there is a lot of work here, a lot of effort, good work was done in the political, electoral and institutional spheres, there is no doubt that on Sunday the 24th, a woman will occupy the mayor of La Cocha,” said Jaldo in the act. “I have seen her work, I know that she is a trained, qualified woman, with tremendous sensitivity and a very important commitment. I have no doubt that Gaby is going to do an excellent job in La Cocha,” added Acevedo.
Source: Ambito
