There is a date: provincial elections will be held on May 12

At a press conference convened in the Legislative Assembly by the legislators of Unión por Córdoba, it was announced Wednesday that the provincial elections would be held on Sunday, May 12, 2019.

In order to be able to anticipate the elections, the legislature will suspend in the electoral code (exceptionally in 2019) the section corresponding to the date, because the current law does not allow that the elections take place before June 16th.

For this reason, the governor Juan Schiaretti will send a bill suspending this part of the electoral law and thus anticipating a month of voting (and away from the presidential election).

The project will come on Thursday, take the parliamentary status and the idea of ​​the ruling party is to approve it on December 12.

The modification of the provincial electoral code, which was clarified in Union by Cordova, concerns only the following year. Then, the window to set the date between 60 and 180 days before the order, which is December 10, continues.

In the past few hours, the governor has met with the justicialista bloc during which legislators have expressed their intention to provide details on the electoral calendar.

The stated goal by the ruling party is to remove the election of Cordoba from the turmoil of the national campaign.

"It is for that there is no badumption that anyone can take advantage of it," said Provisional Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Oscar González.

"The electoral calendar does not start until the month of February, however, we want to inform citizens and political parties of the date".

Mestre and Negri

As you may have known The voiceSchiaretti spoke by telephone with Ramón Mestre, Mayor of Córdoba and President of the UCR, to communicate his decision.

The news is important for Mestre because the mayor has not yet announced the day of his vote in the capital of Córdoba.

For his part, the national deputy Mario Negri said that it was "a pity that the PJ of Córdoba has treated the electoral system."

A few minutes after the announcement of the date, the radical used your Twitter account refer to Schiaretti's decision.

"It is unfortunate that the ABC PJ is treating the electoral system and the state's resources to not lose the government." The departure of power should not be a trauma, especially when it There is nothing to fear, they will not stop the change the people of Cordoba are demanding, "Negri said.

Orlando Arduh, from the Change Group in the Legislative Assembly, coincided with Negri: "It's a shame, it has no basis."

It should be recalled that last April, the provincial legislature had already amended, at the request of Unión por Córdoba, the electoral code.