Lavagna has announced his departure from the federal alternative and will seek the presidency for his space – Telam

The presidential candidate, Roberto Lavagna, announced today that "for the moment" would be going to the general elections for "Consensus 19", apart from Federal Alternative, annoyed by Peronist Sergio Mbada, Juan Schiaretti, Juan Manuel Urtubey and Miguel Pichetto, who had called Daniel Scioli and Marcelo Tinelli join the space.

The Alternativa leaders met today without the participation of the former minister of the economy, but an agreement can still be found, according to both parties.

After the governors of the PJ suspended their participation in the federal alternative after the announcement of the presidential formula, Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández, this space suffered a new shock, as Lavagna did not not agree to participate in PASO and announced that he would compete in the elections by consensus 19, even if it is not yet final.

Until yesterday, the situation of Federal Alternative was favorable and aimed to become the third different space of Cambiemos and Kirchner, in the perspective of the presidential election next October.

However, the differences they had maintained since the first contacts with the former Minister of the Economy were aggravated by the fact that the PJ not K referents asked Lavagna to compete internally and promote the idea of ​​adding other leaders.

Despite the positive effect that the victory of the governor of Cordoba, Juan Schiaretti, generated in the alternative PJ, Lavagna's refusal to pbad the order of the four founders of space has put in failure the agreement and the meeting scheduled for today has been frustrated and the political photo lost. weight because it was the same as in December of last year.

In the offices of Mbada in Buenos Aires, the four leaders pledged to use the federal alternative to install their candidates for simultaneous primary and compulsory primary (PASO).
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