Overview

• Buenos Aires communications minister Jesica Rey sent a statement read on air saying it was not the moment for a debate of a single section.
• Program producers said Gabriel Katopodis initially accepted the invitation before going silent over the weekend and then canceling on Monday.
• Diego Valenzuela appeared alone and used the airtime to criticize the provincial administration, saying the province is steeped in insecurity and neglect.
• A Dos Voces hosts defended televised debates as a service to voters and pledged to keep scheduling candidate confrontations.
• Later that afternoon, Katopodis joined a campaign event in Pilar with Governor Axel Kicillof ahead of the Sept. 7 Buenos Aires provincial elections.