Overview

• Axel Kicillof dismissed President Javier Milei’s warnings of possible fraud in the Buenos Aires provincial vote, noting Milei won the presidency using traditional paper ballots with few poll watchers.
• The governor said he was offered a testimonial slot on the provincial ballot and is not a candidate, yet he is campaigning as if he were due to what he described as a grave political moment.
• Kicillof said Buenos Aires province has filed seven petitions before the Supreme Court over national funding cuts and criticized what he described as silence from the central government.
• He argued Milei’s economic plan is deindustrializing and eroding the middle class, pointing to dollar-linked tariffs, weaker purchasing power, and distortions such as foreign trips costing less than domestic tourism.
• Vice Governor Verónica Magario urged voters to oppose Milei and compared today’s uncertainty to the atmosphere leading up to the 2001 crisis.