Overview

• Karen Reichardt used a video of La Matanza leader Fernando Espinoza explaining the paper ballot to attack him on X and wrote that kirchnerism is a mental illness.
• Espinoza remains processed and sent to oral trial over a 2021 sexual-abuse complaint by former aide Melody Rakauskas.
• Despite online claims, Espinoza is not a candidate on October 26 after leading Fuerza Patria’s local list to 53.56% in La Matanza on September 7.
• The National Electoral Chamber revoked Judge Alejo Ramos Padilla’s earlier placement and ruled that Diego Santilli will head the La Libertad Avanza ticket following José Luis Espert’s resignation.
• Reichardt also criticized ‘Pitu’ Salvatierra in new posts, and Fuerza Patria’s Jorge Taiana publicly challenged her to a debate.