Overview
- At a Provincias Unidas launch in Rosario, Governor Maximiliano Pullaro referred to Fuerza Patria candidate Caren Tepp as “the woman of Juan Monteverde,” drawing criticism from feminist groups.
- Tepp posted a video saying “I am not anyone’s woman,” rejecting the label and attacking Pullaro’s governance, citing the Asistencia Perfecta policy for teachers and low pay for health workers.
- Vicegovernor Gisela Scaglia, who heads the Provincias Unidas list, escalated the dispute by calling Tepp “the woman of the two Juans: Monteverde and Grabois.”
- Local coverage framed the exchange as the first direct rivalry between Scaglia and Tepp in the campaign for a national deputy seat ahead of the October 26 elections.
- Pullaro used the event to present Provincias Unidas as a federal alternative to Javier Milei and Peronism, predicting the bloc would “put the next president” in 2027.