Overview
- The party scheduled a Plenary of Delegates for Dec. 12 at 14:00 at headquarters on Alsina 1786 in Buenos Aires to choose a new leadership slate.
- Martín Lousteau is not seeking another term and will take his Chamber of Deputies seat on Dec. 10 within the Provincias Unidas bloc.
- Corrientes governor Gustavo Valdés is widely described as the best positioned contender, though no formal candidacy has been announced.
- Before the leadership vote, the UCR is expected to address the reunification of its split blocs in the Chamber of Deputies.
- The plenum includes four delegates per province plus representatives of the party’s youth, student, municipal, labor and diversity wings, with other names floated including Alfredo Cornejo and Maximiliano Abad, while Mario Negri’s circle says he is not a delegate.