The far-right candidate for the Presidency of Argentina, Javier Milei, may surprise the result of the primaries this Sunday (13), said Mário Vilalva, former ambassador of Brazil in Europe, in an interview with CNN .
“We may have surprises. We still don’t know exactly what they are, but they may be linked to Javier Milei. It is possible that his performance is slightly higher than the 20% or so he has been getting in polls so far,” he said.
For Milei to make it through the primaries and into the first round of general elections, he only needs to win 1.5% of the vote this Sunday. The latest intention polls pointed that he would do 20%.
Therefore, it is almost certain that he will be in the first round of elections.
However, despite the high percentage, the former ambassador does not believe that he will be able to grow among the electorate and go to the second round, in November.
“I don’t believe it will make it to the second round. We have to see what surprise this is that Argentine journalists are mentioning at the beginning of the vote counting [das primárias]. But I don’t believe he has enough votes to make it to the second round.”
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For Vilalva, Milei getting more than 20% of the votes in the primaries would really be a surprise in the global context, since other far-right names around the world have been losing strength.
“A lot can happen, but the trend is towards the center right”, he said.
He also recalled that the Argentine electorate is apathetic in relation to the primaries, since the participation of the voting public was only 68%, while, in 2019, it was 75%, according to him. “The electorate is not willing to demonstrate at this time.”
*Produced by By Rafael Saldanha, from CNN
Source: CNN Brasil
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