Senator Hilda ‘Chiche' Duhalde and San Luis Governor Alberto Rodríguez Saá said the government will face an increasing opposition in Congress after a "certain defeat" in the upcoming mid-term elections.

"People will vote the opposition to punish the government, as they are tired of their way of ruling the country," during a seminar on security policies at the Senate.

She claimed the lawmakers in Congress will set new limits to the Kirchner administration, even though "they will continue to support the government." Her husband, former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde, is reportedly working with the candidates of the dissident Peronism, Francisco De Narváez and Felipe Solá in the election campaign.

Meanwhile, Rodríguez Saá forecast that the government "will get only 28 percent of the votes nationwide, while the opposition will get 72 percent in the June 28 congressional ballot," thus reshaping the political alliances in the parliament.