Former President Néstor Kirchner announced he has quit the presidency of the Justicialist Party, in a message that was recorded in the Olivos presidential residency and was aired by the local media.

He added that he asked Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli to replace him and become the new chief of the party and that reiterated he lost against Dissident Peronist Francisco de Narváez only "by a bit." Scioli announced he will not assume the Lower House seat in December.