Duhalde confirms he will be running for president in October

In a brief press conference, Unión Popular presidential candidate Eduardo Duhalde confirmed that he would run for president in the coming October presidential elections. “I will be running on behalf of that half of the Argentine population that disagrees with the Government,” he said.

After gathering little over 12 percent of the national vote after last Sunday’s primaries, a seemingly confident Duhalde said that he was “going for the second round.” 

“We’re going to work to reach that 50 percent of the population that doesn’t stand with this government,” he added.

Regarding the alleged accusation of missing ballots last Sunday, he expressed concern over “a million of blank votes, a direct result of a lack of ballots at the polling stations.” 

He then asked the National Electoral Office “to finish printing the ballots in time, so they can be delivered accurately.”

He concluded by warning that authorities from his party assigned to several polling stations “had made some serious accusations,” although he warned he preferred “not to talk about it, because the final recount begins tomorrow.”