Will Argentinian voters see Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's choice as a credible demotion, or as game-playing?
, a dentist and second-rank politician, won an election in Argentina in 1973 with the slogan “Cámpora to the presidency, Perón to power”. Having served his purpose as a placeholder, Cámpora resigned after 49 days. Juan Perón returned from long exile and went on to win an election himself. This episode is etched on Argentine memories.
With Mr Macri wounded, a national poll last month put Ms Fernández clearly ahead of the president for the first time. So why has she turned to her namesake? He is a more conciliatory figure, with friends across the broad church that is Peronism. He had turned into a withering critic of his former boss. Of her second term, he said in 2015: “It’s extraordinarily difficult to find anything good.
The question is whether voters will find Cristina’s pragmatic turn and her voluntary demotion credible. Or will they see Mr Fernández as another Cámpora, a puppet rather than the boss? Whereas in Brazil three vice-presidents have taken over in the past 35 years, in Argentina two vice-presidents have resigned over the same period, points out Andrés Malamud, an Argentine political scientist at the University of Lisbon. Presidents command great power and resources.
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