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November 1st, 2006
Small Province Big Lesson
November 1st, 2006, 8:22
From the Buenos Aires Herald, Nov. 1, '06:
A
graveyard silence reigned among national government officials yesterday
as opposition leaders celebrated an electoral defeat of an ally of
President Néstor Kirchner’s in an election on Sunday in Misiones. Kirchner
chose to extend his stay in his native province Santa Cruz yesterday
following the failure of Carlos Rovira, the governor of Misiones, to
win a Constituent Assembly election in a bid to reform the provincial
Constitution. Kirchner’s leading spokesmen, Cabinet chief Alberto
Fernández and Interior Minister Aníbal Fernández, avoided speaking to
the press about the unexpected defeat which saw a coalition led by
Bishop Emeritus Joaquín Piña win by more than 13 points.
Rovira himself said that the result cannot be argued with. "It must be accepted."
Unlike
the Kirchner camp, members of the opposition jumped on the chance of
celebrating a rare low point in the President’s popularity.
Raúl
Alfonsín, the ex-president, said the electoral result was not a
political victory, "It was a defence of the republic, of dignity, in
the words of Piña."
One of Piña’s main campaign arguments was that
Rovira’s attempt to clinch the right to unlimited re-elections goes
against democracy itself. In the days prior to the election, Piña — who
has said he respects and admires many of Kirchner’s policies — said he
hoped the President would realize it was a mistake to support Rovira.
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