Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo.
Walking on opposite sides of the (political) river is how Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo and Buenos Aires Tigre Mayor Sergio Massa are. At least, for Randazzo who said today they hold “antipodean” perspectives of politics.
“I have an absolutely different vision of politics. I respect him (Massa) but I have nothing to do with him,” the Kirchnerite official affirmed. “We have antipodean thoughts. I am a man of convictions, I come from Peronism since I was very young, I am not an opportunistic, I am not a politically correct man,” Florencio Randazzo explained describing himself –or indirectly describing the head of the Renewal Front that beat the ruling Victory Front in Buenos Aires province back in October’s congressional elections.
In statements to a local radio station, the minister added that “some candidates” “have taken a shortcut” which is the “path of being the candidate of media. Just by looking into Clarín, La Nación, Perfil, TN and Canal 13 we will have clarity about who are the candidates of these groups,” Randazzo assured referring to the government’s leading media critics.
The Kirchnerite was asked about his presidential expectations. “It would be hypocritical to say I would not want to be elected by the popular will, but my challenge today is to improve public transportation,” he stated still considering that current tasks at the transport office will “surely provide” him with “much better possibilities” if he decides to run for president in 2015 as people will value the Victory Front administration of one of the most difficult government posts.
First Interior Minister, Florencio Randazzo was appointed Transport Minister last year to head an office hit by corruption accusations and the 2012 railway tragedy that resulted in 51 people dead and more than 600 injured.
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