Governor of the Tucumán province José Alperovich has warned voters public works could stop if the opposition wins next year’s presidential elections, media has revealed.
According to the Tucumán province newspaper «La Gaceta», Alperovich delivered a speech last month in which he questioned opposition candidates ahead of the 2015 electoral battle.
“Let’s not make a mistake and public works stop; pensions end; the Universal Child Allowance ends; that hospitals be short of medicine or cooperative organizations start missing in communes,” the governor was quoted as saying by the provincial daily today. “It seems it is normal to have health, education, public works, sewers and water these days,” he insisted.
“I will tell you something as a friend you won’t have to vote because I am no candidate. Let’s not make a mistake and public works stop,” he warned adding he “listens to all (opposition candidates) talking nice but know what is being talked about because I have been ruling for 11 years now.”
“I want to be honest, with the pity I particularly feel, (because) I will leave in 11 months, because it is time for me to go. But I want to tell you something, as a friend, responsibility from now on is on our people.”
News about Alperovich’s recent statements come to the light in a week in which Kirchnerites have ramped up their criticism of the opposition, accusing some of its main leaders of seeking to abrogate some key laws secured by the federal government over the past decade.
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