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Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo affirmed that the implementation of political reform officialized earlier, “will not distort the open primary election process,” nor any of the other election processes, also maintaining that it demonstrates an "important step in politics."

Meanwhile Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández also commented on the reform stating it “was not invented by this administration.”

Fernández made it clear that the use of combined-list ballots for the elections was nothing new, and that the mechanism had been adopted by Juan Perón in 1973 with Popular Front Jorge Abelardo Ramos.

The political reform, officialized today in the Official Gazette by way of three decrees, had previously been negatively overlooked by some politicians.

Fernández went on to say, “political reform is something that has to be conciliated the best way possible, providing real change for society.”

With regard to how the new reforms will affect the elections and society, Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo mentioned that the political reform, “will not distort the open primary election process,” nor any of the other election processes.

He also mentioned that “the primary elections on the 14th August enable wider participation and puts the presidential vote in the hands of the nation”.

Randazzo also rejected any preocupations over the decision and said, “I do not know of any official who is worried about it, and the mayority are absolutely in favour of the decision as it will help the elections.”

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