Fernández stressed that "we want the happiness of our people and we will not give up until we get the country back on its feet". | Photo: @alferdez

Buenos Aires, September 13 (RHC)-- The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, after knowing the first results of the primary elections, affirmed this Sunday night that he and his team will redouble their efforts to win the legislative elections next November.

"Nothing is more important than listening to the people.  Today they have expressed to us that we made mistakes and we will attend to that demand," the president said in a series of messages posted on his Twitter social network account.

"Starting tomorrow we will work, with our usual commitment and strength, to satisfy the needs that we have not met," he stressed.

Argentineans voted this Sunday in the primary, open, simultaneous and mandatory (PASO) elections and defined who will be the candidates that will compete for seats in Congress in the general elections of the following November 14.

Preliminary official results, with the counting of more than 97 percent of the polling stations installed, give the lead to the opposition coalition Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change).

The opposition coalition leads the results of the primaries in 14 provinces, as well as in the capital city of Buenos Aires, while the governmental alliance Frente de Todos led in six provinces of the interior of the country.
 
At the level of election of candidates for national deputies, Juntos por el Cambio has obtained 40.6 percent of the votes, while Frente de Todos obtained 30.2 percent of the votes, according to the scrutiny of 97.6 percent of the polling stations.

In the senatorial category, the candidates of the opposition alliance have 44.5 percent of the votes, against 28.6 percent of the votes of the ruling coalition, according to 98.4 percent of the counters counted.

Analyzing the results of the PASO, the Argentinean head of state said in a tweet: "We are facing two models of country, one includes all and everyone and the other postpones millions.  There is an Argentina to be built with social justice, production, education and public health."

"We will redouble the efforts we have been making to turn this story around in November," said Fernández.   The Argentinean leader thanked his supporters and stressed that "we only want the happiness of our people and we will not give up until we put the country back on its feet."