Veronica Magario He concluded by confirming that it was a testimonial candidacy, fulfilling his election promise and not taking the seat he won in the elections on September 7, when he presented himself as a candidate for the position of deputy of the third electoral section. This Tuesday, she resigned from the legislative bench to continue her role as lieutenant governor.
The resignation It was presented to the Chamber of Deputies this Tuesday, before the session in which the new authorities were presented and the blocs were formed based on the integration of the legislators who took office for the period 2025-2029. There was no public letter, they said in those around them, but that was the point a formal proceeding before the legislature.
He sworn in in place of the former mayor of La Matanza Maria Silvina Nardiniwas the city council of Ensenada and answers to the municipal manager of this municipality in the southern part of the suburbs, Mario Secco. With this change, the seat remains in the hands of the Peronist sector associated with the Right to the Future Movement (MDF) of the Governor Axel Kicillof.
“For my daughters, for the people of Ensenada and the best mayor in its history, Mario Secco, for the people of the province, for public education, for the 30,000 missing and for the inevitable fight until there is equal opportunity, social justice and the defense of our sovereignty among the people, I swear,” the Kirchnerist also said. Nardini in oath.
In this way, Magario confirmed that his candidacy was indeed a testimony, a fact that he did not try to hide when La Libertad Avanza questioned this strategy. During the provincial election campaign three months ago, the President of the Senate expected that she would not sit in the House of Representatives.
🤚María Silvina Nardini is sworn in as deputy, replacing Verónica Magario, who is resigning from her position. pic.twitter.com/8FER0tHEFT
— BA MPs (@HCDiputadosBA) December 16, 2025
“It is clear that it is not my intention to take over the management, but to continue alongside Axel Kicillof. “We are part of the Axel team and have been working for six years and we will continue to work,” she replied when asked in a radio interview whether she would accept the position for which she had applied.
He had previously said his candidacy was “the clear representation a group of men and women who govern differently than the president.” The central slogan leading the way to the September elections was: “Stop Milei.”
The choice of the vice-governor as Fuerza Patria’s candidate was the ruling party’s bet to retain a territory loyal to Peronism, comprising 19 municipalities and concentrating more than 5,000,000 voters. The tactic worked and support for Magario was 53.9% of the vote, compared to 28.4% added by LLA candidate Maximiliano Bondarenko.
Verónica María Magario, 56 years old, was born in Santa Fe, is a teacher and daughter of a Montonero leader who spent several years in prison until Carlos Menem pardoned him. She has also been a militant Peronist since her youth, she was a national deputy, mayor of La Matanza and for six years she has accompanied Axel Kicillof as vice president in the government of Buenos Aires.
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