Shouldn’t [resigned candidate José Luis] Espert have stepped down sooner? Why did he take so long?
My position is this: now that he has resigned, he will have to answer to the courts without his parliamentary privileges and that is what should happen. The timing does not depend on me. I’m a candidate, not his trustee.
Did you ever hear from Espert, even on the side, that he had a business friend like [suspected drug-trafficker Federico Andrés] ‘Fred’ Machado?
No, in 2021 I was competing against Espert. We were both competing against Kirchnerism and we lost votes on the right to Avanza Libertad, which was then Espert, but we still won. In 2023 we fought a primary. The truth is I never listened to him.
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