Argentine primary makes Fernandez lame-duck leader
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner could lose control of Argentina's Congress during the last two years of her presidency if Sunday's primary results are repeated in October's midterm elections. The results also end any hopes of changing constitutional term limits to enable her to stay in power beyond 2015, a key ally said Monday.
But Fernandez made it clear at a post-election pep rally that she has no intention of changing her ways: "We're going to keep deepening this transformation, because it's our obligation," she said.
Fernandez failed the first electoral test of her second term as the ruling party gathered just 26 percent of the votes nationwide far below the 54 percent that re-elected her nearly two years ago, and five points below the party's showing in the last mid-term elections.
But far from admit defeat, she urged her followers to redouble their efforts, and warned Argentines to beware of alternatives to her government.
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