BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Mauricio Macri, Argentina’s opposition challenger in next month’s presidential run-off vote, said yesterday he wanted to find common ground with defeated candidate Sergio Massa and that the two camps were in touch with each other.
Massa placed third in Sunday’s first round vote with 21.3 percent of support, and both Macri and ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli will need to court the 43-year-old lawmaker and his voters to win the Nov. 22 second round.
Massa is drawing up a policy blueprint to be discussed with either of his rivals still in the presidential race. On Monday, a Massa camp insider told Reuters that while Massa would not explicitly endorse Macri, the document would be a “wink” in his direction.
Asked if messages were being sent between the two campaign teams, the pro-business Macri told local TV channel Telefe: “Yes, we’re talking. There’s a willingness to agree on policies, a willingness to find common ground.”
