Argentina: 100,000 Attend Cristina Fernandez Senate Campaign Closing Rally

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the former Argentine president who is running for a Senate seat, closed her legislative election campaign, ahead of the Oct.22 elections, in presence of some 100,000 people at the Presidente Perón stadium.  

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The former president also commemorated the foundation day of Peronism, marking the historic demonstration of Oct.17 at Plaza de Mayo organized to demand the liberation of Juan Domingo Peron.  

Originally of Citizen's Unity Party, Fernandez is running her campaign as part of a new coalition that aims to fight "the reinstatement of the neo-liberal model" under President Mauricio Macri. 

Fernandez said the meeting was also to let Macri know "that we do not accept neither his adjustment, nor his taxes, nor his debt, nor his labor flexibilization and even less his contempt for life, security and rights of the Argentines and the Argentines." 

The Oct. 22 legislative elections will play a crucial role in determining whether Macri will be able to continue with his neo-liberal reforms in the country.  

"I would like you to accompany us with who you want to come, with your family, your friends, to spend the day and share," she said, inviting one and all.

During the main event, Fernandez stressed the failures of Macri's government since he came to power. 

Drawing contrast, she said that her party "will never raise their hands against the interests of the workers, the middle class, the merchants, the country." 

She also called for the opposition to support her, adding her party is the option for those that "do not want to live in a country where a kid disappears, no one takes over, and we still do not know where Santiago Maldonado is."

"I remain without a voice, but with all your heart to put it in the polls, to fill them with dreams, illusions, future, life, peace, and love for the country," the former president said in her concluding remarks.

The former head of state has been fending off charges of corruption that Fernandez maintains are politically motivated.