CARRIÓ DROPS OUT

Firebrand Coalición Cívica leader Elisa Carrió has also confirmed that she would not run for office in Buenos Aire Province.

Carrió, who had previously floated herself as a unity candidate in the nation’s most-populous district, had sounded out a number of possibilities for a list, including topping a ticket with Buenos Aires City Deputy Mayor Diego Santilli (Rodríguez Larreta preferred her as second).

But the weekend’s news that neuroscientist Facundo Manes will be running on the UCR slate, likely against Santilli, meant unity was no longer an option.

“Having failed in the attempt at unity, I renounce any candidacy,” she said in a post on social networks. Manes’ run for office “lacks historical sense,” she added, “and my sacrifice would be useless.”