Talk:Justicialist Party
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Is it actually the opposition? It says that it has a majority of members - and current president Nestor Kirchner also seems to be a member. Secretlondon 22:02, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- It doesn't have a majority in the chamber of deputies. I think it might be the lead party in the governing coalition, though. Oh - but Kirchner can't be from this party because he beat Menem who definitely is. Morwen 18:55, Mar 30, 2004 (UTC)
Both Kirchner and Menem are from the same party - one the left wing and one the right. I've checked this with several sources and it does seem to be true. Secretlondon 18:59, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Ok. Its a wiki, you know what to do. ;) My source for the election results is here [1] (http://www.electionworld.org/argentina.htm) by the way.
It does have a majority (in both chambers, actually), and both Kirchner and Menem, though arch-enemies, are from the same party. This is already hard to understand to locals, so I figure it's utterly incomprehensible to foreigners. But then again, that's precisely the essence of peronism, a party supported, alternatively and sometimes even simultaneously (!), by sectors of the far right and the far left. (Paradoxically enough, the other major party, the Radical Party, is basically a centrist --moderate-- one.) Sir Paul 03:41, Jun 30, 2004 (UTC)
Source for leader [2] (http://www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=3453). Secretlondon 21:43, 4 Apr 2004 (UTC)