Kicillof admitted not knowing how to vote in a system that is precisely intended to simplify and make voting more transparent
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Just three days before the national legislative elections, the ultra-Kirchnerist governor Axel Kicillof was once again ridiculed after publicly admitting that he is not smart enough to understand how to use the Single Paper Ballot (BUP), a system specifically designed to simplify and make voting more transparent.
“No one knows how the hell to use it”, he said during an interview on El Destape Radio, revealing his lack of understanding about a method that millions of Argentinians already know and support for its clarity.
The provincial leader targeted President Javier Milei, whom he blamed for the implementation of the new electoral system. “It was Milei's invention because he thought it was convenient for him, but it ended up being a mess that no one understands”, he stated.
Axel Kicillof, gobernador de la provincia de Buenos Aires.
However, his statements caused surprise, since the Single Paper Ballot is supported by specialists and electoral authorities for reducing fraud and ensuring greater equality among parties.
Kicillof explained that the confusion caused by the format was one of the reasons why he decided to separate the Buenos Aires provincial elections from the national calendar. “If, in addition to explaining how to vote with the Single Ballot, people had to go to the voting booth to vote again, it was chaos”, he maintained.
His words not only reveal a lack of information about a simple voting process—marking an X in only one option per category—but also suggest a political discomfort with a system that limits the power of traditional party structures.
Axel Kicillof, gobernador bonaerense.
The governor went further and accused Milei of having promoted the BUP as part of an electoral strategy. “The plan was to impose the BUP nationwide and win with the brand, but it backfired”, he said ironically. However, the single ballot was approved with broad legislative consensus and its implementation has been considered a democratic advance in various provinces.
Meanwhile, Kicillof continues to insist on political theories; his statements about the Single Paper Ballot ended up exposing him, admitting to being a leader who, in addition to governing the country's largest province, doesn't know how to vote with a system designed to make it simpler and more transparent.
