Patricia Bullrich criticized the token candidacies: "Whoever runs has to take responsibility; it would be fraudulent to do otherwise."

After the lists of candidates for the September elections in the province of Buenos Aires were announced, in which at least 15 active mayors are running only two years after being elected to their municipalities—which would imply that they would either have to leave their current position or not take their seats if elected —Security Minister Patricia Bullrich entered the campaign and strongly questioned the token candidacies, stating that such a maneuver "would be fraudulent."

" I'm against token candidacies . If someone runs for election, they have to be able to know that they have a significant number of votes cast, some more, some less, no matter who, and they have to live up to that," Bullrich said Tuesday during an interview with LN+ .

However, he immediately clarified: "There are times when a government takes office that it needs certain people who were elected as representatives or senators for a specific position. But returning to the same position is completely and absolutely fraudulent . Becoming a council member while being a mayor is like total fraud ."

In this regard, the minister mentioned as an exception the case where a president needs a person who was elected to a specific position other than the one for which he or she applied. " The rule must be that whoever presents himself or herself must assume the role. It would be fraudulent to do otherwise," she stated.

The minister also stated that "it is very important that whoever presents themselves as a candidate does so because they want to represent those who voted for them," since "those who voted for them vote for them with the conviction that that person will fulfill that task." She also took the opportunity to attack Sergio Massa for the 2009 elections: "Leaving for one day, as happened in the testimonials when Massa was a candidate in 2009, when everyone came and went... That is fraud."