BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will not stand for re-election in the upcoming elections, scheduled for October this year, he said Friday in a surprise announcement on Twitter.
Fernandez said he would “hand over the presidential sash to whomever has been legitimately elected at the polls by the popular vote.”
(Reporting by Lucila Sigal and Walter Bianchi; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
