Government attributes Piñera’s lead to the fact that “he is running alone”

SANTIAGO.- As soon as the results of the latest CERC poll were released, pointing to RN presidential hopeful Sebastián Piñera as the political figure with most potential, the government administration attempted to mitigate the importance of the findings by attributing his 50% preference rating to the fact that he is currently the only presidential hopeful.

“It is a multiple choice question, it is not a question regarding who you would vote for on Sunday, they are the politicians with the most potential and one could clearly interpret Piñera as being the one of the politicians with most potential because he is running alone and is currently the most important candidate of the right”, stated the Minister Spokesperson of the Executive Branch, Francisco Vidal.

Vidal also used the same logic to explain the 27% preference rating received by former President Ricardo Lagos, who came in second behind Piñera on the list.

Despite the 50-50 approval/disapproval rating the presidential leadership gained from citizens in the same poll, Minister Vidal predicted that left-wing parties will emerge triumphant in the upcoming municipal elections.