age 65 is the election that devoted to Juan Domingo Peron as president. In Santa Fe, was chosen Leandro Meiners. Few days before assuming the governorship, the elected committed suicide.
The elections held on February 24, 1946 led to the presidency of Argentina Juan Domingo Peron and Santa Fe enshrined in the formula-Juan Pardo Leandro Meiners after the alliance that brought together all the Peronism: the Labour party, Independent Radical Civic Union and Renovation Board.
Electoral College victory gave them 53 votes, compared with 3 that were Luciano Molinas and Eduardo Tessaire.
Information on the Littoral |
Pardal Meiners and should assume the governorship on 24 this month.
However, a week before, the news shook the entire province: Leandro Meiners had committed suicide.
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The evening on the town, before providing details of the death, said: "The feeling of regret for the disappearance of a person from the same province as another connected by family ties and political events and people of roots important in the life of Santa Fe, is added in this case the special institutional situation of the province, and at the same time, the disparate trends visible separation of the groups victorious in the elections of February. " While
The Order also devotes significant space to the succession and is defined by taking Pardal, dealing first to conduct a comprehensive review of suicide Meiners.
relates that the governor-elect was in the house occupied with his wife and son for five years and that about 9 am informed that the first work for several hours in his office, then sent a maid to buy cigarettes and entered the bedroom of her son.
After an hour and a half, Mrs. Meiners came into that room and found that her husband was dead. The woman contacted the Chamber of Deputies and was so many political leaders went immediately to the house. He also came home to learn that the elected president, Juan Domingo Peron.
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Reasons Why suicide Peronist elected the first governor in Santa Fe?
The first information provided by Littoral coincides with the released the next day by The Order . Is transcribed in both papers the letter left by the suicide: "Do not blame anyone for my death. Not being in condition to perform the duties of governor-elect of Santa Fe and not wanting to disappoint the electorate, I end my life. "
No more data on the reasons for Meiners: no wonder the newspapers what a terrible disease afflicts this man of 50 years. Nor have woven speculation about other reasons apart from some very collaterally-appearing-in work relating to Peronism marking (without providing any data) that suicide was due "to the inmates in the game, and even claim that it was a murder, chisels also any data point to support that hypothesis.
thus transmitted the news of the suicide note, no more talk of reasons. Although, different coverages, published details of the funeral, the information for both newspapers is going through the succession.
an abandonment Perón began to weave multiple
speculation in those days. The resistance of some sectors of Peronism to obey the order to dissolve Peron three parties that led him to the presidency were felt Santa Fe
Each sector sought the favor of the leader and clear the doubt about the need to reconvene the Electoral College, Peron said: "I am the president and the decision of the Electoral College, because it represents people's opinion, is also my desire and what is right. Publicly expressed my position remains the same and in the case of Santa Fe does not change at all. " Just
June 15 would meet the body and enshrine the formula Waldino Suárez-Juan Pardo, previous frustrations and to accusations of kidnapping of voters.
But Meiners and the reasons for his suicide, not anything else said.