La Libertad Avanza will not hold a competitive internal election in Concordia after Eduardo Beswick decided not to file a slate. The October 3 vote had been called to repeat the party contest annulled in 2025. Ignacio Cabrera is now the only candidate for departmental president, subject to formal proclamation by the Electoral Board.
Beswick ran for mayor in 2023 on the local ticket supporting Javier Milei and finished third behind Radical Francisco Azcué and Peronist Armando Gay. In 2025 he challenged Cabrera for the party leadership. That contest ended in fraud complaints, confrontations and litigation over election records.
Entre Ríos electoral judge Leandro Ríos annulled the vote in February 2025. One table recorded 181 envelopes but only 166 affiliate signatures. The discrepancy exceeded the accepted margin and could not be reconstructed because minutes and other materials needed for a final recount were missing.
The ruling also found that party bodies had not acted diligently on the internal challenge. Unsigned envelopes and unexplained missing documentation added to the problem. The combination of numerical differences, absent records and an impossible recount led the court to order a new election. Because envelopes exceeded signatures by fifteen, it was impossible to determine which ballots corresponded to members actually registered at that table. Missing records prevented a later review from correcting the discrepancy and producing a verifiable party result.
A calendar approved in August set September 19 as the slate deadline and October 3 for the rerun. Cabrera registered a ticket with the same members as in 2025. Beswick struggled to rebuild his group after some previous allies, including Adriana Echeverriborda Puyol, left active party politics.
Beswick said he withdrew after talks with provincial authorities and would prioritize unity before future elections. The decision ended several failed attempts at coexistence between the two sectors and cleared the way for the provincial structure led by Roque Fleitas, with which Cabrera is aligned.
Avoiding another vote does not erase the earlier dispute. The new leadership must repair relations among members divided for nearly two years and establish internal procedures that prevent another documentation controversy. The judicial precedent also underlines the need for verifiable ballots, signatures and records.
The party Electoral Board must now issue the resolution recognizing Cabrera as Concordia's departmental president. The next stage will focus on integrating Beswick's sector and preparing the local organization. The announced unity will be tested when responsibilities and future candidacies are distributed.
