Elisa Carrió's message after the Civic Coalition's defeat in the city: "Words will triumph over money and sweet talk."

Paula Oliveto led the Civic Coalition list, the party founded by Elisa Carrió , in the City of Buenos Aires. The list garnered 2.5% of the vote, not enough to secure a seat in the Buenos Aires Legislature. And Lilita came out to support her, with a strong philosophical message : "Words and truth will triumph over money and sweet talk."

"Thanks to the more than 40,000 citizens who kept the flame burning, with 2.50% of the votes. And thanks to Paula for her dedication," Carrió began through her X account.

He then went on to leave a message for "humanity," in an almost philosophical tone.

"Remember that only a very few people will uphold the most basic values ​​of humanity in the future . Words and truth will triumph over money and sweet talk," Lilita wrote.

The former national representative was one of Javier Milei's harshest critics since the beginning of the Libertarian government. She also criticized his former ally in Together for Change, Mauricio Macri.

Thanks to the more than 40,000 citizens who kept the flame burning, with 2.50% of the votes. And thanks to Paula for her dedication. Remember that only very few people will uphold the most basic values ​​of humanity in the future. Words and truth will triumph…

— Elisa Lilita Carrió (@elisacarrio) May 18, 2025

"I wanted the best for him, but he casts a terrible shadow over him. He dissolved Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change), annihilated (Horacio Rodríguez) Larreta, used Patricia (Bullrich), promoted Milei, and then swallowed him up," she accused the former president, in the midst of an election campaign in the city . And she asked the current head of the executive branch: "I felt humanity, make a friend. I felt that humanity was coming down on me. There are no medicines. People are dying. It's not possible to buy meat and chicken. You have to be more humane."

Near the closing date for the lists, Carrió had celebrated the registration of the Civic Coalition slate with Oliveto as number one. "A wonderful list," she described it in late March, with a photo showing her standing head to head with the party's main candidate in Buenos Aires. "They're going to defend you as we always have," she added, addressing the electorate.

According to the official count, with 99.83% of the polling stations counted, Oliveto garnered 41,058 votes, leaving her with a 2.50% margin. That was enough to place her seventh on the list of candidates, behind the Left Front and the UCeDé, which nominated Ramiro Marra, but it wasn't enough to get into the Legislature.

Until now, the Civic Coalition was part of the "Vamos x Más" bloc , a legacy of the old Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change). The group's president is Darío Nieto, who now renews his position as number 4 on the PRO list, but it also includes Emmanuel Ferrario, who was previously Horacio Rodríguez Larreta's number 3.

Oliveto, along with Marra and the radical Lula Levy (Evolution), was among the first to lose in the Buenos Aires legislative elections. The D'Hondt system, by which the seats at stake were distributed, left Vanina Biasi as the final winner. From then on, everyone got nothing.

The others who were left empty-handed were Alejandro Kim (Principles and Values), Ricardo Caruso Lombardi (MID), Yamil Santoro (Libertarian Porteña Union), Juan Manuel Abal Medina (Just, Free and Sovereign), Federico Winokur (The Left in the City), María Eva Koutsovitis (Confluence), Mila Zurbriggen (New Generation), César Biondini (Federal Patriotic Front) and Marcelo Peretta (Remedios for CABA).