After orchestrating last week’s anti-government protests in the Plaza de Mayo, General Labour Confederation (CGT) union boss and major opposition figure Hugo Moyano is launching his own political party in an effort to further combat the administration of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and possibly pave the way for a 2015 presidential candidature.

The party, known as the Partido de la Producción y el Trabajo (PPT) already has affiliated personnel in Buenos Aires province, and counts 50% of all members of the Camioneros truck driver’s union (approximately 100,000 people) as members. They expect to soon have affiliates in Corrientes, Misiones, Salta, and Chubut as well.

The party’s official launch is expected to take place “no later than February” of next year in Mar del Plata, where tourists from throughout the country will be vacationing.

Former deputy and head of the PPT in the province of Buenos Aires Octavio Argüello told Clarín “by March the party will be ready for primary elections”.

Moyano hopes to be able to field candidates for the October 2013 legislative elections, and has approached former Minister of the Economy Roberto Lavagna of the Justicialist Party as a potential candidate for senator for the City of Buenos Aires.

Beneficial results in October could secure Moyano a presidential candidacy in the 2015 elections.