st ent ions , ▁however : ▁tele communic ations ▁workers ' ▁leader ▁Luis ▁Gay ▁and ▁Bor l eng hi . ▁They ▁joined ▁Per ón ' s ▁mist ress , ▁Eva ▁Du arte , ▁in ▁organ izing ▁mass ▁demonstr ations ▁for ▁his ▁release ▁and ▁by ▁October ▁ 1 7 , ▁they ▁had ▁also ▁obtained ▁most ▁other ▁un ions ' ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁measure . ▁The ▁successful ▁mobil ization ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁char ter ▁of ▁the ▁Labor ▁Party ▁on ▁October ▁ 2 4 ▁- ▁with ▁Per ón ▁as ▁its ▁candidate . ▁Bor l eng hi , ▁still ▁affili ated ▁to ▁the ▁Social ist ▁Party ▁of ▁Argentina , ▁res igned ▁his ▁membership ▁in ▁it ▁when ▁the ▁party ▁joined ▁an ▁opposition ▁al liance , ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Union . ▁ ▁Inter ior ▁Minister ▁ ▁Hand ily ▁elected ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁Per ón ▁reward ed ▁Bor l eng hi ' s ▁tested ▁support ▁and ▁organiz ational ▁skill ▁with ▁an ▁appointment ▁as ▁Inter ior ▁and ▁Justice ▁Ministry . ▁The ▁post ▁would ▁give ▁him ▁pur view ▁over ▁the ▁courts , ▁law ▁enfor cement ▁and ▁v et ting ▁power ▁over ▁most ▁political ▁strategy . ▁He ▁moved ▁quickly ▁to ▁advance ▁the ▁president ' s ▁ag enda ▁by ▁organ izing ▁a ▁Labor ▁Party ▁convention ▁for ▁the ▁purpose ▁of ▁re - char ter ing ▁it ▁as ▁the ▁Per on ist ▁Party , ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁and ▁ordered ▁the ▁purchase ▁of ▁a ▁majority ▁st ake ▁in ▁Hay nes ▁Publishing , ▁from ▁which ▁El ▁Labor ista , ▁Mundo