The Radical Civic Union was divided into two political parties as the presidential elections of 1928 approached: on the one hand, the followers of Yrigoyen, called "personalistas", promoted the leader himself as a candidate for president of the nation together with Francisco Beiró; On the other hand, the UCRA presented the Leopoldo Melo-Vicente Gallo formula, while the conservatives led by Julio A. Roca decided to abstain and support the antipersonnelists.
