BUENOS AIRES, Muharram 18, 1437, October 31, 2015, SPA -- The ruling party candidate in Argentina's upcoming presidential election blames his top rival's electoral possibilities for the decision by a New York federal judge who ruled that the country owes $6.1 billion to foreign bondholders, AP reported. Official candidate Daniel Scioli told a local radio station on Saturday that U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa's Friday decision was tied to the possibility that opposition candidate Mauricio Macri could win in the second round next month. Scioli didn't explain the supposed link, and Macri could not be immediately reached for comment. Griesa ruled that Argentina cannot pay some bondholders while refusing to pay $6.1 billion in claims by creditors who refused to swap their bonds for steeply discounted replacements in the South American nation after it defaulted in 2001 on $100 billion in bonds. --SPA 22:40 LOCAL TIME 19:40 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w