“I realized that I don’t have to take revenge“. Business man Mauricio Macri He withdrew from participating in the October presidential election. He had been preparing to return since leaving government in the midst of a proportional crisis in 2019. He has published two books as part of this path. First time‘Para qué’, a kind of updated political program of the Argentine right, in which his administration made an assessment and implied the need for a second chapter. The polls weren’t looking in his favor. In fact, the three pre-candidates for that region, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the capital’s mayor, Patricia Bullrich, the former Minister of Security, and María Eugenia Vidal, the former governor of Buenos Aires, appear more competitive in the polls. with more numbers than mentors and odds of winning in chests. The three of them will object to the ex-president’s blessing.
Macri denied that his stepping aside was about social rejection despite the popularity of the current Peronist government. Alberto Fernandezstill remembers the bad experience of his management. “I’m convinced. It cost me dearly, because ego is too strongAnd he added: “If you believe me all these years, believe me, I’m doing this because it really will be better for everyone. If we all empower ourselves with change, the ideas are everyone’s, not macrosmo. I’m talking about ideas of modernization, meritocracy, and transparency.”
sidestep current FIFA official It adds an unexpected curiosity to Argentine politics for many. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner When he was sentenced to six years in prison and disqualified from elective posts last December, he assured him that he would not run in this year’s election. Thus, the two leaders, who have polarized society for more than a decade, will stay out of the October struggle. Peronism expects Fernández, who is determined to be reelected in a country despite bad news from the polls, to do the same. 100% annual inflation and 40% poverty.
surprise announcement
The first fall Sunday of 2023 was rocked by a video of Macri taking six minutes to explain why he left the race to power. According to the former head of Argentina’s main football team, Boca Juniors, his coalition Together for Change will be able to expand its support base for the elections. “I know millions of people want us to work together again. Unfortunately, in 2019, we were interrupted in the direction we started in 2015.”
against populism
But, above all, his speech had a strong anti-populist imprint. “Almost 80 years ago a significant part of Argentine society, messianic leadersCharacters that will supposedly save us and lead us to a better life, with clear reference to Peronism, the political movement to which the right has attributed the causes of this country’s decline since 1945.This patriarchal leadership It dissuaded Argentines from assuming their own responsibilities: that submission brought us here, in a country where more than half of Argentines are poor, with a devastated economy, and increasingly threatened by drug trafficking.” Juan Domingo Perón died 49 years ago Darts were aimed at Fernández de Kirchner.
He insisted on the same idea during a television interview at night. “I think we should get out of this unconscious quest to entrust everything to a savior, half magician, a dictator, and empower us all for what we want our society to change.”
Macri’s description gives some clarity to the picture within his coalition Together for Change. However, it does not fully solve the dilemmas of that field. Increase in far-right polls javier mile not only is it stealing potential voters, it’s also forcing Macri’s heirs to take a more conservative spin than they’d like.
The former president’s gesture did not surprise Peronizm. “Macri failed because he made bad decisions.. He wanted to stay in power, but the people put a limit that remained. Current Public Works Minister Gabriel Katopodis said the candidates are pursuing the same policies that have paralyzed public works, put the country in debt, and shut down thousands of small and medium-sized companies, which he hopes to remain in government.