Argentina, Buenos Aires, December 2, 2015. Argentina’s Presidentelect Mauricio Macri presents his new cabinet in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Macri takes over on the 10th Credit:
Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri returned to the electoral arena to express his support Patricia Bullrich, candidate of his centerright coalition “Together for Change.” His goal is to silence the voices that associate him with libertarianism Javier Milei. Although he was not at the forefront of the campaign following the results of the Paso elections (primary, open, concurrent and compulsory) on August 13, the name of the former president, who ruled the country from 2015 to 2019, was very popular and linked to the leader of the farright coalition Liberty Advances. After receiving the most votes in these previews, Milei said in several interviews that he could count on someone of Macri’s stature in a role linked to the party’s external image Argentina in the possible mandate.
To make it as clear as possible: the former president recognized in an interview with the “Todo Noticias” network last Monday 12th that Argentina needs “a profound and real change”. For him, however, this desired change can only be represented by the option of Bullrich, who was his security minister. “This is the moment when we must work together, all those who dream of change, put aside anger and invest in a space that has matured, that has grown and that has a group of valuable leaders,” Macri said. The former president praised Bullrich and emphasized his ability to bring about “profound change, without messianism, without madness and with determination” in the South American country.
Asked about the economic proposals of the leader of Freedom Forward, who defends the dollarization of Argentina, Macri joined the economists who oppose this measure, assuring that this proposal is nothing more than “a shortcut”. Despite this criticism, the former president admitted that he had sent a text message to Milei to congratulate him after his victory in PASO, but minimized the importance of this fact and assured that he only had a calling to “dialogue” with other political forces . “I hope that with the support they receive, Milei and his deputies will support Patricia when she needs to tackle deep reforms in a healthy way,” Macri said.
The former president had already tacitly supported his former minister in the dispute with the mayor of New York Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, for his final candidacy in the presidential elections in October. From December 10th, a new president will occupy the Casa Rosada following the Peronist mandate Alberto Fernandez. who decided against running for reelection.