Experts question Mileis speech Anti caste measures are against the common

Experts question Milei’s speech: “Anti-caste measures are against the common citizen”

Argentina continues to be in the international spotlight. On Friday, March 1st, the President Javier Milei He gave his first speech in Congress. Amid tensions between the executive and legislative branches, the far-right president broadcast his message for more than an hour to analyze the economic and political situation after more than 80 days in power, as well as the announcement of the new “”anti-caste measures and an invitation to the governors to sign the Pact of May 25th In Cordoba.

Amid applause and songs in favor of Milei, the president read out his ideas and suggestions, calling for unity between groups and leaving differences behind. He told the press that he would closely monitor the governors' response. Compared to what we usually see in the economist's statements, this time he presented himself with a conciliatory and less challenging attitude. However, everything would be part of a strategy, as the lawyer and political analyst explained Jeffrey Radzinski and the internationalist Alonso Cardenas in an interview for The Republic.

Experts question Mileis speech Anti caste measures are against the commonThe meeting between Milei, his team and the congressmen took place on Friday, March 1st. Photo: AFP

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“Politicians always have a strategic logic”

Both the congressmen and President Javier Milei himself appeared calm and conciliatory during the meeting, as there were doubts that this was the case since disagreements continued to arise. The president even called them a “rat's nest”, “traitors” and said he doesn't need them “to save the economy” in a recent interview with the British media Financial Times on Thursday, February 29th. a day before the opening, regular session in Congress was published.

This is what the analyst is faced with Jeffrey Radzinski He explained that “politicians always have a strategic logic and that these types of messages received a fairly high rating compared to other presidential messages in Argentina.” “There was an expectation and a large audience waiting for the message.” At During the reading of the speech, Milei could be seen receiving “the support of the government's allies, essentially Macrismo and Libertad Avanza, and part of the Radical Civic Union,” he said. Alonso Cardenas to LR+.

On the other hand, the lawyer clarified that “(Milei's measures) cannot be carried out if there are no political agreements in Parliament.” The internationalist Cárdenas agreed with this point, claiming that “the political parties in Argentina, unlike Peru, are much more established “Therefore, there are some points on the agenda proposed by Javier Milei that are not accepted by the political groups.”

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“We must distinguish the form from the substance of Milei’s speech.”

Jeffrey Radzinski defines Javier Milei as a good communicator who goes beyond his challenging style; However, he “didn’t show it yesterday” because there was no “eye contact” but rather more reading. Nevertheless, he did well, according to the analyst, who added that Milei's biggest challenge was “to show results, because expectation also creates impatience for concrete successes.” This happened with the pact that he presented at the beginning of March for May “Because it gives him time to negotiate, to move forward and finally, I imagine, to show a result that he hasn't been able to show yet,” he explained.

1709399178 125 Javier Milei proposes the Pact of May 25th announces anti caste Milei spoke of another ambitious package to combat caste “privileges”. Photo: AFP

Alonso Cardenas He shared the political analyst's point of view, as the economist Milei currently “definitely needs the approval of Congress.” “So the most likely thing is that he will first try to consolidate alliances and then see how he negotiates with the opposition bench can,” he added in the interview.

Likewise, the Internationalist pointed out that “Javier Milei's speech is closer to what one would expect from an Argentine leader: more focused, much more moderate, even more polite, but that is the way.” What should also interest us is the substance ” and it is clear that the far-right economist “will continue with this proposal to blow up the institutions in Argentina and a very aggressive wave of dismantling what is left of the Argentine state.” So there We have to distinguish between the formwho is more educated, From the groundthat practically the same ideas are retained,” he clarified.

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Pact of May 25th

The announcement of this pact or “New social contract”, as Javier Milei called it, can be favorable and at the same time the opposite. As the Argentine President explained when speaking about the May 25 pact, there are ten government measures:

  • Inviolability of private property
  • The non-negotiable budget balance
  • Reducing public spending by about 25% of GDP
  • Tax reform
  • Re-discuss tax apportionment
  • Provincial commitment to natural resource exploitation
  • Labor reform that promotes formal work
  • Sustainable pension reform with private option
  • Political reform
  • Opening up international trade.

1709431945 7 Experts question Mileis speech Anti caste measures are against the common Pact of May 25th. Photo: @OPRArgentina

For Radzinski, Time can be an advantage as it primarily means time for alliances with opponents. “The strength here no longer lies in symbolic messages or criticism of the bureaucracy, but in showing results,” he said. While Cardenas He explained the disadvantage of this. “May 25th is a very distant date and the social, economic and political situation in Argentina is deteriorating very quickly, poverty has skyrocketed, there is hunger, there is no employment, salaries are not enough and well, it “Urgent action is required,” he told LR+.

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Milei’s “anti-caste” measures

The far-right President Javier Milei announced a list this Friday, March 1st “Anti-caste” measures in his speech:

  • Abolish privileged retirement arrangements for presidents and vice presidents.
  • The unions will be forced to hold only one re-election.
  • The companies' agreements take precedence over those of the industry.
  • People convicted of corruption in the second case cannot stand for election.
  • Reduce consulting contracts in Congress.
  • Public financing of political parties will be abolished.

For Jeffrey Radzinski“They are politically effective because they are consistent with their campaign speech and challenge the privileges of certain groups that have benefited from them in the past,” he told LR+. However, he did not consider them “essential” for citizens as they are more concerned about inflation, their pensions, salaries, public health, etc.

On his part Alonso Cardenas He agreed, viewing these measures more as “a presidential campaign, not a government.” They were translated as “anti-personnel measures” or “anti-common citizens” who now have much more difficulty feeding themselves, among other things Securing salaries, ensuring the safety of citizens, ensuring the quality of public services are concerns in the country.”