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In dialogue with Jorge Fontevecchiathe national deputy for the City of Together for Change said that “in difficult times, extremes do not lead to agreements” and did not rule out a possible candidacy of Lilita Carrio although she assured that this is a “personal decision” that only she should make.
JF: Is the Civic Coalition going to present a candidate for president and in that case, who might it be?
PO: We will make an evaluation closer to the date. It’s very good regarding Miguel Angel Picketto, it has to represent a space. Each one will do their evaluation. We are thinking of strengthening our party and each one from our place, working to generate proposals. In the foundations of the parties there is working on a common platform and I am one of the coordinators of the technical teams. It is very hard work and once that is resolved we will do an evaluation. each of himThe spaces will make the best proposal to empower Together for Change in the PASO.
JF: Lilita, will she be a candidate once more? Can the Civic Coalition give the luxury that a character of that dimension is not a candidate?
PO: Us we can’t afford to lose it and she is not willing to run from politics. This time in which she was educated, she gave classes, she was with her family, it did her good and her role now is important for Together for Change and I would call you indispensable to our political force. The decision to be a candidate for a person who was four times a candidate for president, even knowing that she was going to lose, but to uphold her values, is a very personal decision that she will have to meditate on.
JF: Would you like it to be?
PO: I always accompany her. She has a center gaze, a proposal that represents values. He has matured throughout his years in politics and has a very clear vision of the country. We have seen it in his intervention regarding the IMF. The decision is very personal. of it and will be discussed with us closer to the date.
JF: You mention what she did for the agreement with the IMF to be voted for by the majority of Together for Change. The hawks were the ones saying no and they are the ones praising Milei. Is there a Together for Change that unites the “doves”, the ARI, Republican Peronism and Radicalism, different from the “hawks” of the Pro?
PO: That definition of hawk and dove, what would we be when we denounced Kirchnerism when no one spoke, or that we denounced drug trafficking. The institutional rationality in critical moments in Argentina it has to do with how you value the institutions and the consequences of your decisions.
JF: The mere baptism of names is pejorative, I agree. Is there a point of agreement of rationality, center and progressivism that unites each part within Together for Change with the sectors identified with Javier Mieli?
PO: The extremes in moments of crisis do not workn, they do not reach agreements, especially in an Argentina where political representation is atomized. Although it seems that there are two big nuclei, neither has a majority in both chambers. There has to be rationality because beyond everything, the Argentines need a way out.
And the question is: what would have happened if Congress had rejected the agreement with the IMF the next day? Because Argentina has already experienced the default experience. We would have had an uncontrollable country risk, an impossible rise in the dollar, an inflation that was higher than it is. Beyond that, whoever does politics seriously you don’t have to measure the personal consequences in a stock or if a certain stock is going to position you better than another in a potential election within 18 months. You have to decide and take risks and move Argentina forward.
JF: There are extremes, and if I understand correctly, you were also referring to the extremes of the governing coalition, the point of contact between Máximo Kirchner and the most radicalized Kirchnerism with the most radicalized part of the Pro…
PO: Yes, extremes in general. We have been firm throughout our political history, but we have never been extreme. We have lived and analyzed the historical experiences. Those of us who have lived through 2001 know that extremes are not the way out for a society in crisis and distressed. Macri, Larreta and Bulrrich have had a very good intervention and we have worked hard on the drafting of the text.
The government asked us as a condition that they approve the economic plan, which that was not the power of Parliament. I remember having argued at first that we might not vote on it as it came from the executive in legal terms. Some looked at me saying that it was not a legal issue but a political one and we cannot dissociate the political from the legal and ignore our computer that is the constitution and the institutions. We have been able to adapt a text in accordance with the law, for which Lilita was essential.
