The governor of Jujuy, Gerard Morales, responded to the former president Mauricio Macri, who questioned the provincial president by saying that he “stresses” the coalition of Together for Change. “Mauricio is the head of Pro, but not of radicalism, he is not my boss,” Morales emphasized, adding that -as president of the UCR- he cannot “let go” of certain expressions to the former head of state, such as his vindication of the neoliberalism.
In an interview with TN, Morales stressed that Macri “helped Jujuy a lot”, expressed his gratitude to him and maintained that “the people of Jujuy should be grateful” to the former president, but – in any case – he acknowledged that they have differences.
In relation to this, he referred to the statements of Mauricio Macri, who, when speaking of the governor of Jujuy, had indicated: “All priests have the right to be popes, but he has to find a way to do it without putting so much stress on the unity of the coalition.”
In this regard, Morales ruled: “I raise the things that I see that are wrong, and that does not like the Pro.” In that sense, he projected forceful: “El Pro had been leading the coalition of Together for Change and that will no longer happen.” And he finished: “Mauricio is the head of the Pro, but not of radicalism, he is not my boss.”
In addition, he doubled the bet and maintained that “What stresses are attitudes or expressions of a referent as important as him, who has just been president and, although he is not my boss, he is one of the most important opinions of Together for Change”.
“Mauricio makes a historical revision, vindicates Menem and the neoliberalism of the 90s, but there we were in different spaces, he was in another place,” said the Jujuy leader. And he added: “One of the reproaches, which I told Mauricio himself and the Pro, is which turns out we were the wonder team, the greatest of all time, and look how we did. We did good things, but also bad things, that’s why people voted once morest it. It’s not that the people were wrong.”
On this point, he added that “radicalism is part of the vote” and all those who are part of that space have “the vocation to strengthen it.” However, he clarified: “We have to do things right. We will not arrive crowded or without a plan in 2023 if we have to reach the Government, but If Mauricio vindicates neoliberalism, my obligation is to tell him what we think. Looking back to the 1990s, we were in different places. The attitude that he must have so that tensions are not generated is to look forward”.
“Saying that Alfonsín’s ideas and principles are invalid is something we do not share. It is what allowed us to recover peace, justice, truth and democracy. Then, there are some expressions of a leader as important as Mauricio that should go the other way; and I, as president of the party, cannot let them pass. If you make them public, you must have a public response,” he concluded.
