2023-09-28 21:28:00
Last Saturday, in a meeting where he reappeared publicly and focused his speech on the economic and political situation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner He asked for forgiveness. She did so in the face of militancy and apologized “for not being able to comply.” “Now we have to move forward because we need Argentine society to know what the problem with our economy really is,” he said next. Naturally, While the campaign of the five presidential candidates goes on, the economy continues to be society’s big problem.
And this is confirmed by the figures given by Indec itself: the poverty It already affects 40.1% of the population (this means that 18.6 million people do not even make ends meet, accumulate debts and cannot cover basic needs such as a healthy and nutritious diet). In addition, 4.3 million are “destitute” because their income is not enough to cover basic food expenses.
At the same time, the candidates who have the best chance of reaching the Casa Rosada in December can be heard performing a variety show. The idea of characterizing national politics with the circus artists who put on these shows was developed in various notes on his website by the journalist, writer and thinker Jorge Asis in reference to the actions of Sergio Massa, the Minister of Economy (who is also a candidate), who announces measures in the middle of the electoral campaign while the kitchen, in reality, is burning.
National Survey: Milei leads the voting intention, but 47.6% believe that the economy will worsen
The spots of the former president of the Chamber of Deputies work on that idea: he is a “savior” who grabbed a “hot iron”, with nobility, and took charge of a battered economy. After the primaries where Javier Miley, the other candidate with a chance to preside over the country, was the most voted at the polls, Massa announced a battery of economic measures aimed at different social sectors to resume an agenda co-opted by libertarians. The photos that have the most impact are, however, those of events such as those in Plottier (Neuquén) or Ensenada, where the cameras put leaders and officials in the foreground smiling and applauding while there are families who do not eat. Poverty and the campaign.
In public opinion, a bad outlook is perceived, despite the color of the actions. A consultancy survey Circuits, by Pablo Romá, asked a total of 2,188 cases via telephone what they think the situation in the country will be like in the coming months. 47.6% responded that it is going to get worse, 21.7% that it is going to improve and 20.4% that it is going to stay the same. 10.3% said they did not know, because uncertainty is another hallmark of this time in Argentina.
The chainsaw and the prison
Just as Sergio Massa exploited, even before the beginning of the ban, inaugurations and various measures that had a proselytizing subtext, Javier Milei and Patricia Bullrich also strive to take center stage before October 22.
It costs the libertarian less for his good performance in the PASO of August 13 and because his speech against “those who brought us here” speaks like no other. In different caravans through places like Olavarría or Corrientes, he turned on chainsaws and lifted shovels. In the Mesopotamian city he also picked up a presidential staff and raised it looking to the sky, awakening the delirium of his followers.
However, Milei also occupies the public debate for his proposals and actions. The last one was the pact with the unionist Luis Barrionuevo, the tireless head of the Union of Tourism, Hotel and Gastronomic Workers (Uthgra) for 38 years, who does not fit within the “anti-caste” discourse that the economist preaches. However, outside of the discourse, in practice Barrionuevo has already joined the lion’s machinery.
This Wednesday, journalist Fernando del Rincón de CNN He assured that the libertarian’s team suspended an interview that had been agreed upon hours before it took place because “they are going to keep it for 10 days.” “Do they keep him for protection or safety? For their health? Or do they keep him because they no longer want to risk the little points they have? Where do they keep Javier Milei?” the Mexican asked.
Rincón himself, who also did not receive a response from Massa, did speak with Patricia Bullrich, who referred to the noises between radicalism and former president Mauricio Macri in recent weeks. “I told him that it is not the time to go out and cause problems or criticism”, assured the PRO representative who asked the creator of the yellow seal. Rincón asked what Macri responded and Bullrich stated that he nodded. The statement is important for two reasons: an unknown obedience of the former political leader of Together for Change and also a tension that surfaces again, weeks before the elections, between the businessman and the UCR. A question flies over various columns and analyzes these days: what will happen to the Cambiomita coalition composed of the PRO, the centenary party, the Peronism of Miguel Pichetto and the Civic Coalition if its candidate does not win the elections?
Five days ago, in the run-up to the event where Cristina Kirchner would speak for the first time after the PASO, the Bullrich team released a new spot where the candidate promised to build a maximum security prison if he becomes president. The institution would have the name of the vice president. Unlike Milei and Massa’s appearances, the former Minister of Security has difficulties creating scenarios and topics of conversation that establish her in public discussion. However, just as the Minister of Economy is shown announcing measures and Milei is replicated with a chainsaw on social networks, she tries to move in the game of media impact.
Everything happens while the INDEC assures that poverty is 40.1% and in a scenario where the candidates’ proposals to solve a fragile economy take second place.
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