The election year began and the former president Mauricio Macri who flirts with a possible candidacy made his first public appearance in sea of silverwith the excuse of the presentation of his latest book: “For what”From where launched harsh criticism of Kirchnerism: “We are facing the worst government of all time.”
“I’m fine, calm, at peace. I want to be here, I love this country, I’m here to help change,” Macri started in what seemed like a response to the video of President Alberto Fernández who criticized him in a spot on Wednesday.
“We are facing the worst government of all time. They have hurt us a lotMacri remarked.
Before the former president spoke, chants from the public were heard: “Mauricio Presidente feels, feels.” The mayor of Pinamar, Martin Yezawas the interlocutor for Macri’s talk.
In turn, he spoke of Together for Change and leadership: “Within the coalition that we have, we are open to a competition to see who leads. It is an important competition and it is good that it is so. We need the best level of politicians so that the young people don’t keep leaving. They took away the goals from the kids, the ball. We want to rebuild the field“.
“We want to be happy once more with our best companion, freedom”Macri highlighted. And by way of self-criticism, he launched: “In 2015, perhaps due to excesses of enthusiasm and inexperience, we did not realize what they had left us.”
Macri’s criticism of the economy
“We are living in a bankrupt Argentina, with 100% inflation. When you are a leader, you have to have priorities to help a greater number of people and get out of this moment,” said the former president.
And he redoubled his criticism of Kirchnerism: “I feel that the country is waking up and is warning that theIt is the end of this dark, manipulative, populist and lying governmentthat it is subjecting us and that the most affected are retirees and wage-earners”.
“The lie is falling. There are no more reserves in the Central Bank, the king has been left naked,” he completed.
“We perceive that the government is leaving us two big bombs: the debt of the Central Bank, which does not stop growing, and the issuance of pesos. We do not know where a government that does not focus on the problems of the people is going to take us.” , He launched.
Macri highlighted meritocracy
“We have to put together a good team, that is the dream, it is utopian but possible. We want to put together a team that works, with good and capable people. I prefer to sacrifice a little capacity but not human quality,” added Macri, criticized for the opposition for that phrase of “best team of the last 50 years“When I was President.
“And it is fundamental that each person who integrates the team must feel important, involved and committed, with a well-defined role,” continued the former president. And he summed up: “I am in favor of rewards and punishments, meritocracy“.
And he left a message for young people: “What matters to me is that young people do not leave the country. But we have to make a deep, clear and fast change. Young people are anxious, they want change now. If we don’t give them results Soon they’re going to go to hell, and then if we don’t get them back once more. There is no worse virus than hopelessness“.
Towards the end of Yeza’s 52-minute interview, the mayor asked him what the next President needs to have. “He has to revive the presidential word, which is so beaten. Then he has to tell the truth 24 hours a day, no matter how hard it is, the people who vote for that president need to trust,” Macri replied.
And he concluded: “He finally has to have the courage to make a profound change to face the 70 tons of stones that we are going to throw at ourselves. He will have to be prepared.”
Macri: the end of Kirchnerism and hope
After the talk he had with the mayor of Pinamar, Macri spoke at the Hotel Costa Galana, invited by the Global Foundation and the Libertad Foundation. There he spoke of the end of Kirchnerism and the hope that is coming.
“Starting in December 2023 another story begins and from January 2024 we will build a path month by month where we will be better every day, a little, but better. The improvement will not be immediate, but there will be a light to start believing, to start glimpse of good sense and normality,” said Mauricio Macri.
And he highlighted: “The journey will be complex, we will have to work, it will be game by game. Every month it will be a small victory that we will have to enjoy. Kirchnerism is the final expression of the failure of this government“.
“We are much better than in 2015. More mature, more united, with a group of young people from parties allied to the PRO who rejuvenate ideas and strengthen us to face the mafias. We have what it takes to fight the mafias that They have taken over the country many years ago. I feel that society has also changed and I perceive that it is willing to let go, to let the past go,” Macri remarked.
And the former president, always with soccer analogies following his time as president of Boca Juniors and leader of FIFA, left a comparison with the Scaleneta: “If the kids won the Soccer World Cup, we can win the one for agriculture, tourism, software, but setting rules, without devouring the one next door“.
About the end, he took up a recurring theme in his two acts: “Listen to a president who does not believe in meritocracy is an insult to the people, to society.”
“I just want to ask you to give us one more chance, the last card, please, trust us so that all this lies and darkness are left behind. The Argentine can’t stand so many lies anymore, he doesn’t turn on the TV anymore so he doesn’t see them more. He only waits for October to arrive to turn the page and leave these gentlemen in oblivion and start another stage”, was his final request.
Then, applause, a new shout of “Macri presidente” and the song Rock You, by Queen, to fire him.
The leaders who accompanied Macri
Among those present, in the first rows there were PRO leaders such as the national deputy and pre-candidate for the Buenos Aires governorship Diego Santillio Jorge MacriBuenos Aires government minister and aspiring to become Head of Government, for vacations or campaign there were two conspicuous absences. As confirmed Clarion In the place, neither Patricia Bullrich nor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta participated in the presentation in Playa Grande.
They were also the former senator Miguel Angel Pichettothe last candidate for vice president of Mauricio Macri, the deputy and former Minister of Security from Buenos Aires, Christian Ritondo.
“Mauricio instilled in me the value of speaking, respect, looking the neighbors in the face, discussing and debating, but always standing up and listening to the needs of the people,” he said. Guillermo Montenegromayor of General Pueyrredón, the party headquartered in Mar del Plata and first speaker.
They were also the ex-governor Mary Eugenia Vidaland the community leaders of Lanús, Néstor Grindetti, and February 3, Diego Valenzuela.
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