After the president Javier Milei canceled the presentation of his book and denounced an attempt to sabotage the event “Kirchnerist style,” Alejandro Vaccaropresident of the El Libro Foundation, clarified that they had “agreed on all the details,” except when in the negotiation They asked them for “5,000 free tickets for the event”.
“There was no such hostility. On Tuesday, about 20 or 25 people came representing the General Secretariat of the Presidency, the Military House, the President’s security and we agreed in all the details so that he can present the book in that space (the center court) that we have not contracted but that La Rural, as they told us, gave it over without problems to Javier Milei,” Vaccaro said.
In dialogue with Urbana Play, the president of the El Libro Foundation told a piece of information that added a new ingredient to the controversy. “The only thing I see that appears around there is that they They asked us for 5,000 free tickets for the event. In principle, as president of the foundation I do not have the power to give 5,000 tickets on a Sunday. “That’s 25 million pesos.”
“We told him we couldn’t. The only thing we said no to is that,” Vaccaro pointed out, less than 24 hours after Javier Milei assured that he decided not to go to the Palermo property to avoid exposing himself to a possible blockade.
During an interview with El Observador radio, the head of state said: “My sister is carrying out this negotiation and there is a level of hostility towards me and our people. It makes us suspect that there is an intention to sabotage the presentation, by Kirchnerist style”.
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He was going to present his new book Capitalism, Socialism and the Neoclassical Trap. He also targeted Alejandro Vaccaro and his speech.
In this context, Alejandro Vaccaro stated that “there was no reason” to provide 5,000 courtesy passes and explained that they have “a protocol” to provide up to 200 tickets.
“There is no reason for us to give away 5,000 tickets for free in a complex socioeconomic context, where the economic equation of our organization is at its limit,” he argued.
Asked if the accusations made by Milei are true, the president of the Foundation responded: “The only thing that is certain, I think, is that he is going to present the book at Luna Park. Now, there was hostility regarding his presence, not at all “.
“If you analyze it from a little distance, what is best for the Fair is for him to come, for him to participate, for everything to be a party, for his followers to be able to listen to him. For us that is what is best for us as organizers. of a plural, broad Fair, like the one we always do,” he added.
In addition, he indicated that they found out that the presentation was not going to take place when the President “spoke through the media.” The activity was scheduled for the afternoon of Sunday, May 12 on the central court of La Rural.
In dialogue with Clarín, the president of the El Libro Foundation pointed out: “I think there are two issues here. On the one hand, they measured that the event was not going to turn out as they thought.”
“The President has all the legitimacy in the world because Argentine society has elected him, but it is not at all easy to mobilize five or six thousand people, to put them in La Rural within the framework of the Book Fair, to arrange the entire security and screens and equipment that this requires and that they also pay the entrance fee of five thousand pesos,” he stressed.
Finally, he summarized: “We made an estimate that included the rental of the screens and all the organizational issues and everything. This act involved about 300 million pesos plus some extras. “Maybe they thought it was a very high expense.”
Adorni’s response to the version of the request for 5 thousand tickets
After the version released by the Book Fair, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni stated that Javier Milei’s government was dissatisfied with “the offer of 200 tickets for a massive event.”
“It was clear that there was no genuine desire for the President to visit or present his book at the fair. The truth is that the offer of 200 tickets for a massive event as expected before the presentation of a book by the President, It seemed to us to be part of something that wasn’t working or wasn’t going to work.“said Adorni.
In his usual morning press conference, the national official stated: “We considered that we were indeed going to find ourselves facing an episode of unfriendly characteristics on the day of the presentation.”
“The President ended up resolving, beyond the suggestions that have been made to him by his close people and his collaborators, that this actually does not happen and on May 22 the presentation will be made at Luna Park. Everything The rest is gossip, it is speculation,” he insisted.
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The presidential spokesperson expressed that “he is not aware” that the government has requested 5,000 tickets for the presentation of Javier Milei’s book.
When asked about whether the order figure of 5,000 tickets was correct, he simply replied that it was a number that he “does not know.”
“I don’t know that this was the case. Likewise, the hostility was evident. In fact, I understand that at some press conference held at the Book Fair they even booed the President when he was named and “No one has said anything. It seemed to us that it was not the best time or place to do it,” he added.
