Javier Milei assured that Argentina “needs profound changes” and pointed out against politics
“The country needs profound changes, basic economic reforms. Today, while it is being discussed in the Senate the most ambitious project since the return of democracy, there can be no doubt that Argentina is facing a turning point“Milei continued and added that we are faced with two paths: “The path that brought us here, of the present State that is only present for some and that plunges the rest into misery” either “return to the path of freedom from which we should never have strayed.”
Then, he questioned the role of a political sector that, despite the popular mandate, They pursue “a personal and base interest, of the political caste that resists making reforms”because, as he said, if the changes are carried out “they don’t come back again.”
“Six months after assuming the government, still They do everything possible to prevent our program from prospering.“he asserted Milei and considered that it is because the program of your administration “it puts at risk the unjust system from which they feed.” “They have to understand that charity is good, but if it is done with their own pocket,” he shot.
At the same time, he considered that the State It is “a criminal and violent organization while it is financed with a coercive source income call taxes”. And he stated that the intervention “it introduces distortions in the price system and prevents correct economic calculation.”
Milei celebrated the spending cut: “In less than six months we have adjusted 15 points of GDP”
Regarding the size of the State, the libertarian president celebrated that “In less than six months we have adjusted the equivalent of 15 points of GDP” and he announced that once they finish resolve “the inheritance” of the previous government They will be able to lift the restrictions on the purchase of foreign currency: “Once we finish solving the put problem, I promise that we will definitively open the stocks.”
Then he referred to the Bases law and compared it with the reforms that were carried out in the 90s. “The biggest reform was that of Carlos Menem. The Bases law is five times larger. And if we add the DNU, which is still standing, we are making structural reforms eight times larger,” he stated.
Later, he again targeted the Legislative Branch. “We have 3,200 pending reforms and we are going to carry them out whether politics wants it or not,” he said.
In that sense, he proposed that Argentine society must remember “after accumulating failure after failure, that economic freedom brings improvements for everyone, not just for some.” “Today we are faced with a bifurcation: either we persist on the path of decadence or we dare to travel the path of freedom.”
Javier Milei spoke about the “battle” outside Congress and spoke to politics: “They have time to work together”
The president took the opportunity to make a reference to the repression and the clashes between protesters and the Police in the vicinity of Congress. According to him he said, The battle for the direction of Argentina “is taking place in the streets”. And he thanked the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, for the role: “Fortunately we have a great minister who is putting the streets in order as we promised during the campaign.”
Milei affirmed that the Government is undertaking the Liberty Walk “with the tools we have. Now it is the turn of the rest of politics to decide whether to accompany or turn its back on the popular mandate of live in a freer country with a more dynamic economyor if he insists on persisting on the path of servitude, condemning us all to misery.” Then, he spoke to the politicians: ““There is still time to work together and show society that the political leadership can live up to its demands.”
Minutes before his presentation, the owner of Tesla, SpaceX and “X”, Elon Musk He spoke about the place of liberalism in current geopolitics and referred in particular to the case of Milei. “Let Milei conduct this experiment. Past policies have not been successful. We know that for a fact,” she stated.
Once the event is over, the Argentine head of state will leave for Europe to participate in the summit of the G7 in Italy. There, he will meet with the head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva, the prime minister of Italy, Georgia Meloni and the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, among others.
