For the first time since the change in the Chief of Staff, President Javier Milei spoke directly about the departure of Nicolás Posse, his friend “for 18 years.” In addition, he once again defended the Minister of Human Capital, Sandra Pettovello, after the scandal over undelivered food. He did it from Spain, where he first received the International Medal of the Community of Madrid from Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of Madrid, and then he was honored by the Juan de Mariana Institute, where he received an award in recognition of his libertarian belonging. of the.
There, he thanked the leaders of liberalism who attended the event and who also honored him in their previous speeches. During his presentation, he reviewed the economic situation that Argentina received and defended his policies. “There was debt with importers, which was why production was stopped because it could not be imported.”he recalled.
“We had structurally legislative and power weakness. And making an adjustment of these characteristics, the GDP fell 7% in the first quarter, but in 2002 after convertibility it was 10.9%,” he said and added: “We made a revolution in the social issue because we knew that the The adjustment was going to be strong, so we doubled the Food Plan and AUH, support for students so that they have supplies and assistance for the fees of low-income schools.”
“With all this the country would have exploded and yet it did not explode but they criticize the Government’s social policy. The thing is that we did something interesting which was to eliminate the intermediaries of poverty. People who raise the noble cause of supporting those most in need,” he assured.
It was at that moment when he took the opportunity to defend Sandra Pettovello and explain, for the first time in public, Posse’s departure: “They have criticized the Minister of Human Capital enormously, who is a friend of mine and is honest. They think I would have problems firing someone from my Cabinet because he is a friend. Well, the Chief of Staff (Nicolás Posse) who was ejected, I have been a friend for 18 years. He did not meet the objectives and left. Track, outside Here you have to meet the objectives. He who does not comply with them, no matter how much he has known them for 20 years, outside,” he said.
“The Minister of Human Capital discovered that the card that was given, one believed that the beneficiary charged it in full. But not. They had to certify that they had worked and half of them stayed there. One thing we did was remove the benefit obligation. That situation was complicated, not for those who received double the amount, but the poverty managers announced a massive march of 100 thousand people. They came out to say everything, that it was a populist government. In reality it was taking away the thieves’ jobs.“Milei said in another section of his speech.
In addition, the President highlighted the complaints policy that was implemented to receive complaints from beneficiaries of social plans. “The street belongs to Argentines who want to work, whoever blocks the street does not get paid,” he highlighted.
Before, after receiving the International Medal of the Community of Madrid from Díaz Ayuso, Milei He defended his economic policies and his goal of reaching zero deficit. “We are going to send a project to make issuing money a crime against humanity,” he promised. “Fortunately, Argentines woke up to the ideas of freedom and understood that you don’t get away with populism. You get away with responsibility, capitalism, savings and hard work. The way out is with liberalism,” he added.
“I want to share a phrase from Mises. He says that knowledge in economics leads to liberalism. And Hayek says that if socialists understood economics they would not be socialists. It seems that one of the exceptions to the rule is with Pedro Sánchez who, evidently, despite having studied economics, he did not understand or like the State very much to take advantage of the Spaniards. But I have hope that they are waking up like Argentina woke up,” Milei launched.
After passing through Spain, Milei will continue her European tour with a visit, starting today, to the German cities of Hamburg and Berlin, where she will receive an award from the Hayek Society and will have a brief and controversial meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and federal government officials, with a social democratic orientation.
After the activities at the German Chancellery, Milei and his delegation – which will also be joined by the Minister of Defense, Luis Petrik – will leave for the Czech Republic. They will be received by the Argentine ambassador in Prague, Claudio Rozencwaig, and by the local Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jan Lipavsky.
