Those of us who followed the electoral campaign in Argentina even before PASO (compulsory simultaneous open primaries) realized that we could be more against or more for Javier Miley, but we couldn’t ignore it. And that the vote against him was not because he fully agreed, but rather a vote against amending the entire system. Voting against the system. But after the first round of the presidential elections, a surprise awaited us. Despite his victory in PASO, the Minister of Economy Sergio Massa, was in first position, and economist Javier Miley was in second. Together for change with Patricia Bullrich the leader did not advance to the second round, and Juan Schiaretti The Justicialist parties did not take any position.

Faced with this situation, the Acassuso Pact was signed within 72 hours between the PRO (Republican proposal) Mauricio Macri and Javier Miley in the second round, and this despite the fact that there was skepticism about the votes of the UCR (Radical Civil Union), which sharply criticized Miley. He gave freedom of speech. It was the results of the second round that showed that the pact between Macri and Miley was successful.

We have to ask ourselves who it was better for: Milea or PRO Macri and Bullrich. The answer is clear to both of us. In many constituencies, the sum of the parties La Libertad Avanza and Miley’s Juntos summed up the results of the second round: there was no dissidence, no empty votes, there was a central and right front in support of the libertarians. And thanks to this, Javier Miley was elected president today.

This week, Javier Miley revealed that he buried a chainsaw. Miley’s chainsaw not only meant cutting government spending, but was also a way of campaigning and making speeches. Shouting, insults, harshness, anti-political speeches. It’s all over.

This will not be a dogmatic government, but a government of the best. “It’s a confrontation with reality.”

Now we have Miley with a calm speech, with a shortened future ministerial cabinet, yes, but with a large number of secretaries of state. And with ministers who are the exact opposite of his original speech. In fact, as he said in various interviews, this will not be a dogmatic government, it will be a government of the best, no matter where they come from. And this is not just another populist measure, it is a clash with reality.

Without the support of the Peronist sectors, it will be impossible to put forward anything or pass any legislation. He will have to consolidate the support of the radicals from the UCR, from representatives of the missile defense system, from the dissident justicialism of the Federal Unit, if he does not want to end up like what happened to Macri during his presidency (2015-2019), which was limited by the lack of control over Congress, then there is the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

This is how they understand his statement at the Los Olivos presidential residence, in which he calls himself a “Menemist.” Or at the same time, when people very close to Macri choose different ministries, such as Patricia Bullrich or Louis Caputo. There is also a fee for a person close to Schiaretti. Osvaldo Giordano. It’s also possible that Christian Ritondo or Florencio Randazzo presides over the Chamber of Deputies. Macri wants Ritondo, Miley wants Randazzo, a native of Justicialism. Despite Victoria Villaruel, The future Vice President of Argentina wanted to concentrate various ministerial portfolios, they will go to Patricia Bullrich, on the one hand, because Nicolas PosseChief of Staff Miley.

There will be no amendment to caste because it will be ruled by caste. Yes, there is an amendment to all Kirchnerist policies

These facts cause the most libertarian faction of La Libertad Avanza to raise its eyebrows, because there is no caste amendment, on the contrary. It will be governed by caste and expected to participate in decision making. Yes, this will be an amendment to all the Kirchnerist policies from which the country is suffering. And an example of this is the guarantees given by the future Minister of Justice Mariano Cuneo Libaronawho met with the Supreme Court and ensured that the judiciary would be independent and that they had no desire to play with its funds or appointments, as K. did.

Moreover, in Argentina, as a federal state, the role of governors is important. The governors of Mendoza, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Chubut, Jujuy, Chaco, San Juan, the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe and San Luis agreed that they would guarantee governability and act with institutional responsibility. They are all from the organization “Together for Change” and its various factions.

It must be borne in mind that according to the results of the second round, Sergio Massa won only in four states: Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Formosa and Buenos Aires. And so there is widespread support for Miley throughout the country, as well as for Together for Change, which has half the governors, if we discard the lists of some provinces, 10 out of 24 possible. Thus, Miley, if he plays his cards correctly, it is possible that not only the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, but also almost the majority of provincial governors will be in his favor. Hence the balance in appointments.

In conclusion, we must say goodbye to the chainsaw, we must say goodbye to everything that surrounded Miley before the second round of the presidential election. There are some ideas that still exist, such as closing the Central Bank or cutting spending because “there is no money” as he has repeatedly stated. But others, on the other hand, such as dollarization, seem to be moving away, putting people opposed to its adoption before the economy and the Central Bank, and even he himself admitted that in the short and medium term this is not necessary. term. Although he has not yet begun to govern the country, pickets have already taken to the streets.

As I said Jorge Luis Borges In this poem, memory does not mint its coin, and yet there is something that remains, and yet there is something that complains.


Guillem Pursals He is a Doctor of Law, Master of Security, and a specialist in conflict, public security and state theory.