The former president of Uruguay José Mujica (2010-2015) assured this Monday that the triumph of Javier Miley as the new elected president of Argentina is a “setback” while maintaining that Peronism “was not up to the task.”
“It is unfortunate, because not only does it mark a setback, now modern societies are very anxious and tend and vote without being very clear about what they are voting for and unfortunately in Argentina there is a crisis of that type”said the former president in an interview with local radio Sarandí.
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In Things in Their Place Juan Miguel Carzolio (@JMCarzolio) and Federico Anfitti (@Fedeanfitti1) spoke with former president José Mujica about the results of the elections in Argentina and stated that the new Peronist generations were not up to the task. pic.twitter.com/eYcl6vg9fJ
— Sarandí 690 (@RadioSarandi690) November 20, 2023
He added that with this result, in which Milei won with a wide advantage over the Government candidate and current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, “the old radicalism and Peronism” now “They will probably enter a crisis.”
“Peronism seized a situation in the 40-odd year of a very rich and very socially unjust country and distributed it because it had, but you cannot live from the past, other times and other problems came and they did not rise to the occasion.” ”held.
Mujica highlighted that “neither men nor governments do what they want”without “they do what they can” and? “sometimes they can do more, they don’t do it” so he asserted that “it remains as a debt for the people”
The leader of La Libertad Avanza (ultaderecha) won this Sunday with 55.69% of the votes against the official candidate (Peronism), the current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, who obtained 44.3%, to occupy the presidency of Argentina .
