Hours after President Javier Milei’s unusual presentation of the 2025 Budget in Congress, Miguel Ángel Pichetto questioned the president’s arguments and He pointed especially at the members of an official box with officials and activists who celebrated the statements of the libertarian leader and those of the former dialoguing deputy He tried to be a “gang” .
The head of the Federal Republican Encounter bloc indicated this Monday that he went to listen to the President “out of respect for institutions” and why I was waiting meet a composing message with the different spaces. He maintained, however, that Milei’s time in Parliament was “despicable” for his statements and because he did not meet the expectations of the governors.
“The provinces had different expectations “With the budget, especially with public works, there are roads that are deteriorating. It is essential that there is investment, that also affects the private sector,” said the deputy.
Continuing with the questions to the President’s speech, Pichetto stated that “the road must be of reasonable construction and “It remains aggression, conflict and blockage.” “I don’t think the country can overcome its economic difficulties if there are no agreements or political reasonableness,” he said.
In these last mentions, Pichetto recalled Milei’s veto of the increase in pensions and also the budget reform of universities which would have the same fate and which was approved in Congress.
Miguel Ángel Pichetto entering Congress to listen to Milei. Photo: Maxi Failla.
“But, well, the conflict is still ongoing. ‘The rats are there.’ You have to find the enemy and demonize to a part of society. That’s so old“, said the deputy about the behavior of the ruling party.
There Pichetto continued to oppose Milei’s speech and especially the supporters who were in a box in Congress, clapping and shouting at every definition that the President did, especially when criticizing Kirchnerism.
“I see it” complicating matters for the Government if there are no agreements reasonable politicians in the relationship between the Executive and Legislative Powers, there are certain authoritarian tendencies. Yesterday I was that infamous gang up on a stage shouting. “I find all this despicable,” the MP said in an interview with NET TV.
In turn, Pichetto highlighted the forms that he believes should be respected in Congress. In this regard, he recalled that When he presided over the Senate, he “did not even allow applause” to maintain a ceremonial atmosphere.
“You shouldn’t drink mate either.“We should drink coffee from a cup, there are aspects of solemnity that should not be lost in these settings,” he added.
Who was in the libertarian box that Pichetto called a “gang”
Pichetto made this mention in this way to the box occupied by officials and libertarian activistsmost of troll profile on social media.
He seemed to be referring especially to the box where they were in the front row. Agustin Romo (president of the La Libertad Avanza bloc in the Buenos Aires Chamber of Deputies and influential Twitter user), Nahuel Sotelo (Secretary of Religion and Civilization), Sebastian Amerio (Secretary of Justice) or Maria Ibarzabal (in charge of Regulatory Modernization).
There was also seen Juan Pablo Carreira (director of Digital Communication known as Juan Doe on social networks), Thomas Jurado (ultra-official tweeter best known on social networks El peluca Milei) and other communicators such as Ezekiel Acuna, Lucas Luna y Francisco Pirovano.
The libertarian box in Congress that Miguel Ángel Pichetto called a “gang.”
The low attendance of legislators, especially from Kirchnerism and the left, made that libertarian box manage the climate of the premiseswith applause and ovations for Milei.
“If it weren’t for his applauders“Milei did not arouse any support,” said Germán Martínez, head of the Union for the Homeland bloc, along the same lines as Pichetto.
The representative of the Federal Republican Meeting also said that the Government’s advisors “must be Analyzing disinterest” of the people because of the little attention that Milei’s national chain had.
“If people have no interest in listening to you, if you turned off the TV or watched a Netflix series, there is a fact and it needs to be analyzed. The audience was very low. And it was also very low on the President’s own official YouTube channel, these are significant data that should be reconsidered,” Pichetto said.
