On November 19, society expressed itself for change and Javier Milei was the one who best interpreted social discontent and knew how to articulate the appropriate message. I congratulate the President-elect for the great election made, and I wish him the best of luck for the next four years, in the face of the complex challenge that lies ahead.
Looking to the future, it is worth reflecting on the motivations for voting and its implications in terms of governance and administration of power. Citizens expressed themselves against a terrible government of Alberto Fernández, against a corporate state that offers poor services to its citizens and benefits – among others – businessmen who are friends of power.
The speech that was used to win is not useful to govern. Some chroniclers fantasize about a State without politicians, a collective catharsis that is absurd taken to the extreme of a country without a government, closer to an autocracy than to a representative democracy. As Borges would say, perhaps ironically, we deserve not to have governments.
We must leave the discourse of contempt for politics and cultivate a new message that revalues the agreements. The President has the unavoidable commitment to work within the framework of the three powers of the State, building majorities in Congress and ensuring respect for the Judicial Branch, this is the new challenge.
Congress cannot be excluded from the debate on the great issues of Argentina. It is necessary to strengthen the construction of institutional relations with the Legislative Branch and promote political debate. No omnibus law can replace parliamentary discussion.
There is no plebiscitary democracy that nullifies the functioning of Congress. The people are important but our system of government is representative. In the United States – a country admired, a reference, for the elected president – the role of the legislative chambers is fundamental and irreplaceable in the management of the State and the exercise of power.
Current National Deputy. Former Auditor General of the Nation and also former National Senator.
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