Louis Judge he replied to the president Alberto Fernandez after he demanded, through a tweet, that he retract his statements in the program Mirtha Legrand. In said program, Luís Juez had affirmed that “no Argentine can say that democracy changed his life.”
“Alberto Fernández cannot challenge his dog DylanSee if you can ask me to rectify myself. She has to wash her mouth out with bleach before she talks about me. I may be a sole but I’m an honorable fellowI don’t hide or bend over, I always go straight ahead and say what I think. If these criminals believe that democracy is having this standard of living, they are totally wrong, my old man dreamed of another Argentina,” said the senator of the Nation for Together for Change in radio statements to FM Delta.
Judge took advantage of the occasion to explain his statements, and made it clear that they were not said against democracy. “It’s hard to understand what asshole thinks I want to go back to ’76. I am 59 years old, I went to vote on October 30, 1983, it was my first vote. I was a member of Peronism since 1982 when democracy had not yet returned. I don’t have to give up the election of human rights like a lot of guys who became millionaires talking about the poor”, fired the senator, who suggested that, beyond accepting the democratic order as surpassing the dictatorial order of the seventies and beginning of the eighties, it is necessary to “consider other goals”.
“If I don’t set other goals I can’t be proud that half of Argentines are poor. I don’t know what we did with democracy, but you have a political caste that got rich, trade unionists who drive very expensive cars, businessmen who became millionaires with a hungry people” explained Judge.
In turn, the man from Córdoba launched a message for next year’s elections, and spoke of the need to “learn” and “make self-criticism”. “We are going to have a very complex scenario next year when we win. All these trade unionists who are taking a nap, next year they are going to activate and we are going to have a quilombo. We have to learn from past experiences and encourage ourselves to say things as they are, strengthening our virtues, accompanying us and giving encouragement”.
The details of the controversy
On Saturday, in the program of Mirtha Legrand, Judge was quickly questioned by the Spanish journalist Pilar Rahola, after affirming that democracy had not changed the life of any Argentine. “I cannot accept that sentence, forgive me. Democracy always saves life compared to dictatorship,” Rahola pointed out bluntly. Judge, you quickly tried to elaborate on his comment to justify his statement. “I’m saying that if we compare the standard of living 40 years ago with today, honestly, hand on heart, if we want to do a deep self-criticism… If we’re not going to do a self-criticism, we’re not going to start never”.
After the judge’s statements went viral on networks and in the press, causing debate and outrage, the president Alberto Fernandez harshly criticized the senator’s statements in a tweet. “The sayings of Luis Juez are a lack of respect for the history of our country and to those who left their lives so that Argentina belongs to everyone. To question democracy is to go back 40 years to the worst days in our history,” said the president. “Because democracy has improved our lives. And since it is perfectible, we will continue strengthening it to live every day in a better Argentina. In fact, thanks to her, Luis Juez has made his career. I hope he backs off. Within democracy, whatever they want. Outside, nothing, ”he concluded.
The sayings of Luis Juez are a lack of respect for the history of our country and for those who gave up their lives so that Argentina belongs to everyone.
To question democracy is to go back 40 years to the worst days in our history. pic.twitter.com/d6QRVXtsfS
– Alberto Fernandez (@alferdez) November 14, 2022
by RN
