Cristina Kirchner returns to the scene with a talk on the economy after clashes with Javier Milei

After his crosses with Javier Milei on social networks, Cristina Kirchner He reappeared publicly this Friday in the Buenos Aires town of Merlo, where he received the distinction Honoris Causa from the National University of the West (UNO), and hard speech against the national Government asked the President:“Get rid of Friedman, get rid of the Austrian school, get the Argentine manual and start governing.”

In the framework of the presentation of the title, the former president gave a keynote speech entitled “It’s still a bi-currency economy, stupid”together with the mayor of Merlo, Gustavo Menendezand to the rector of the UNO, Roberto GalloAmong the attendees was the governor of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof and his vice, Veronica Magario, as well as numerous mayors, senators and deputies, Buenos Aires officials and representatives of Peronism and allied forces.

Cristina Kirchner’s harsh speech against Javier Milei

In her speech, which began around 5:30 p.m., Cristina identified the dollar debt as Argentina’s main economic problem, in the context of an economy marked by a shortage of foreign currency.A fiscal deficit is not the best thing that can happen to a country, but there must be a reason why, after 2008, very few countries in the world have a fiscal surplus.” he pointed out.

On this point, the former president said that “this does not mean that all other countries are fiscally degenerate,” but rather that “the problem is when there is no financing for this deficit.” “In Argentina the unit of value is the dollar; hoarding is also in dollars; and the peso is for the transaction,” analyzed.

She then went over the Mauricio Macri administration’s debt process and reviewed the two crises she had to go through during her first term as president: the conflict with the agricultural employers and the fall of Lehman Brothers.

He also recalled that between 2003 and 2008, his and Néstor Kirchner’s governments “completed a cycle of fiscal surplus with growth and social inclusion.” “That everyone is dying of hunger and you have money to spare is fantastic; the beauty is that people eat and you can manage the State. It’s not just about macroeconomics: it’s about governing a country,” he pointed out.

In another passage, the former vice president said that “everyone wants to lift the restrictions”: “Macri lifted them by destroying the country again, he brought the IMF back and had to put the restrictions back on, with 200 lousy dollars, which is what remains until today. Macristas, Peronists and libertarians have come and gone, and the restrictions remain.”

It was at that point that he fired heavy ammunition at President Milei, asking him to “get rid of Friedman, get rid of the Austrian school, hunt down the Argentine textbook, and please sit down and administer the country.”

However, he acknowledged that the libertarian economist had achieved the removal of Rodrigo Valdés as supervisor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the Argentine case, whom he defined as a person who “was not a great friend of Argentina.”

There he fired a shot at former President Alberto Fernández. “I wish others had made that effort”he said, and suggested to Milei: “I would take advantage of this momentum to see if we can achieve a payment schedule that is compatible with the country’s payment capacity.”

Cristina Kirchner later referred to “Argentina 100 years ago” – a model frequently praised by the La Libertad Avanza administration – and said that the country “was a disaster.” “Enough, Milei, of deceiving and poisoning our kids. 100 years ago we were a disaster. But also, if we were doing so well, why do you think Peronism came, brother? Let’s see if the gorillas wake up a bit for once,” he lashed out.

On this point, the former president criticised the Argentine education system, stating that “if Argentine education had reached every corner, a lunatic would not be able to come and say things that did not happen, that are lies, things that do not really exist.”

Message to the CGT and request to Javier Milei

Before closing, Cristina left a message for the General Confederation of Labor (CGT), whose central task, she assessed, “It must be requested that dependent workers in the first section also be covered, as well as informal workers in the AUH.”

“Even though we have the highest unionization rate in Latin America, we cannot ignore the fact that an informal world has emerged. In Ubaldini’s time, when Saúl spoke at a CGT event, he spoke on behalf of the workers. It is a problem of description. It does not mean that there are no representatives who represent their constituents very well, but there is an informal universe out there.” analyzed.

Finally, he asked Javier Milei to have decorum in his manners, in reference to the constant sexual analogies that the President uses in his speeches. “I respect the way of life that each one has chosen… not to have a family, not to have children, not to have grandchildren. Most of us have chosen to have children, grandchildren,” he began by saying.

And he added: “The word of a President is very important. Children pay attention to these things. We live in a country where there is a child who has been missing for 90 days and it is presumed that he was there for sexual trafficking. We have a deputy who was removed from the Legislature for sexual abuse, now another in Corrientes…”

As a roadmap for the future, he praised the vote in the Senate, where the University Financing Law was approved with the support of various political forces. And, on the contrary, he mentioned the support of the House of Representatives to the presidential veto on the retirement law.

“Those five radicals who turned around because their votes were bought, hit Milei with the caste. The caste he was talking about is the one that could screw the retirees,” he reflected. And he concluded: “We saw a girl gassed and a government lying. They disguised themselves as something they are not doing and that they are not.”