The former Uruguayan president assured that now the responsibility lies with militancy and asked not to fall into violence.
Jose Mujica commented on the victory of the Argentine president-elect, Javier Mileiand assured that there will be “inevitable” resistance from the people against the shock measures that the libertarian proposes; Meanwhile, he said that the responsibility now lies with the militancy, although he asked that it not fall into violence.
The former Uruguayan president spoke in his column on the Argentine station Radio 10 about the libertarian’s victory Javier Milei in the presidential elections last Sunday. The elected president confronted the current Ministry of Economy, Sergio Massawho had received support from Mujica by ensuring that “I would vote for him with both hands.”
A militancy job
Faced with Milei’s victory, Mujica assured that “we must fight to resist and we must fight not to fall into violence”, at the same time that “surely the resistance of the Argentine people will be expressed in the streets here and there, and surely, pragmatism in the conservative version can lead to committing the error of use repressive resources of the State.”
In this sense, he highlighted the importance of do not fall into state violence which could escalate to very dangerous levels. “This is a path that knows where it begins, but never knows where it ends. The repressive violence of the State, which begins as a tactical response, does not know where it ends. This is the worst of all the dangers that lie ahead, he said.
Furthermore, he stressed that he is sure that the Argentine people will come out to complain if the adjustment measures strong that the elected Argentine president proposes. “I have no doubt, due to the history of Argentine society, that there will be, to the extent of the announcements, resistance in the streets. I have no doubt that the shock measures that are announced will generate in the circles where the crisis hits the hardest. poverty, they are going to generate endurance and a lot anxiety”, he assured.
“Hopefully the changes that are announced will be bearable for the Argentine society and I hope they don’t mean a freedom spill and, above all, of life,” he asked regarding the promises of Javier Milei. “Inevitably people are going to resist. The answer lies in the degree of defiance and intelligence that the militant core can sustain. “It is quite a challenge,” he remarked.
A lesson for the government
In reference to the surprise victory of Javier Milei – who entered Argentine politics just 2 years ago and achieved exponential scale – Mujica He assured that “it leaves a lesson that would be good to remember” and “that desire should not be confused with reality.” For his part, he expressed that “the people have the right to make mistakes.”
“The fiscal discipline It is also a tool that must be applied, because you cannot face reality alone. issuing tickets. This is a lesson that must remain engraved…This is a fateful case that once again gives us a lesson that we already had in history, but that is clinched. It hits a society that desperately seeks a way out. It would be good for us to remember this forever,” she stressed.
Source: Ambito
