The Argentina It crosses one of its most complex stages from the return of the democracy. The economic crisis It is combined with a growing social tension, A deep deterioration of institutional fabric and a political culture that has stopped assessing dissent as part of the democratic game. In that context, from the Radical Civic Union The need for Form a center, wide and democratic spacethat calls society from the wisdom and reconstruction of basic consensus.
The situation we live as a country is critical at many levels. In the economical, we are going through a recession deep The inflation It remains active, consumption collapses, SMEs close, wages lose value every day and levels of poverty They reach alarming figures. But the problem is not exhausted economically. There is something more serious that is at stake: the way in which power is being exercised in Argentina.
He National Government has decided to advance with a logic of political violence systematic, especially against those who think differently. There is no space for dissent, or for debate, or for collective construction. Everyone who does not coincide with the ideas of the ruling is publicly disqualified, ridiculed or pointed out as an enemy. Governors, teachers, artists, journalists, workers, legislators, scientists, students, doctors, social organizations and even international organizations have been the target of permanent attacks by the president or his officials. It is an exercise of power based on humiliation, grievance and delegitimation of the other.
This is not a matter of styles. It is a driving model that Break the most basic democratic codes. The policy is emptied with content and is filled with hate. It is governed from social networks, but without sensitivity, without listening and without real solutions to citizens. In front of this panorama, The responsibility of radicalism is enormous: we must build a political space that recovers the value of politics as a tool for transformation, encounter, mutual respect and democratic dialogue.
Radicalism has to be the force that summones from the center, from moderation and from coherence. Build a different path, without shortcuts or speculation. Not everything goes to win an choice. The important thing is Represent a possible, solidarity, modern, fair, democratic and deeply human country.
Our limits are marked by our values. And they are unnegociable. Radicalism cannot – no one – build alliances with political expressions that threaten democracy, human rights or social justice. There is no place for electoral agreements with the Kirchnerism, That for years blurred the institutions, exercised power with a closed and vertical logic, and could not respond to the great structural problems of the country. But there is also no room to converge with La Libertad advancesthat today embodies an idea of a country without a state, without equality, without dialogue, without culture and without science. A project that is based on political violence, contempt for the other and the destruction of everything built.
There are currently issues that are pressing. The situation of Universities It is a clear example. We are facing one of the most serious attacks to the public university system since 1983. It is not just a budget cut: there is a deliberate intention of delegitimizing the value of the public university as an engine of equality and development. Discrediting with false speeches is promoted – as universities do not yield accounts or that are outbreaks of indoctrination – when we are actually talking about institutions that form thousands of professionals per year, they produce knowledge, integrate the most humble sectors and are recognized internationally.
The veto to the law of University financing It was not a technical mistake: it was a political decision. The message is clear: for government, knowledge, research and academic training are not a priority. The same goes for public health. The case of the Garrahan hospital is emblematic: a reference hospital that attends thousands of children from all over the country in critical situations, sustained today by the vocation of its medical staff, despite low salaries, lack of supplies and budgetary abandonment.
We are talking about decisions that put lives, projects, dreams at riskand that also attack the heart itself of what a democratic state should be: guarantee basic rights.
In the current context, Radicalism has a double responsibility. On the one hand, it has to strengthen its territorial presence, continue to grow as a political force with clear identity, with internal unity and with the ability to represent diverse sectors of society. In the city of Buenos Aires we have been working in a sustained way with all sectors of the party, with a strong presence in the neighborhoods, with active committees, and articulating with our internal organizations: radical youth, purple strip, the OTR and UCR diversity. That militant and committed network is one of our greatest strengths.
Besides, The party must recover its national centrality. Need be a game of majoritieswith a vocation of government, modern ideas, federal vision and openness to new leadership. The party unit is the basis to be able to build a solid project, with roots in the territory and with concrete proposals for each corner of the country.
The May 18 elections They were a difficult process, in a very polarized national context and with an important fragmentation of the opposition arch. However, We managed to sustain an honest proposal, with young candidates, with a clear message and with an organized party structure. It did not reach in electoral terms, but that does not discourage us. Radicalism has demonstrated throughout its history that it knows how to reinvent, resist and grow again.
The important thing is that we remain firm, with a vocation to build, with real presence in the city and with the certainty that we are on the right path. We will continue to strengthen our structures, expanding our bases, and calling all those who today feel orphans of political representation.
The Argentina urgently needs a political space that puts people again in the center. That he speaks with respect, to listen with empathy, to plan seriously and govern sensitivity. A space that does not deny the conflict, but does not use it as a form of domination. That defends education, health, science, work and culture. That he is not afraid of the State, but neither to the market. That promotes freedom, but also social justice.
Juan Loupias, vice president of the UCR CABA
Source: Ambito
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