06/29/2021 12:28 AM
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Politics
Updated 06/29/2021 1:09 AM
The former vice-presidential candidate for Together for Change in 2019, Miguel Ángel Pichetto, said that the figure of Mauricio Macri is essential for the opposition to compete against the ruling party in the elections, although he warned that "
some want to retire him
."
"Macri is not a person to waste. What he represents as a former president, with his core of ideas, is important.
Macri is essential
for the opposition force to compete and win. I do not know if he will be a candidate, but it is important that he takes care of himself his figure, "said the former PJ senator in dialogue with
TN
.
And he added: "People clearly identify their ideas. According to the polls, they have around 26 fixed points. Therefore, any candidate, the best we have in Together for Change, to win the 2023 election
requires the support of Macri
" .
On the other hand, he compared how the opposition and the ruling party treat their respective leaders: "The Government accompanied Cristina Kirchner in all instances and has defended her without hesitation, while in Together for Change
some want to retire Macri
."
He also argued that the
internal JxC
to define the candidacies are foolish, because "it is a good time for the union" of that political space.
"You have to have the proposals and a message defined, which has to have expectations for the future to leave the past behind. It must incorporate self-criticism, but it also
has to project a capitalist future
. Because the central debate in Argentina is cultural. It is capitalism. or poverty. Private property as a primary or secondary right, "he added.
Cristina Kirchner and her role in the elections
.
Pichetto also highlighted the figure of the Vice President and the role played ahead of the November congressional elections, which, he
explained, will serve to put "balances, checks and fundamentally
limits some authoritarian profiles
".
"Cristina
is looking at the suburbs. She has
already stopped the increase in rates and began to activate the parity rates, so that there is consumption. In addition, they are going to put money in the entire mechanism of social movements," he said.
However, he warned that "the most humble sectors that receive social plans convey that it is
no longer enough
and that they want work."
"It is good that they change and understand that the exit from Argentina is on the side of
production and work
. But, for that, it is necessary to lower taxes, encourage the generation of employment by lowering the tax burden and modernize labor standards, along with unions and employers, "he remarked.
Finally, he affirmed that, while "Macri has his hard core in the middle class and the business community", the vice president "has gravitation in the
popular sectors
", and that "the heart of his power is in
the third electoral section and in the suburbs
", so" he is going to defend them tooth and nail. "
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