Hard editorial by Jorge Lanata: 'The President's word no longer exists'

08/15/2021 22:05

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Updated 08/15/2021 10:05 PM

Jorge Lanata was very hard on Alberto Fernández this Sunday in Periodismo Para Todos.

In an editorial that began his program, the journalist stated that

"the word of the President no longer exists"

and that the affair of the photos of celebrations in Quinta de Olivos proves that he acts as if he were "part of

a caste superior

".

At the start of a new

PPT Box

broadcast

, Lanata

collapsed every argument made by Fernández

to justify the ill-known images of the first lady Fabiola Yáñez's birthday party, when the strictest quarantine restrictions imposed in 2020 were in force.

"It was not a mistake -editorialized Lanata- a mistake is something else, it's when you want to do something and you make a mistake in doing it like that.

It wasn't Fabiola's fault

. In any case, not just her, it wasn't a surprise party."

Then the journalist launched the rhetorical question that prompted him to give his opinion: "Then

why did they do it

?"

"Because

they believe they are part of a superior caste

and they believe they can do it. It is very Argentine that of 'one law for us and another law for the gilada'. We

are the gilada and they are the power,

" he replied when setting his position. .

"They

think

they

are better

than us."

Lanata insisted.

And then he listed the situations in which his argument is tested.

"They are essential personnel, they are those from the Vip Vaccination Center with a false certificate of health personnel, like (Carlos) Zannini," Lanata recalled and added: "They are the ones who vaccinated their relatives first."

Lanata then argued in his analysis what leads politicians to feel superior and claim that status in action.

"Impunity and privileges have consolidated politicians into a caste. That caste can celebrate its birthday in a pandemic without worrying about whether it is good or bad. They do it because they

believe it is their responsibility,

" he said.

"Feast of the breed"

And he revealed that "it was not a clandestine party" because "otherwise, there would have been no photos."

"It was a feast of the breed," he

titled with his wit.

Then he ironically: "They are concerned about what they call 'anti-politics' and

no one discredits politicians more than politicians

themselves."

For Jorge Lanata, the photos at Quinta de Olivos revealed the political "party of the caste."

However, Lanata considered that "the President already has his worst punishment with himself: the people saw that

the king is naked and he does not return from that

."

"It is

not enough to apologize

. The conviction for a quarantine violation is ex-jailible and neither does anyone claim that he will go to prison for this - I think it was Martín Lousteau who proposed a probation, a social work, for example. But the important thing in this regard is that have a consequence. If someone did something wrong, it must have a consequence, "Lanata said.

Lanata warned that "there is no possible country if it does not matter."

"If this cause

ends in a venal judge

and dissolves among the drawers of Courts, the caste will reaffirm what it believes its rights," he argued sensibly.

"The word of the president no longer exists," the driver launched and concluded: "He could recover it if he is willing to

face the consequences of his actions

."

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