The Radical Civic Union came out to cross President Javier Milei for his quarrel against the deputies who voted in particular against articles of the Omnibus Law, whose treatment failed yesterday in Congress and is returning to committee at the request of the ruling party.
Specifically, Milei called the opponents criminals, traitors, and reproduced on his networks a post with photos of legislators under the label of "traitors and extortioners of the Argentine people."
"The incitement to violence against those who think differently must end," radicalism demanded through a public statement in which they targeted the President for leading a "generalized incitement to violence against those who think differently."
The UCR stated that Milei "took charge of an operation loaded with disqualifications and grievances against the deputies who did not support some articles of the vote in particular in the treatment of the omnibus law."
"Having the courage to undertake reforms does not imply insulting, shouting and thinking that only one is right. Nor does it mean being cruel with insults against those who express different opinions. None of this is what Raúl Alfonsín taught us when he refounded democracy," the party said. commanded by Senator Martín Lousteau.
#Communication |
The incitement to violence against those who think differently must end pic.twitter.com/ZnsCXY4U3Q
— Radical Civic Union (@UCRNacional) February 7, 2024
In its statement, the UCR asked the head of state to change his attitude to direct the debates on the norms he promotes in Congress.
"Argentina needs temperance and balance to achieve consensus that survives over time and definitively resolves the problems we are facing. That is the way out of the crisis."
Since yesterday afternoon, when in an unprecedented event in Parliament the ruling party withdrew the draft Base Law that had half a sanction in general and returned it to committee, which implies returning to a clean slate in the entire debate, Milei ranted against the who did not support the articles of his project.
Through the President's official account on the X network, the Government accused the governors of destroying the law and betraying commitments accepted before the session.
Then, Milei himself launched a torrent of criticism at the opponents, and even at the ruling party, to the point of even insulting Carolina Píparo, his former candidate for governor in the Province of Buenos Aires.
pic.twitter.com/U0TTtbwaid
— Office of the President (@OPRArgentina) February 6, 2024
Milei replied to a thread of messages where a libertarian follower showed faces of deputies who voted against, in particular, some articles of the Bases law.
"UNMISSABLE THREAD. Here you can map some of the names of the impoverishing caste with their faces..." she said.
Then, in capital letters, he replicated the official message that accused legislators of having betrayed the Casa Rosada.
"HERE IS THE LIST OF THE LOYALS AND THE TRAITORS WHO USED THE SPEECH OF CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO RAPINATE A BANK... COME AND SEE THE ENEMIES OF A BETTER ARGENTINA...".
HERE IS THE LIST OF THE LOYALISTS AND THE TRAITORS WHO USED THE SPEECH OF CHANGE TO BE ABLE TO RAPINATE A BANK...
COME AND SEE THE ENEMIES OF A BETTER ARGENTINA... https://t.co/OMHwQwEm5a
— Javier Milei (@JMilei) February 7, 2024
He also liked a message against radicals.
"This was a declaration of war. If they do not accompany by the good way, they will adjust by the bad. Radicalism once again confirms that they only serve to be the little whores of Peronism," was the provocative message that Milei supported.
Milei also liked a meme that shows two people passing a bag of money to each other.
One of them has a red t-shirt that says "UCR" on the chest.
The other, dressed in a light blue T-shirt with the letters "KK."
The message that provoked the president's reaction was published by the libertarian activist Majo Méndez Casariego and was accompanied by the hashtag #LaCastaContraElPueblo.
#LaCastaContraElPueblo pic.twitter.com/Z0xLFGY9Ju
— MajoMéndezCasariego 🗽 (@MJMendezCasarie) February 6, 2024