After
Pope Francis
affirmed that the State has a "more important role than ever" in Argentina to guarantee social justice, the Government of Javier Milei disagreed.
"In some (phrases of the Pope)
we do not agree and it is very good that it is so
. In any case the Pope is a spiritual leader and we govern Argentina, with problems everywhere," said the presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni. at this Wednesday's press conference.
He then stated that the president on more than one occasion questioned the concept of social justice when it represents "the logic of taking from one to give to others at the discretion of an official on duty."
He stated that this policy "has achieved in Argentina and the rest of the world where what we are experiencing was used, which is
50% poor
."
"The president understands that they may be very nice phrases or words to the ear, but that they have not done anything else, it is clear, 20 years talking about social justice, and the truth is that people do not want that, he demonstrated it in the ballot boxes," he continued.
And he concluded: "Of course
we respect
the Pope's words . But the State has to guarantee access to Justice, that the law is the same for everyone, it has to guarantee legal security.
The State, at least the one we know in the Argentina, has not done so
."
In this way, the Government responded to a video message that Francisco sent for the inauguration of the Buenos Aires headquarters of the Pan American Committee of Judges for Social Rights and Franciscan Doctrine (Copaju).
There he stated that "social rights are not free. The wealth to sustain them is available, but it requires appropriate, rational and equitable political decisions. The State,
today more important than ever
, is called to exercise that central role of
redistribution and social justice.
".
Furthermore, he maintained that "all those who exercise public power have to keep in mind that legitimacy of origin is not enough.
The exercise must also be legitimate
."
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