Former Economy Minister
Martín Guzmán considered that the Kirchnerist model "is exhausted."
With Peronism on the decline, the official who was - and still is - strongly criticized by Cristina Kirchner focused
on the errors
of the previous administration and maintained that the libertarian proposal to reduce
the fiscal deficit
was left to Javier Milei because in his At times
, raising it was "taboo
."
And that's how the libertarian won, because society
"rotted"
from the economy in crisis.
Guzmán maintained that "the model preached by Peronism - Kirchnerism was exhausted" and that
nothing "prosperous"
could come from there for Argentina.
“Beyond this message that penetrated [from Milei] that there is a caste, privileges, I believe that in the broad space of Peronism-Kirchnerism
the model that was proclaimed was exhausted and is exhausted.
"Nothing prosperous will come out of there for Argentina," said Alberto Fernández's former minister, who resigned in mid-2022 in the face of a battery of criticism from then-Vice President Kirchner.
His departure made it possible for Sergio Massa to land in the Ministry of Economy, from where he built his then failed presidential candidacy.
In that sense, Guzmán insisted that in Peronism there are
“very deep”
issues that must be opened to discussion.
“We really
have to play another tune
if we want to offer society something different, that gives prosperity, at this moment in history,” he added, interviewed by the Peronist leader Pedro Rosemblat on his Gelatina streaming channel.
Guzmán recalled when, in the middle of the presidential campaign, Buenos Aires governor
Axel Kicillof
spoke at a meeting of the most progressive Peronism that it was time for the party to compose “a new song,” a phrase he used as a metaphor for a new Peronist era, far from the liturgy based on Juan Perón, Evita, Néstor and Cristina Kirchner.
At that moment
Máximo Kirchner
answered him with a strong phrase:
"I am not dedicated to music, I am a leader and militant."
And he opened the door for leaders of La Cámpora and ultra-Christians such as Mayor Mayra Mendoza and Juliana Di Tullio to do the same.
"We can't say that it excited everyone," the economist now commented on the reaction in Peronism to Kicillof's sayings.
"
Some liked it and others didn't like it and they
operated it within the space,"
he commented. about the reaction of the leaders closest to Cristina.
On the other hand, the former minister was consulted about the
reasons why society favored Milei
in the runoff against Massa.
“
Because she rotted and it is understandable,” he replied without hesitation
.
For Guzmán, the defeat of Peronism was linked to the
stagnation of the Argentine economy for more than a decade
and he spoke about the “
privileges
” that existed during the government of Alberto Fernández, although he avoided describing what they were.
“(There were)
Privileges that exist and that tired
many people.
It is one thing that there are privileges that are half covered when the economy and real wages grow, but
if things are bad on top of that...
I think people looked for something else,” he reflected.
News in development.
D.S.