In the first and only presidential debate before the second round of the presidential election in Argentina, which will be next Sunday (19), the far-right candidate Javier Milei, who had managed to remain calm in the last debates, got angry with his opponent, the current Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa.
Milei, who defined himself as a “libertarian specialist in economic growth with or without money” and said he knew how to end poverty, misery and “exterminate once and for all the cancer of inflation”, was angered by the Massa’s question about whether he would eliminate subsidies, whether he would dollarize the economy, whether he would eliminate the Central Bank and whether he intended to privatize rivers and seas.
In response, Milei called Massa a “liar” and accused him of scaring the population about the price increase that would result from a reduction in subsidies. According to him, prices will not change.
Milei added that he will eliminate the Central Bank, since, according to him, monetary issuance and inflation are the way in which the government “steals” from the population.
“The government of criminals that you are part of is stealing 90 billion dollars from us and this year they are taking 25 billion dollars in this way,” he accused. Massa, in turn, responded by saying: “The first thing I’m going to give you is some advice: The debate is long, don’t get aggressive, because what people expect are answers.”
Milei then said that he did not become aggressive. “Stop lying, I didn’t attack you, I just express with passion the indignation that a government that has been destroying the lives of all of us generates,” he said.
The event, held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Buenos Aires, will be divided into six thematic axes: Economy; Foreign Relations; Education and Health; Production and Work; Security; and Human Rights and Democratic Coexistence.
In the first round of the presidential elections, Sergio Massa, Minister of Economy and candidate of the Peronist alliance União pela Pátria, obtained 36.78% of the votes, while Javier Milei, candidate of the A Liberdade Avança coalition, obtained 29.99% of the votes.
Traditional right candidate Patricia Bullrich obtained 23.8% and was left out of the race. Former Minister of Security under Mauricio Macri, she started to support Milei, as well as the former Argentine president. The second round of the Argentine presidential election will be next Sunday (19).
Source: CNN Brasil
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