Argentine President Javier Milei adopted a conciliatory stance in his speech during the official anniversary event of the May Revolution. The civic date, celebrated throughout Argentina, marks 214 years since the beginning of the process that freed the country from Spanish rule.
Milei took his entire cabinet to the city of Córdoba this Saturday (25), where he would sign the “May Pact” – a national agreement to promote ten basic reforms in favor of unlocking the Argentine economy.
But the delay in voting on the text in the Senate forced the president to back down and use the date to make a kind of public presentation of his ministers.
He also took the opportunity to announce the formation of the May Council, a group that will bring together parliamentarians, provincial representatives, union leaders and businesspeople to discuss the reforms proposed by his government.
“I am here to once again extend my arms fraternally and invite all of you to become aware of the enormous challenge that lies ahead: taking the country out of decay,” said Milei.
As the local press highlighted, the president this time chose not to attack what he calls “caste” (the establishment politician in Argentina, represented by the two coalitions responsible for running the country in recent decades).
“Far from pursuing personal and petty revenge, or prioritizing our personal political interests, we have only one interest ahead: that of the majority of Argentines, who chose to live in freedom,” said Milei, reminding his critics that he has popular support.
Before traveling to Córdoba, Javier Milei participated in a celebration at the Buenos Aires Cathedral led by Archbishop Jorge Ignacio García Cuerva, appointed by Pope Francis in 2023.
In his message during the homily, the cleric criticized corruption, drug trafficking and salary increases in politics. He also asked people to stop “thinking about strategies aimed at making others feel bad, believing in the idea that the worse the better”.
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