The PRO deputy and economist from Patricia Bullrich’s team, Luciano Laspina, targeted the presidential candidates of Unión por la Patria, the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and his rival from La Libertad Avanza, javier milei.
Laspina stated: «The ruling party is poisoning the weight with a high emission and a part of the opposition wants dollarize and close the Central Bank. If one projects this photo, Argentina is on its way to the hyperinflation, I do not want to be in the shoes of the one who promised to dollarize when there are no dollars”.
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Bullrich’s economic adviser acknowledged that beyond the campaign proposals «the solutions they are not easy” within «a bankrupt state and a demand for pesos that melts like ice cream in the summer» and said that «ideally, a government that wants to win save the weight in relation to the position of bullrichism.
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Massa prepares an «economic story» to confront Milei and Bullrich’s proposals
Less than two months to the general elections Sergio Massa faces a key stage of the campaign in which he will try to install an «economic story» to confront the proposals of his rivals, javier milei and Patricia Bullrich, and thus reach their closest goal: enter the runoff.
Until the PASO, the most repeated concept in the Union for the Homeland (UxP) campaign was that «the Homeland was endangered» before the advance of the right-wing candidates. Now at the Miter street campaign headquarters they say that the issue «left behind» And now everything will focus on the candidate for president who will have the complex challenge of explaining the country’s economic present and bringing his proposals to the electorate.
Bullrich goes on the offensive: introduces Melconian and activates his economic campaign to go to the clash with Milei
If up until now he had been concentrating on reordering a shaken troop and trying to heal the internal wounds left by the STEP, and while javier milei seems to lower profile and exposure, Patricia Bullrich go to the offensive. The candidate launches the «economic campaign» with the presentation of Carlos Melconian and the guidelines of a plan, in Córdoba, a historically key province for Together for Change (JxC), which it will seek to recover from the hands of the libertarian.
Bullrich and Melconian will appear together in an activity under the umbrella of the Mediterranean Foundation, whose research team is led by the economist, in a hotel in the provincial capital. They will take the opportunity to bring together the main local businessmen (the «Cordovan red circle») and leaders, mayors, legislators, deputies and national senators who will work to promote the presidential candidacy of the PRO leader in the next month and a half.
Luciano Laspina: «With Massa or Milei we are on the way to hyperinflation»
The PRO deputy and economist of Patricia Bullrich’s teamLuciano Laspina, targeted the presidential candidates of Unión por la Patria, the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa, and his rival from La Libertad Avanza, Javier Miley.
Laspina stated: «The ruling party is poisoning the peso with a high emission and a part of the opposition wants dollarize and close the Central Bank. If one projects this photo, Argentina is on its way to hyperinflation, I don’t want to be in the shoes of the one who promised to dollarize when there are no dollars.»
Bullrich’s economic advisor acknowledged that beyond the campaign proposals «solutions are not easy» within «a bankrupt state and a demand for pesos that melts like ice cream in the summer» and said that «ideally, win a government you want save the weight», in relation to the position of bullrichism.
Laspina said that a stabilization plan with certain ingredients: «Fiscal balance, a lower Central Bank deficit, relative prices aligned before the stabilization and unification of the exchange rate», when presenting to businessmen and representatives of different sectors of the Argentine economy at the close of the first day of the Expo EFI 2023 in La Rural, the most important economic event in the country.
The PRO representative clarified that «it is not enough to stabilize the economy»: «Argentina needs a regime change. You have to do it as soon as possible. We propose an investment protection law, the mobilization of labor laws and a decree that deregulates competition for different sectors of the economy.»
Axel Kicillof seeks to contain the Kirchner hard core to leverage the candidacy of Sergio Massa
The result of the PASO generated worry in Kirchnerism. Beyond the meager performance of Sergio Massa, the Buenos Aires governor Axel Kicillof, did not obtain the difference expected and lost 1.7 million votes compared to the 2019 primaries. The risk of a defeat in the province of Buenos Aires set off the alerts, but so did the challenge of managing with javier milei either Patricia Bullrich in front of the Casa Rosada.
With these concerns in his sights, Kicillof met in the last few hours with the leader of Patria Grande and former presidential candidate for Unión por la Patria, John Grabois, and with the general secretary of the Autonomous CTA, Hugo «Cachorro» Godoy, two political referents who had their differences with Cristina Kirchner, but that – after the disputes have been settled – they recognize her as the leader of the government coalition.
The cross between Hernán Lombardi and Chino Navarro: «Today Massa acts as minister, candidate and president»
The cross between Hernán Lombardi and Fernando «Chino» Navarro in A dos voces: «Today Sergio Massa acts as minister, candidate and president» (Photo: TN capture).
The PRO deputy, close to Patricia Bullrich, Hernan Lombardi, had crosses with the pro-government leader and founder of the Evita Movement, Fernando «Chino» Navarro, in in two voices, by TN.
Lombardi stated that the Minister of Economy and presidential candidate of the Union for the Fatherland, Sergio Massa, «provided candidates to audit for javier milei in the PASO» and that the minister «today has three characters: acts as minister, candidate and president».
The deputy from the hard wing of the PRO said: «With what hat do you make decisions? Apart from the fact that they are short-sighted and could also be unconstitutional and show how the Kirchnerist armed forces have been disarmed, seeing that 12 provinces they did not adhere to the fixed sum that he raised».
The official from the Cabinet headquarters replied: «We have nothing to do with Milei» and chicaned him: «The relationship that Milei had with Bullrich before was good.»
The pro-government leader also said: «There are no three Massas and the situation is complex. We go out to help the worker, whether state or private. We all agree that 2024 will be better due to the improvement that the field will have compared to the drought and the energy savings. We do not deny the crisis. The question is that if the subject is adjust Or Demolish, poor Argentina».
Juan Grabois and his new role in Unión por la Patria: «I don’t want my voters to identify with Massa»
By Manuel Jove. In the elections of August 13, he obtained almost 1,400,000 votes. The Justa y Soberana space, which led to John Grabois as a presidential candidate Paula Abal Medina as his running mate, contributed some six percentage points so that Unión por la Patria is located in a tight third place, tenths behind 28% of Together for Change.
In individual terms, Grabois it was better that to some of the alternatives that managed to overcome the filter of the primaries, such as Juan Schiaretti (We do for our Country) and Myriam Bregmann (Front of Left Unity). «We are happy with the million and a half votes that we got together with two toothpicks,» he said in dialogue with TN.