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Andrés Malamud: “Milei's electorate is giving a yellow light” - Infobae
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Andrés Malamud: “El electorado de Milei está dando una luz amarilla”
El reconocido politólogo subrayó la masividad del reclamo universitario en el interior del país, donde el Presidente cosechó un fuerte apoyo en las elecciones. “Le están pidiendo que no se le vaya la mano”, sostuvo
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April 24, 2024
The renowned political scientist highlighted the massiveness of the university demand in the interior of the country, where the President garnered strong support in the elections. “They are asking him not to get out of hand,” he said.
"Milei was very clear and spoke of indoctrination and brainwashing in universities," recalled Andrés Malamud about the reaction of the federal march (Franco Fafasuli)
The political scientist (UBA) and professor at the University of Lisbon, Andrés Malamud , analyzed today the impact of the federal university march and maintained that “the Milei electorate is giving a yellow light”, especially due to the massiveness of the mobilizations in the interior of the country facing the adjustment of public spending in public higher education.
“ Your electorate is giving a yellow light, it is a very strong signal ,” said the academic about the protest called by the national universities, student groups and the sector union.
According to Malamud, the call that took place in the City of Buenos Aires is the least relevant and “is not very significant, although it was one of the largest Multiparty marches of 1982.” Thus, he highlighted that the “real phenomenon” was the participation of thousands of Argentines throughout the country, including those who voted for Milei.
“The people of Buenos Aires are not very pro-Mileistas, they came third in the Capital. But yes (Milei) devastated 16 provinces in the interior,” he pointed out. “ It was more important that all the places in the country were filled . You have to see the photos from Rosario, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Ushuaia and Olavarría , who marched in thousands,” he added.
From his point of view, the reaction of citizens in support of national universities and public education is due to “central characteristics of the institutionality” of the country and “the Argentine cultural identity, which must be handled with care.” Therefore, what “opponents did is irrelevant” during the protests. “ Milei voters gave a message to not get out of hand ,” he highlighted in statements to the “De Acá en Más” program on Urbana Play radio .
“People voted for Milei to fix the economy, not to destroy education ,” he noted.
One of the columns of the university march in Córdoba
Regarding Javier Milei's management of public education, Malamud recalled that the President deeply questions the role of the State in this area and that he has a position contrary to its support. “ Milei was very clear and spoke about indoctrination and brainwashing in universities ,” the academic stressed.
“Milei entered below the waterline of the national universities, not because of the margins or because of the audits. He is not alleging corruption, but that they empty the brains of the young generations and that they build corrupt Argentines, who are breeders of caste.”
Therefore, he questioned the leaders of Together for Change, allied parties and officials who make up Milei's government who now warn that the problem of universities is " audits " or " unrestricted entry ", such as acceptance into the taken from foreigners without tariffs. “They are starting to look for ways to get into the issues,” she said. “That they now say that the problem is the audits and unrestricted entry means that they are backing down in flip-flops,” she insisted.
“ Milei does not see value in the public. She believes that the market is the main allocator of resources and values , and that the State is by definition a criminal organization, so everything it finances is poorly financed. He only accepts Security, Defense and Justice because he is a minarchist. Education and health do not have to finance it,” she stressed.
“ (Those who support him) are looking to get out of the problem that someone who does not believe in public education got them into , and it is very good that Milei does not believe in it, because it is his problem. The problem is that her followers are not so convinced,” she remarked.
The protest was seen throughout the country, such as in the city of Bariloche
From that angle, Malamud considered that the political leaders and governors where non-Peronist political forces won last year, such as the UCR or the PRO, and massive mobilizations occurred, "it is normal that they have a tension that they are going to have to manage." “It is true that Argentina has good things and public education is above everything, with all its problems that cannot be denied,” he illustrated.
“The interesting thing about these national marches is that they emerge after a national chain in which Milei was left without form and substance . Milei gave news that we all knew: financial surplus in the first quarter. He notified it in Llao Llao, three days before. He means that the good news of economic governance is no longer arriving,” the political scientist pointed out.
And he concluded: “On top of that, you start buying problems that are not those for which people voted for you. He has to understand the priorities for which he was elected and what he knows how to do, how to fix the economy. For the rest there seems to be no support.”
