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The Government's reaction to the CFK document: “He has the nerve to express himself as if he were not guilty of anything” - Infobae


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February 14, 2024

The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, assured that the paper published by the former president was “unworthy.” José Luis Espert also questioned the diagnosis made by the former president about the origin of inflation


Guillermo Francos criticized the document that Cristina Kirchner distributed against the Government.
The Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos , was the first national government official to respond to Cristina Kirchner, who this morning released a 33-page document with strong criticism of President Javier Milei.

In dialogue with journalist Eduardo Feinmann on Radio Miter , Francos assured that the former president's paper outrages him: " She has the nerve to speak as if she were not guilty of anything ."

The head of the political portfolio stated that CFK "lacks self-criticism of civic responsibility, not just political, to take charge of the disaster."

“Today I saw with some surprise the statements of the former president and vice president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner where it seems that she was born into politics now to raise a question and does not take responsibility or responsibility for the 20 years that Kirchnerism has practically been in power. in Argentina, taking out the 4 years of President Macri,” Francos began with his criticism.

The minister pointed out that “ it draws attention because this lack of self-criticism of civic responsibility, I'm not even saying political responsibility, of taking charge of the disaster in which they have plunged Argentina and has the nerve to express itself as if it were not responsible for anything. The truth is that it is outrageous and I think that in general, exactly the same thing happens to the vast majority of Argentines.”

“Now it turns out that Milei is a creation of the media, truly incredible. I would say that on the contrary , Milei is a creation of 20 years of Kirchnerism in Argentina, which has plunged our country into a situation of poverty, inflation, almost massive destruction of the organization of the State , of the public organization of institutions, of politics. And yet he feels he has the right to express his opinion and his criticism without giving more than two months to President Milei to carry out his Government and having put all the pieces in the wheel so that he cannot govern, despite the fact that he said that I was going to have time. History will judge,” Francos attacked.

The two-time president and once vice president released this morning an analysis of the political and economic situation in Argentina that takes a historical tour of the “cycles of debt crises” and exposes a series of conclusions with questions to the core of the government program. of Freedom Advances. In the document, she described President Milei as “a showman-economist in La Rosada,” and even warned about the future of the Government.

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Cristina Kirchner during the assumption of Javier Milei.

On the other hand, Francos stated that Milei “ draws attention throughout the world ” and said that “those who have had the opportunity to be with President Milei outside the country see the reactions he generates, the support he generates. "I don't even count them among the Argentines, everyone has seen the reception he had when he toured the plane on his return from Italy."

Although the official admitted that the country's economic situation " is critical ," he stated that it is not due to the policies of the current Government but rather to what Kirchnerism left behind. “ People know that, they are absolutely aware that we are in a very difficult economic situation , that it is going to be tough, but they are also confident in the tenacity, the will, the conviction that President Milei has to overcome this stage. “We are going out, without a doubt ,” he said.

Cristina Kirchnerjoined the helicopter club ,” continued the Minister of the Interior, in reference to the sectors that predict an early end to the Milei administration. “What Kirchnerism sees is that President Milei is not going to last because he has to cut expenses . What they do not understand is that there was no chance of advancing in the transformation of Argentina if public spending and the fiscal deficit were not cut. It is not President Milei who is getting into debt, it was President Kirchner who got into debt . “What President Milei is trying to do is reorganize the Argentine economy, cutting all types of expenses until he can put the economy in order and make rational use of State resources.”

Finally, Francos assured that “inflation is going to go down” and questioned the former president's lack of self-criticism and also took the opportunity to criticize Martín Lousteau, president of the UCR: “ She had the greatest economic boom for the benefit of Argentine production at the beginning of Néstor Kirchner's mandate and she destroyed it during her mandate. Nobody remembers when 125 started, now I see Senator Lousteau with a lot of criticism. That part of Argentine history is so close… we all know it,” he concluded.

More responses from the ruling party to Cristina Kirchner​

Beyond Francos, other members of the Government also came out to respond to Cristina Kirchner's document. One of the harshest was the Minister of Economy, Luis “Toto” Caputo, whom the former president particularly criticized. The official asked him to “have more dignity.”

“Madam, it is never too late to learn a very basic economic concept that unfortunately you have always ignored: Debt is only taken on when there is a fiscal deficit. The entire fiscal deficit of the last 16 years was generated by you in your 12 years in government. 8 as president and 4 as vice president. @mauriciomacri managed to reduce that deficit during his mandate and @JMilei directly eliminated it in one month. That is, all the debt that was generated in the last 16 years was a consequence of his economic policies,” he wrote in his X account.

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Luis Caputo's reaction to Cristina Fernández's text.

And he added: "I invite you to have a little dignity and remain silent while good Argentines make the enormous effort to endure and overcome the economic disaster of their last 4 years of government, without a doubt the worst in Argentine history."

Another of the ministers who turned to social networks to respond to Cristina Kirchner was Patricia Bullrich.

“You can't handle your genius, @CFKArgentina. , you reappear only to gloat in the social, cultural and economic destruction you produced. It doesn't matter. We are going to fix this mess, even with you bothering us and doing everything possible to prevent change. But know that good Argentines are very clear that you, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, do not have any moral authority to ask this government for explanations. The only thing you should ask for is an apology,” wrote the Minister of Security.

President Javier Milei , meanwhile, reposted a message in X that, taking the former president's message, highlights dollarization.

"Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: 'We maintain that inflation in Argentina skyrockets due to the shortage of dollars.' It only reaffirms that the Independence of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic will never exist. Dollarization is the only way to avoid (in part) the excesses of Argentine populism ,” was the message from economist Alfredo Romano that the president reproduced.

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The reposted message from Javier Milei in response to Cristina Kirchner

José Luis Espert, a parliamentary ally of the President, also had harsh terms with the former president, whom he described as “ brute .”


“The new academic appearance of Cristina Kirchner's gross is impacted by what she says on page 21 of her “paper”: inflation is NOT a fiscal or monetary phenomenon. It seems that a Nobel Prize in Economics (1976), world experience and that of Argentina are not enough for him. Gross ”, the deputy published in his X account.

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José Luis Espert's reaction to Cristina Kirchner's letter.
 
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