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Very high expectations for Milei's speech before Congress, with an unprecedented staging and a rarefied political climate
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Altísima expectativa por el discurso de Milei ante el Congreso, con una puesta en escena inédita y un clima político enrarecido
“Será histórico”, aseguraron en el entorno presidencial en medio de un fuerte hermetismo. Se esperan anuncios sorpresivos y anoche se especulaba con el tono de confrontación con los legisladores de cara a los meses más duros. Los bloques en alerta. La tensión reciente con el PRO
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March 01, 2024
“It will be historic,” they assured in the presidential environment in the midst of strong secrecy. Surprise announcements are expected and last night there was speculation about the tone of confrontation with legislators in the face of the toughest months. The blocks on alert. The recent tension with the PRO
By Federico Mayol
Javier Milei will speak for the first time as president within Congress. At the inauguration, the speech was given to the people
“Historical” . This will be, according to the presidential environment, the speech of more than half an hour that Javier Milei plans to give tonight - an atypical schedule - at his first inauguration of ordinary sessions of Parliament, another milestone in his strategy of confrontation with the political system, in the midst of a rarefied social mood, with the opposition on alert and after a week of tensions not yet resolved with the allied blocs.
“I'm going to surprise you ,” a well-predisposed Milei told the deputies of the libertarian caucus on Wednesday morning, in the hour and a half meeting he held with almost all the legislators led by Oscar Zago in which they reviewed the surveys that are consumed daily by the ruling party's strategists, the progress of the administration was analyzed and opinions were exchanged about the parliamentary year, a talk that was monopolized by the head of state.
Last night, in official offices, there was growing uncertainty about the content of the presidential message, and a premeditated secrecy around the president's ring of trust, made up of his sister Karina and advisor Santiago Caputo , the brain of the media, communication and even strategy. government policy. They are the two collaborators, in addition to the head of La Libertad Avanza, who at this time had access to the text: in that triangle of power the main guidelines of the central administration are discussed and executed.
Caputo, increasingly influential, was, for example, the ideologue of the change in the time of the opening speech of the parliamentary year - the start of the assembly is scheduled for 9 p.m., at night -, a move that seeks a higher level of social penetration than usual, and the disposition of the head of state who, unlike his predecessors, will read the speech standing from a lectern, in front of the presidency of the chamber, facing the legislators and with his back to Victoria Villarruel and Martín Menem .
In addition, a very strong security operation and demonstrations around Congress were expected today.
The lectern installed in the Chamber of Deputies from which Javier Milei plans to speak tonight
Only because of this unprecedented staging - when he took office, on December 10, he had already chosen an unusual format, on the steps of Congress, which bothered his former colleagues -, the monologue will have the character of "historical." The fact is that, for the Casa Rosada, its communication policy - that is, the official story - is a central pillar of the government program, and the main support of the severe economic adjustment that Milei celebrates daily on social networks with hundreds of reposts. and messages on X, Elon Musk's platform.
Yesterday, Milei locked himself in the Olivos villa to finish writing his speech, which forced the suspension of the traditional Thursday cabinet meeting. After a week full of tension, with the conflict over the retention of Chubut's participation in the center of the scene and the PRO going through this dispute in the face of its party election, and a president willing to redouble the bet with the governors, The president seemed to lower the level of tension in the last 48 hours. Last night, consulted by Infobae , a prominent member of the presidential staff slipped, with some irony: “Maybe he is taking a clean and jerk.”
The truth is that, this Thursday, the versions regarding the objective that Milei will seek tonight with his parliamentary speech were incessant. It ranged from the possibility of a call for a “great national agreement,” as Brenda Struminger published in this medium , to the preparation of a surprise and high-impact announcement that, according to official sources, the president is determined to make this Friday. the night in front of the legislators.
On Wednesday, after the meeting with the libertarian bloc, the head of state had lunch with Cristian Ritondo , the head of the PRO bench, at Casa Rosada. Ritondo responds directly to Macri. It was interpreted, in LLA as in the party founded by the former president, as a sign of distention after the conflict between the Casa Rosada and Governor Ignacio Torres that altered the relationship between both spaces and that motivated another confrontation between Patricia Bullrich and the former leader. According to sources close to Ritondo, there was no talk of future agreements or possible government pacts. From this Friday's speech, however, speculation could begin to arise about much more formal cooperation between the two sectors. Last night, party sources aired a hypothetical meeting for the next few days between Milei and Macri.
Cristian Ritondo had lunch with Javier Milei
According to what has emerged in the last few hours, the president will carry out tonight a review of the inheritance received: he could dedicate, in that sense, a few minutes to break down some of the results of the audit commissioned from the SIGEN on the state of the State - the Macrismo had ordered a similar investigation during the Cambiemos government, and which was still being corroborated this week. Behind closed doors they trusted that, if confirmed, some conclusions could have very high voltage derivations. The climate in the Kirchnerist ranks this Thursday was one of general concern. Also on the bench We Make the Federal Coalition, chaired by Miguel Ángel Pichetto , who is uneasy about the direction of the administration.
In this context, a series of questions and a notable expectation arose in Congress this Thursday regarding the content of the presidential monologue and the possible repercussions on the relationship between the government and Congress, which Milei already described as a “rat's nest.” after the failed treatment of the Omnibus Law.
Until yesterday there were no indications to conjecture in relation to a possible change in presidential strategy, focused until now on a permanent confrontation with the political system. However, at the summit with the ruling bloc, Milei asked to “take care” of the allied bench, that is, the PRO, after the sparks caused by the Patagonian crisis due to the cut of the $13.5 billion that Torres judicialized.
The president is convinced that, in his first two and a half months in office, this government and communication policy, based on constant dispute and unilateral decision-making, without consensus, gave him enough profit to insist on that report sheet. route: he feels supported by a sector of society that, according to the Casa Rosada, still has the capacity to resist the adjustment, despite the fact that the worst of the crisis is just about to begin. Those around him still recognize that the program is tied to inflation moderating in the medium term. The next few months will be key in that sense. Tonight's speech too.
