“The striking thing about the call (for extraordinary sessions of Congress) is not only that the Budget is not there, which is what by law must be discussed at the end of the year, but also that ‘clean record’ disappears and ‘electoral reform’ appears. . This has made a lot of noise in the corridors of the Chamber of Deputies, because no one can explain how an issue that was central in recent days disappears, there is no longer the ‘clean record’ discussion (which I am against), and an ‘electoral reform’ appears sold as ‘well, we are going to eliminate the PASO that are useless’. It is true that the PASO have a proscriptive floor, we always denounce it, but proscription is not a problem that concerns this government.”
“Very rarely will a government be so authoritarian, that governs by decree, that silences voices, that if you say something they don’t like they attack you in every possible way, it will be a government that is concerned about proscription. What he is doing is privatizing the electoral system. I think that’s the title. And in that framework, they also outlaw the left. That is why we came out so strongly to denounce it and we are not going to remain silent for the world.”
“Javier Milei presents a totally undemocratic reform. The serious thing is that there is talk of an agreement with sectors of Peronism, of Unión por la Patria, to implement it. That’s why we went out to warn and say ‘well, hey, explain’. There was already a rumor in last year’s elections that Milei was unable to form the lists and some sectors of Unión por la Patria helped him put them together. Not said by me, but by people from the space itself like (Sergio) Berni or (Juan) Grabois, who directly pointed to Sergio Massa as the one who had helped Milei put together the lists.”
“They say it is a spending problem. Lie. As Poder Ciudadano reported, last year the PASOs cost or involved as an expense for the State half of what is assigned to the SIDE. That is to say, it is not a budgetary problem.”
“In an institutional order, what would be more important? Let the people decide the internal elections and choose their own candidates within the alliances or parties or what the SIDE has reserved expenses for, since they cannot explain much why they want so much money?
“It is not an austere government, it is a government that reduces elections, pensions, medicines and other items such as external debt or expenses for espionage and dedicates significantly more funds to it.”
“It is a reform that eliminates presidential debates. We wonder what bothers Milei so much about the presidential debate that he now wants to eliminate them?
“It eliminates the possibility that the population, through the PASO, begins to learn who the candidates are that they will later be able to choose in the final elections. It reduces the financing of state political parties and expands that of private parties. If all of this is put together, what results is a privatization of the electoral system and the participation of only those who can raise thousands and billions of pesos.”
“As happens in the United States. It is no coincidence that Trump is the candidate who wins twice. It is an electoral system set up so that only those who manage to raise millions of dollars can become president of the country.”
“If you look at the context in which Milei has been operating this year, the political sectors with which it relates, you see a scam. Because he did not fight ‘the caste’ but rather integrated with it and ‘the caste’ is happy. So he wants to adapt the electoral system to this new reality that he has. He himself could not have become president with the electoral system he proposes.”
“The PASO system implies a longer electoral process, which generates greater interest in the population, because you have to internalize who you are going to vote for, etc. That seems to bother them. They want to reduce the spaces where the population knows the candidates. The same thing happens with the debate, it is a very small moment, very close to the end of the electoral process, where all the candidates are on equal terms and the population can see us all. Then you will choose. And that, obviously, bothers them. They want only those who can afford television spots to be seen, who are friends of the media, who raise the millions to be candidates and overcome all the enormous amount of requirements that they now set so that you can present yourself.”
“The consequences of these attacks are paid by the people. Now there is very strong talk of a rumor of meetings with sectors of Unión por la Patria where they would exchange for a ‘clean chip’. I don’t know, clarify it urgently, because the noise it makes is horrible. It is appalling that they are negotiating ‘electoral reform’ with a government that they told us was ‘fascist’. If the Government is ‘fascist’ you cannot give it the electoral laws and policies it wants. It would be delirium. So we are demanding that, in the face of so many rumors that involve even Cristina Kirchner herself through the appointment of (Ariel) Lijo or through the ‘clean record’ thing, that they urgently clarify what is going to happen. The government is not interested in whether the PASO are better or worse, more or less proscriptive. What he wants is to save a few pesos to give them to the Monetary Fund and for the population, in the process, to find out much less about who the candidates are.”
“(And the media makes) an ideological and political selection, that is why the main victims are going to be those of us who are active in political forces that do not validate the policies of power. It is notorious. There are channels that I don’t know, that I never entered, and I think I must have something to say. I was one of the five candidates for president, but I was never invited. Because they hate any ideology that has to do with the left and are very aligned with MIlei and Macri. If that becomes law, you will not be able to participate directly. And it is not that they are violating a right of Myriam Bregman, which can be dedicated to another. What they are doing is restricting the rights of the population to know the candidates.”
“They already made a mess with the ‘single ballot’ thing. In the province of Buenos Aires, problems are now beginning to appear, because the ‘single ballot’ is incompatible with the rest of the electoral system that Argentina has. Therefore, it is not a discussion of whether a single ballot was right or wrong, but rather that the electoral system cannot be touched by parts. But why were they guaranteed ‘single ballot’ first? Because you will only have the photo of the first two candidates and the names of the first five, forget the rest. In the province of Buenos Aires, where many candidates are elected, many deputies for example, you will not find out who is coming down.”
“It is not that they propose reforming the electoral system so that the entire population knows all the candidates. No. They continue along the lines of restriction, privatization of elections and you cannot know anything at all. So in the provinces with many candidates they make a huge mess for you because the system becomes incompatible. “They are making electoral patches to transform the system into increasingly more restrictive ones.”
“(About the case of Senator Kueider) it seems to me that you cannot act indignant all the time on social networks. Outrage on the networks is fine if you are a neighborhood resident or a journalist. But those who are deputies, senators or important political leaders cannot live indignant in X. Political measures must be taken. And if the law was surrounded by repression, if it was surrounded by bribery, what we have to do is sit in Congress and discuss the Base Law again. This law has to be annulled, it is evidently null, because those who voted for it did not do so with their free will, they did so conditioned by bribes. And Milei started saying that in January, when he said that the oil, cereal companies, and tobacco bags were moving, to condition the will. Then they moved some larger suitcases and the will changed. That is why the law was rejected the first time and approved the second time. It is serious and cannot remain as ‘it’s yours, it’s mine’. Take charge, boys, because some raise you and others make you fat.”
“Let those who have political responsibilities make decisions. How to call a session and re-discuss the Bases Law so that it is annulled. This discussion cannot stand. We know that the Bases Law is, in fact, a constitutional reform since it touches on labor rights, rights of all kinds, it gives mining companies incredible concessions, it has things that have nothing to do with each other. Let’s start because this discussion is canceled. Then, in any case, each party should discuss everything again, if they have the votes.”
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