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Milei says Argentines must choose his economic path in next year’s elections

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Argentine President Javier Milei said voters may reject his party if the government fails to show results, while warning that such a choice would amount to “suicide.”
  • He said his administration would not relax its fiscal or monetary policy before the 2027 presidential election and would continue its campaign against inflation.
  • Speaking at the Libertad y Progreso Foundation’s “Winds of Change” meeting, Milei urged Argentines to choose between his transformation agenda and a return to past policies.

Javier Milei has tied the political future of his government to the results of its economic program, saying support will be difficult to maintain if La Libertad Avanza fails to deliver. If the party loses next year’s elections, he said, it would mean society had chosen to “commit suicide.”

If we do not show results, it becomes difficult to support us because, deep down, what we are proposing is a risky scenario.

— Javier MileiMilei explained why his government needs to demonstrate economic results to retain public support.

The president used a speech at the Libertad y Progreso Foundation’s “Winds of Change” meeting to defend the course of his administration. He said the government would not change its economic model as the 2027 presidential election approaches, despite calls to loosen monetary and fiscal policy to protect the possibility of re-election.

“We will not do that,” Milei said of changing those policies. “The fiscal result is not negotiable.” He also said the government would not stop until it had defeated inflation. His message was that electoral considerations would not override the program’s central objectives.

We will not negotiate the monetary policy because we will not stop until we have defeated inflation.

— Javier MileiHe ruled out changing the government’s economic strategy ahead of the election.

Milei described persuading society to embrace freedom as one of the government’s biggest challenges. He said the country needed to maintain its direction rather than answer populism with more populism. “Good policies are not negotiable,” he said, adding that Argentines would decide whether to return to the past or continue what he called a transformation that would make Argentina great again.

Populism is not defeated by doing populism. There is no substitute for good policies.

— Javier MileiMilei defended maintaining his economic course rather than adjusting it for electoral reasons.

The president said voters would have a genuine range of options in which parties could present ideas and results. He also expressed confidence in Argentines and criticized what he called opposition and critical media figures who tried to obscure the government’s performance. Economy Minister Luis Caputo also attended the event.

Good policies are not negotiable, and it will be in the hands of Argentines whether they want to return to the past or continue with this transformation that will make Argentina great again.

— Javier MileiHe framed the next election as a choice between his government’s program and a return to previous policies.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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