“It is a historic night for Argentina,” Miley told several thousand supporters at his campaign headquarters in Buenos Aires, after obtaining more than 55% of the votes, defeating the current Peronist Economy Minister, Sergio Massa, who had already conceded defeat. .
“The poor class model is over today [domingo] “We are adopting the model of freedom to become a global power again,” Miley said. He added: “One way of doing politics ends and another begins.”
“We face enormous problems: inflation, recession, lack of real jobs, insecurity, poverty and misery,” the president-elect said. He added: “Problems that will not have a solution unless we once again embrace the ideas of freedom.”
“There is no room for incrementalism, no room for apathy or half-measures,” Milley warned.
During the election campaign, the candidate promised to introduce the US dollar as the national currency, to combat inflation, which currently stands at 143%, among other ruptures in the country’s economic and financial policies.
Another proposal is a radical reduction in the number of ministries, to only eight, which prompted his opponent to state during the election campaign that the provision of basic services to the population was at stake, including health and education.
On Sunday evening, the economist reached out to “all Argentines and political leaders, all those who want to join the new Argentina,” but also warned of possible social resistance to his reforms.
“We know that there are people who will resist, who will want to preserve this system of privilege for some, but which impoverishes the majority. I tell you this: everything within the law is permissible, but nothing is outside the law.”
After counting 97.6% of the votes, Javier Miley remained with 55.8% and Sergio Massa with 44.2%, according to the official partial results of the second round of the presidential elections.
In the first round, on 22 October, Massa received 36.78% of the vote, while Meli, who is supported by former President Mauricio Macri and who defines himself as an “anarcho-capitalist” – an extreme form of liberalism that advocates a capitalist, zero-sum society. Nationality – got 29.99%
In the final stretch of the election, Miley received the support of third-place finisher in the first round, Patricia Bullrich.
The next Argentine president, who will succeed Peronist Alberto Fernandez (2019-2023), will take office as of December 10 for the period 2023-2027.
Miley asked Fernandez’s government to “be responsible” and “assume its responsibilities until the end of its term.”
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