The presidential candidates clash in the economic bloc, in which Massa and Milei seek to distance themselves
MADRID, 2 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The far-right and ultra-liberal candidate Javier Milei denied this Sunday, during the presidential debate, that there were 30,000 missing people during the Argentine dictatorship, stating that the figures “are 8,753.”
“We liberals have been accused of aberrant things, of fascists, fascists, Nazis, things that have nothing to do with us. We value the vision of memory, truth and justice. Let’s start with the truth. There were not 30,000 missing, there are 8,753” , has declared in the block on Human Rights.
In this sense, Milei has stated that he is “against a one-eyed vision of history”, since he considers that during the 70s “there was a war in which the State forces committed excesses”, while “the terrorists also (…) they killed, murdered and tortured people, planted bombs, made a disaster and also committed crimes against humanity.”
Milei has pointed out to the circles of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association, positioning herself against: “We also do not agree with those who used ideology to make money and do shady business. (…) You continue remembering history, we we came to rewrite a different one.”
The reaction to these statements by the leader of La Libertad Avanza has come from Myriam Bregman, candidate of the Left and Workers Front (FIT), who has emphasized that the number of missing people due to the dictatorship stands at 30,000 and that “it was a genocide.”
In the debate, in which a total of five candidates have participated, with the current Minister of Economy Sergio Massa, as the official candidate, it has focused on a series of intersections due to the economic situation of the country, whose inflation exceeds 124 percent in interannual terms.
While Massa and Milei have sought to polarize their positions on this matter, the rest of the candidates, Patricia Bullrich (Together for Change), Juan Schiaretti (We Do for Our Country) and Myriam Bregman (Frente de Izquierda) have tried to confront everyone their rivals.
Massa, who has proposed measures such as “launching the Argentine digital currency”, has been the target of the rest of the candidates, who have regretted his work at the head of the ministry. This, however, has disassociated himself from his responsibilities, alleging that the situation has been the inheritance of previous administrations, especially from former president Mauricio Macri.
“A new stage of government is coming, not this Government,” he declared, distancing himself from the cabinet of Alberto Fernández, current Argentine president.
