Will Javier Milei's plan save the Argentine economy? Source: Vox España, Wikimedia CommonsThe Argentines have chosen their fresh president. It is simply a right-wing politician from the libertarian current, Javier Milei. He is known for his very controversial statements and for his peculiar but hard (and rather dangerous) plan to repair a crisis-stricken economy. Additionally, Javier Milei's 4 dogs are clones of his beloved, no longer surviving mastif, Conan, with whom he communicates with the aid of the medium. Does that sound surprising? And this is just the beginning...
On November 19, Argentina hosted the second circular of presidential elections, in which the platformist and Minister of Economy faced each another in the current left-wing government – Sergio Massa, and the extremist libertarian and utmost right-winger – Javier Milei. The election supported by nearly 56% won Milei, who in his post-election speech announced that "Today the reconstruction of Argentina begins".
The main economy of elections
In the context of this year's elections, the subject of the economy, which is in a immense crisis, was powerfully and bluntly resounded. Although Argentina is among the most economically developed countries in Latin America, it is presently facing very serious problems. The first is hyperinflation, which at this point is about 140% (and, according to the Central Bank's announcements, may scope a threshold of 185%). This led, among another things, to the creation of the alleged black currency marketplace and to a situation where the prices of products change virtually overnight. The second problem facing Argentina is simply a gigantic budget deficit and a immense debt in the global Monetary Fund. Its amount is almost 1/3 of all loans granted by the IMF. As a consequence of the 2 above, the 3rd pressing problem is that around 40% of citizens live below the poorness line. These are not all the economical difficulties that Argentina has been facing (actually for years) but more or little illustrate the situation that straight affected the election result.
It cannot be denied that the tragic state of the Argentine economy has been greatly influenced by the governments of the platformists, who have been inefficient for years and inactive follow the legacy of Juan Perón (President of Argentina 1946). These are governments that powerfully trust on excessive expenditure, including energy subsidies or payments to public workers (according to The Economist, this is about 1/3 of the population). Without doubt, many corruption scandals erupted around the rulers. Ultimately, it turns out that the citizens of Argentina were so dissatisfied with the economical situation that even the assurance of Sergio Massa that Massa-President would fix what Massa-Minister of the economy broke was not enough.
New president – economist and anarcho-capitalist
Undoubtedly, economical issues translated into a triumph for the non-systemic candidate Javier Milei, who appeared unofficially in 2016 as a tv character on the Argentine political scene, and officially in 2021, erstwhile representing the organization La Libertad Avanza, established by himself in the same year, sat in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies (a lower chamber of parliament). By education, Milei is an economist whose economical views are characterised by an unlimited belief in the free market.
It has a reasonably circumstantial plan which it considers to improve Argentina's economical situation. possibly it is precisely due to specified concrete promises tired of the continuing crisis that the Argentines voted for Javier Milei. Getting free of the policy of platformism and putting an end to inflation is simply a mission for the fresh president. Milei plans to accomplish this, e.g. by liquidating the central bank, abandoning peso and accepting the US dollar), privatising public companies, minimising social and public spending, including wellness and education. The plan besides involves removing any “unnecessary” ministries or combining respective into 1 e.g. combining health, social development, work and education ministries into 1 “Ministry of Human Capital” (Buenos Aires Times) and firing public officials. He spoke about his promises at run meetings, holding a chainsaw in his hands, or dressing up as a superhero “General Ancap” (short from anarcho-capitalist) and singing on stage.
The fresh president of Argentina wants to let organ trafficking. Source: Juliano Rosa, Wikimedia CommonsOther plans for the fresh president
In addition to ideas intended to save the Argentine economy, Javier Milei has many another yet controversial views. Among them, we will find a plan to end trade with China and Brazil (one of Argentina's largest trading partners) in order to have nothing to do with "communists". The fresh major allies are to become the United States and Israel. He advocates the right of all man to free trade in his own organs. He even mentioned that parents could have the right to sale their newborn children. However, despite his love for freedom, Milei opposes the right to abortion (which the Argentine women won themselves in 2020) and sexual education. He wants to fight crime by tightening up the criminal code and by expanding the availability of firearms. He besides intends to increase the function of the army in the state and public space.
Where did he come from and who's Javier Milei?
In order to realize to any degree any of Javier Mileia's behavior, it is worth uncovering out where the fresh president comes from. He was born into a violent household in which his parent utilized intellectual force and his father besides had physical violence. At Milei School he was very lonely and explosive, as well as eager to voice his opinion loudly, even if it was not besides popular. The closest individual to him is his younger sister Karina, who is behind Javier's many decisions. He calls her El Jefe – intentionally the boss (not the boss) to emphasize how much respect he has for her. In addition to Karina, the most crucial in Milei's life was his dog, Conan. This 1 died in 2017, but the owner, following the advice of a shaman, cloned the animal. Now the president of Argentina has as many as 4 English mastify, and Conan communicates with the media (as said Javier advises him erstwhile making political decisions).
The fresh president of Argentina is an unobvious, multidimensional and (rightly) very controversial figure. It seems apparent that he is simply a very lonely individual who easy succumbs to the influence of others. 1 can only hope that he will not do the same by managing the state. It seems his ideas are besides extremist and hard to implement. Especially since more than 40% of citizens did not support his candidacy. So it is worth watching how electoral promises can change as the word continues.
It should besides be remembered that despite the presidential strategy in Argentina, Parliament besides plays a very crucial role. Consequently, Javier Milei, wishing to introduce fresh laws, will gotta communicate and negociate with another parties. This will be essential because, at this moment, in the Chamber of Deputies, his group has only 37 out of 257 seats, and with the explosive character of the fresh president and almost complete deficiency of political experience, this can be a challenge.
Marianna CZMOCHOWSKA
