From Miami, Macri asserted that “democracy in Arg …

The ex-president Mauricio macri again dispersed his criticism of the government of Alberto Fernandez. From Miami, during his participation in the forum for the “Defense of Democracy in the Americas”, he questioned the management of the pandemic and assured that “Democracy in Argentina is under threat.”

In an exhibition where the double discourse prevailed, the former president spoke of “the three great challenges of democracy” and emphasized the concept of “populism”: “It is something that really affects our continent and my country. It is clear that non-democracies die more from a coup ”.

In this sense, Macri asserted that “we no longer see a sudden event, tanks in the public space, but now the process is that of the leaders winning an election and from within the system they are slowly starting to get it. to corrode, to weaken the institutional system, to reduce freedom of expression, to attack the independence of the judiciary by proclaiming themselves the defenders of the people and thus justifying all kinds of abuses. “

In another part of his speech, he made a direct reference to Argentina: “Democracy is threatened by behavior that seeks to weaken the independence of the judiciary, violating the constitution and human rights. And it has one goal: to create impunity for government officials who are investigated for serious corruption and some who have already been convicted. “

The leader’s words contrast with reality: It was his own government that had direct links with the judiciary, to the point that Mauricio Macri himself received the visit of personalities such as judges Gustavo Hornos, Mariano Borinsky and prosecutor Raúl Plee at the Quinta de Olivos and at Casa Rosada. before decisions with strong political content.

“They disguise everything under the figure of the law, that they are the victims of journalists, of the opposition, of judges who seek to persecute them, whereas in reality since their return to power they have devoted themselves to the persecution of journalists, judges, to persecute me, my family, other members of the government without any limit, ”he said, referring to the vice-president Cristina Kirchner.

After completing his term at the Ministry of Health who became Secretary of Health, the former president also criticized the current government’s handling of the pandemic with a confusing message: “They have led us to the longest quarantine in the world, weakening all the fabric. social, modifying the life of all Argentines, generating psychological and health problems that we will assess and find in the years to come. “

“In addition, they could not buy vaccines, only just over 2% of the population received the two doses of vaccines to protect. What is perceived is a greater intention to advance the rights that correspond to us, ”he remarked.

Towards the end of his presentation, he pointed out that “Populism inoculates the virus of resignation” because “people are starting to believe that this is so, that they have to resign themselves to poverty, not to have clean water, a tarred street. And now they can’t even get vaccinated” and he felt that “this is what we must fight against”.

“There is no health crisis that justifies the suppression of our individual freedoms, it is unacceptable. The countries which have progressed in recent years are those which have embraced freedom, economic openness and technological progress”, he concluded.

Macri shared the panel with the OAS Secretary General, Luis Almagro, and the former presidents Andres Pastrana (Colombia), Luis Guillermo Solis (Costa Rica) and Osvaldo Hurtado (Ecuador).