Santoro: “Milei denounced an attempted coup d’état and then went to Europe”

In the midst of the debate on the draft Bases Law, the national deputy of Union for the Homeland Leandro Santoro took aim at President Javier Milei, whom he asked to “measure his words” by the “institutional gravity” involved in denouncing an alleged “coup d’état” and cataloging opposition demonstrators as “terrorists.” Milei denounced an attempted coup d’état and also claimed to be aware that terrorist groups operate in Argentina. We are not talking about a presidential candidate, a TV panelist, an outsider economist, but a president of the Republic who tells Argentines that they have tried to carry out a coup. And then he goes on vacation to Europe,” he questioned when formulating a question of privilege against the head of state.For Santoro, the political leadership is “getting used to the fact that the President can say anything,” and urged to be “aware of the institutional gravity” of Milei’s assertions about an alleged “coup d’état.” If so, “the President could, for example, decree a state of siege,” he said. In this sense, he called to “start demanding more moderation and rationality” from Milei, given that “in the West the words of presidents are important” and then added: “I understand that we are used to trivializing everything, but I am not going to resign myself to that. They have to be aware of the institutional gravity.” He advised Milei to moderate and stop the aggressions against Congress and politics because “when the markets turn their backs on him, he will have to come to seek support here in this chamber.” “He is a structurally weak president. He cannot afford to fight with politics because at some point things can get difficult,” he said.

Original source in Spanish