The ‘outsider’ who revolutionized the hornet’s nest of Argentine politics, who has been making headlines for months with his disruptive speeches and who has moderated some of his proposals to avoid rejection in society, has won the elections with 55.69 % support.
Argentina has opted for the most radical change possible since it began its electoral process months ago, and far-right Javier Milei will be the next president from December 10, after defeating Peronist Sergio Massa by more than 11 points.
Milei, the “outsider” That caused a revolution in the hornet’s nest of Argentine politics, which lasted for months makes headlines with his disruptive speeches and who moderated some of his proposals to avoid rejection in society, won this Sunday with a 55.69% support compared to 44.30% for Massa.
The transition will not be easy, as on election night, apart from the criticism of the management of Fernández and Massa (head of the economic portfolio) and the complicated socio-economic situation of the country, there was also an exchange of views on the issue.
Who is Milei?
Javier Gerardo Milei (born October 22, 1970 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine economist, politician and teacher, leader of La Libertad Avanza. Several of his positions have caused controversy, such as his own opposition to abortioneven in cases of sexual abuse, their rejection of comprehensive sex education in schools, your support for freedom to carry weaponspromotes the far-right conspiracy theory cultural Marxismthe denial of the existence of global warming, the rejection of vaccination and quarantine during the covid-19 pandemic, and the denial of state terrorism in Argentina.
He is the author of several books on politics and economics. He managed to gain a certain fame and public notoriety in debates in television programs on various channels in Argentina, characterized by his strong insults towards his rivals and his foul language and aggressive manners in expressing and discussing his ideals and postulates.
Since 2021, he has been national deputy for the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, after being elected in the parliamentary elections of the same year when he decided to start his career as a politician. With a view to the 2023 presidential elections, he stood as a candidate and received support from 29.86% of the total number of valid votes in the primaries. In this way, the result achieved gave him his first election victory; with the advantage of being the candidate with the highest number of votes in the entire country and in sixteen of the twenty-four constituencies. A few days later, in the first round of the presidential elections, Milei lost the advantage he had gained and was defeated by the Peronist candidate of Unión por la Patria, Sergio Massa, who outranked him by more than six percentage points and lost by six percentage points . the sixteen districts that had won the primaries (out of a total of 24).
Yesterday, November 19, 2023, turned out elected president of Argentina for the period 2023-2027; He will take up the position on December 10.
Source: EITB
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