ANSA/The ultraliberal Milei is elected president of Argentina

“Today begins the end of the country’s decadence,” he said

The right-wing ultraliberal Javier Milei is the new president-elect of Argentina. With 99% of the ballots counted, the anarcho-capitalist won in the second round with 55.7% of the votes, against 44.30% of the progressive Peronist candidate Sergio Massa, in a historic and crucial election for the country.

“Today begins the end of Argentina’s decadence. We begin reconstruction and turn the page of our history. We return to the path that we should never have lost. The model of State that blesses only a few while the majority suffers ends. It is a historical fact. This night let’s return to embracing the idea of ​​freedom”, stated the elected head of state.

After placing the leather jacket in the wardrobe, Milei appeared in a jacket and tie next to her sister Karina, her support throughout the electoral campaign, combed and fresh from the hairdresser. “We know that there are people who will resist to maintain their privileges. We will be ruthless: within the law everything, outside the law nothing”, he warned, asking the Peronist government of Alberto Fernández to “take charge of the country until the end of its mandate”.

Milei will take office on December 10, on the 40th anniversary of the return of democracy after the last military dictatorship. “The situation is dramatic, there is no room for gradualism, for half measures”, indicated the winner, indicating inflation, poverty and insecurity as the most urgent challenges. “Argentina has a future and it is liberal,” the future president noted, promising that, in 35 years, the country will be “a world power.”

In his speech Milei avoided talking about the flagships of his electoral campaign, such asdollarisation or the closure of the Central Bank, but he could not help but repeat his motto: “Long live freedom, damn it”, acclaimed by the shouts of his voters, while In cities across the country, from Buenos Aires to Córdoba and Mendoza, thousands of people with white and blue flags gathered to celebrate with songs, dances and marches.

A few hours earlier Massa had admitted defeat while the counting of votes was still underway. “Argentina has a solid and strong democratic system that always respects the results. Obviously the result is not what we expected, and I contacted Javier Milei to congratulate him and wish him good luck because he will be the next president,” said the Minister of Economy, to the disappointment of his voters, who nevertheless applauded him.

“I did it convinced that the most important thing we must leave tonight is the message that coexistence, dialogue and respect for peace in the face of so much violence and disqualification are the best path we can follow”, underlined Massa, underlining that the Argentines, however, “chose another path”.

“And from tomorrow the responsibility of providing certainties, of transmitting guarantees at a social, political and economic level will fall on the elected president. We hope he will do so”, he added.

Milei’s victory was already in the air as soon as the polls closed. “We have preliminary data that gives us confidence.

A change is beginning in Argentina”, said the spokespersons of the Freedom Advances coalition, without hiding a certain enthusiasm.

The climate of optimism was also confirmed by the euphoric message that former president Mauricio Macri and the candidate defeated in the first round Patricia Bullrich, Milei’s supporter, sent to all the observers present at the polling stations, declaring themselves “very satisfied” with the result obtained. work accomplished, while the first rumors already indicated a clear victory.

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Source: Terra

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