President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has headed a rally in the province of La Pampa to inaugurate infrastructure works togehter with Daniel Scioli and Carlos Zannini. The head of state indirectly questioned presidential hopeful Mauricio Macri and former Economy Minister Martín Lousteau.
«You can’t govern a country with sweet talk and balloons,» the head of state said, questioning Buenos Aires city Mayor and presidential hopeful for the PRO party Mauricio Macri, who has historically celebrated political victories and inaugurations with balloons, colored in yellow, the PRO’s colors. In a speech from the Estudiantes football Stadium in the city of Santa Rosa, Ms Kirchner stated that in order to govern a country properly, politicians have to focus on «numbers and management.»
«Some people don’t care about numbers, but without numbers we can’t go anywhere,» she said, in reference to a comment made by Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, PRO’s candidate for BA city Mayor, during yesterday’s Mayoral debate broadcasted on the cable news channel TN.
In that debate the candidate for «Eco», Martín Lousteau, asked several questions to Larreta regarding infant mortality, which the PRO candidate could not answer. «Infant mortality is not just about numbers,» Larreta said.
But CFK also aimed at Lousteau today, former Economy Minister of Ms Kirchner during the conflict between the government and agricultural representatives over an export tax, and ideologist of the 125 tax law, for not recognizing his involvement in the conflict.
«Last night I was watching a debate on TV, and one candidate wanted to lecture us on something that cost us blood, sweat and tears. Some people are just ungrateful. Everyone knows what happened with the 125 [tax law]. We don’t like people who do not take responsibility for their actions,» the President said.
Ms Kirchner was joined by Daniel Scioli and Carlos Zannini, precandidates to the presidency and the vice-presidency for the ruling Victory Front. She inaugurated several infrastructure works in La Pampa, Tierra del Fuego, La Rioja and Córdoba, and ratified his support for the kirchnerite splinter of the Peronist movement of La Pampa, who will face a Peronist sector opposed to the federal government in the upcoming June 28 elections.
Source: Buenos Aires Herald