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Perhaps the most appropriate name for this article would have been “Wanting a President.” But we think of the wisdom of the “Argentine Nation”, as a result of its performance in the “FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022” and the “Golden Ball”, coveted, without a doubt, by all the countries of the globe.
Argentina, one of the largest economies in the world, but also “the biggest granary”, today does not escape the prolegomena of “integral instability” that affects the universe and, very characteristically, the countries of Latin America. Some considerations point to the economic crises, in some so severe, that it makes us wonder if they still remain from the civil wars. Some of the nations, immensely rich, with their worthless currencies and excessive inflation. With suitable natural resources, acute food shortages and subjected to the ups and downs of black markets. The overflowing violence and the inexplicable crime rate. Authoritarian models have replaced democracies, stable in principle, abusing constitutional mechanisms. The collapse has been profound and the migrations frequent and numerous, otherwise, unstoppable. A vertiginous corruption and masses of money not entirely legal, unconcealable. The political parties affected by the absence of internal democracy and, therefore, on the way to extinction. The political pacts, support of the unit that the institutionality demands, do not exist. The armed forces in roles that are out of line with their tasks. An eternal fight against a conjectural populism, characterized by fostering a division between just people and a corrupted elite, which ends in terrible and harmful polarization. Strange countries, even in a religious context, become exploiters of rich, but innocent and even ignorant peoples. therefore, on the way to extinction. The political pacts, support of the unit that the institutionality demands, do not exist. The armed forces in roles that are out of line with their tasks. An eternal fight against a conjectural populism, characterized by fostering a division between just people and a corrupted elite, which ends in terrible and harmful polarization. Strange countries, even in a religious context, become exploiters of rich, but innocent and even ignorant peoples. therefore, on the way to extinction. The political pacts, support of the unit that the institutionality demands, do not exist. The armed forces in roles that are out of line with their tasks. An eternal fight against a conjectural populism, characterized by fostering a division between just people and a corrupted elite, which ends in terrible and harmful polarization. Strange countries, even in a religious context, become exploiters of rich, but innocent and even ignorant peoples. terrifying and harmful. Strange countries, even in a religious context, become exploiters of rich, but innocent and even ignorant peoples. terrifying and harmful. Strange countries, even in a religious context, become exploiters of rich, but innocent and even ignorant peoples.
It is in this context, sad, painful and already protracted, in which the phrase ¡A President is wanted! But, the most worrying thing is that it will be difficult to find it. And perhaps, if you look for him outside of the politicians, Messi and Di María could be convinced.
The New York Times journalist, Estefanía Pozzo, states that the Argentine economy grew by 6.4% in 2022, but registers record levels of inflation in 30 years. Prices increased 74.6% in the last 132 months, which means that it is difficult for a large part of the population to put bread on the table. The people demand from the government a reinforcement of social policies. Social tolerance, in danger. A time bomb, common in all Latin American countries, so it would be necessary to conclude that the phrase “Wanting a President” seems to have no exceptions.
It also reads that “the tragic paradox of the electoral route towards authoritarianism is that the assassins of democracy today use the same institutions of that one – gradually, subtly and even legally – to kill it” (How democracies die, Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt). Methodology, without being able to deny, at the hand of all humanity. And with few exceptions.
In the interesting forum “Defense of Democracy in the Americas”, of the Inter-American Institute for Democracy, Héctor Schamis established that “democracy is a method to reach power, but also, how to exercise it, pointing out the various deviations, not so much, in relation to the first condition, but much more with respect to the second, typified by an excessive abundance of constitutional transgressions, which undermine the democratic reality. Schamis has lived his own experience, since he is Argentine.
The prestigious magazine “The Economist” warns about “Peronism”, inserting it into “the history of the birth of Latin American populism as a mass movement.” The sale of Perón “at the service of the true Argentine people” and Eva with the “I don”t want anything for myself. I just want to be Perón”s shield.” And Nicolas Márquez, a lecturer from Mar del Plata, qualifies Perón in his work as “The fetish of the masses” and Rosendo Fraga in the prologue considers him “the central myth of the Argentine Republic.” And that its validity is projected not only to the present day, but possibly also for a few more years or even decades. For the foreword writer, the task that Márquez undertakes is “to demystify the figure of Perón, which is not only of historical interest, but is also useful for understanding the present.” This is how Juan José Sebreli tried, notes Márquez, regarding Eva Perón, Carlos Gardel, Che Guevara and Maradona. You do not doubt, at least in appearance, that it is difficult to understand that culture has not managed to impose “oblivion to “Peronism”, there in “the flat terrain that lacks trees and dense vegetation”, “La Pampa” and the rest of the beautiful nation of Argentina.
The anguish of looking for a President, also leads to identifying a Vice President, since the Constitution of the land of San Martín contemplates the duo “President and Vice”, for the sake of efficiency in the management of the country, a position for which Lionel Scaloni proposed Ángel Di María, accepted by “Leo” with great joy.
Messi does not hesitate to propose to Scaloni the portfolio of Minister for Relations with “El Congreso”, composed, in accordance with article 44 of the Magna Carta, by two Chambers, Deputies and Senators.
Finally, of the 26 footballers selected for the World Cup, 23 governors would be chosen by mutual agreement between the President, Vice President and Scaloni”. The remaining 2 of the payroll would remain on the bench.
It is up to the readers of this article, the last of 2022, to define the typology of this new political regime. Its application in the rest of “the Americas” depends on them.
Comments welcome.
@LuisBGuerra
Luis Beltrán Guerra G. is a Doctor of Law (Harvard University) and Professor of Administrative Law.
