Macri returns with book, offers rallying cry for opposition
TODAY 02:52
Former president slams Kirchnerism as “final expression of populism,” criticises government's vaccine efforts and predicts opposition return to power in 2023 as he flogs new book.
Former president Mauricio Macri made his comeback to active politics on Thursday as he launched his new book, Primer tiempo, with an event attended by key leaders from the opposition Juntos por el Cambio coalition.
At a book presentation event at an exhibition in the capital, Macri attacked the Peronist government that replaced him in office, describing Kirchnerism as “a final expression of populism in Argentina” and predicting that the opposition would return to power.
"I regret not having found the way to avoid this regression [to Kirchnerism], but I am convinced that we will overcome it in 2023," he told the audience.
Macri even found time to take a swipe at the Alberto Fernández administration for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic: "If we continued with reintegration into the world, now we would have the same or more vaccines than Chile, for all Argentines."
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He criticised Argentina’s powerful unions ("they do not want to lose privileges"
, praised the anti-government banderazo demonstrations, as well as those in Formosa, and told his allies and leadership rivals that the “second half” of the battle for Argentina had already begun.
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Appropriate greeting for Mauricio Macri.
