2023-11-13 04:13:03
Sergio Massa, from Unión por la Patria, and Javier Milei, from La Libertad Avanza, were Sunday night face to face in the presidential debate, in a confrontation that was the prelude to the November 19 runoff. Who won in this instance?
From the first moment, the official candidate sought to be the protagonist, playing a dominant role. The libertarian evened the balance a little, only in the second part.
The Minister of Economy took control of the first block of topicssince in the three thematic axes that were touched upon until the cut, it opted for a strategy that gave him income: “Yes or no.”
Milei joined Massa’s proposal and was involved in the task of answering whether he really planned to carry out his main campaign proposals, such as dollarization, the closure of the Central Bank, subsidies and tariffs.
That plan paid off for the official candidate, because placed the libertarian in the place where he had to explain and, at the same time, he avoided responding to the most acute issues of the country’s economic situation.
With that strategy of asking yes or no, Massa managed to practically eliminate the word “inflation” from the presidential debatequestioned that the La Libertad Avanza candidate wasted the opportunity.
Massa, who throughout the night was more solid when it came to speaking without memory aids, also had a coup when it was revealed that Milei worked at the Central Bankand left the idea floating in the air that the libertarian wants to eliminate the entity due to a personal quarrel, since his contract was not renewed.
He also slipped that his departure from the BCRA could have to do with a question of the economist’s mental balance, whom he also challenged to become a “psychophysicist.”
The leader of the Renewed Frontr tried in this way to show that Milei is not prepared to govern, He also blamed the La Libertad Avanza candidate for his alliance with Mauricio Macri and highlighted that they had left him alone tonight at the UBA.
Another strategy that served Massa was to detach himself from Kirchnerism and even, He challenged the libertarian to “make a complaint in Court” if he had evidence against him of a crime.
The minister’s objective was also to give signals outside the debate, by bringing among his guests leaders who can add support from other forces in the second round.
Francisco De Narváez, Carlos Maslatón, Graciela Camaño, Alejandro “Topo” Rodríguez and Mónica Fein gave the present invited by Massa, who also brought the former head of the Army Martín Balza to reinforce his speech about the Malvinas.
Milei, for her part, started with the role of the interviewee and fell into Massa’s web of questions, which even led him to run out of time to talk about his proposals when responding to the Minister of Economy.
Presidential debate: a second, more even bloc between Massa and Milei
Although he was able to place nicknames like “Pinocchio” and “little advantage” to his opponent, In the first part of the presidential debate he was seen less focused than in previous presentations and was unable to get out of the game proposed by the ruling party.
After speaking with his collaborators at the court, he was able to organize himself and come out in the second half with another initiative, trying to hit Massa with the caste and the government of Cristina Kirchner.
He also scored points point out the deficiencies in educationny negative data from the current administration.
A positive fact for the national deputy was that At no time was he startled or angry.
In the security block he seemed lost with the time and the speech and gave way to Massa without speaking, something that the minister noted as a “lack of study” of the subject.
After the debate, the two sides drew conclusions and the satisfied faces were seen in the stands of Unión por la Patria. However, as soon as the match ended, the libertarians shouted “The caste is afraid.”
Source: Argentine News
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