“I have never held a position without being certain that I was capable of handling the task at hand; without fear or pressure”, the former head of State said in an open letter published on her X profile.
“I am willing, once again, to accept the challenge of debating in unity. Leadership and a a sense of project are needed to build the best possible Peronism in an Argentina that has become impossible for the majority of its inhabitants”, she added.
She noted the need to conceive the PJ “as the instrument that must take the first step to regroup all political and social forces behind a government program that returns to this nation – now mired in cruelty and the hatred of fools -, the hope and pride of being Argentine.”
Fernandez said that in democratic and contemporary Argentina she had never witnessed the country in general, or Peronism in particular, living under circumstances like today’s.
She indicated that President Javier Milei “not only shouts at and insults from the stage in an increasingly aggressive, violent and coarse manner anyone who expresses an opinion different from his, but also deals axe blows to pensioners, universities and even mental health hospitals.”
“Seeing the President of the Nation shouting and insulting generates a climate of generalized violence. All this while the fierce adjustment program destabilizes a society that continues to be hit by unaffordable taxes and inadequate salaries (…)”. There is a kind of awkward and dangerous “leadership” of chaos and destruction from which nothing good can come, she pointed out.
In the letter, the former president made a journey through the history of Peronism, with special emphasis on the period 2001-2015, which included the mandate of Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) and her two terms (2007-2011 and 2011-2015).
Among the remarkable features of the period she mentioned the structural debt relief, the payment to the International Monetary Fund, upward social mobility, the creation of universities, scientific and technological development, the recovery of the national heritage and the increase in the educational budget, among others.
Fernández recalled that currently Peronism only rules in five of all 23 Argentine provinces, but “it continues to be the force with the largest number of national deputies and senators and this requires, due to historical understanding and political responsibility, its own reconstruction, addressing the new social demands.”
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