In a country marked by economic crisiswith inflation reaching 115% year-on-year, and increasing poverty (40%), the discourse of javier milei against what he calls the “political caste” he capitalized on the discontent and obtained 30.31% of the votes in his first national election with his party the Freedom Advances.
“We have managed to build this competitive alternative that will put an end to the parasitic, stupid (thief), useless political caste,” he cried. miley in his first speech after knowing the results. “We are in a position to beat the caste in the first round,” he added, referring to the elections scheduled for October 22.
Fernando Cerimedocampaign coordinator miley, summed up part of the success in a simple formula. “He was the only candidate who presented a project, who told what he wanted to do, that you may like it or not but he was the only one who did it. People got tired of everything that had been happening, of the unkept promises“, said to afp.
Reduction in the number of officials
«To reverse the vicious circle and grow again, it is necessary to start with open the economy and for reforming anti-employment labor laws. But then you have to reform the state to reduce state overemployment redundant, make it easier for the current excess state employment be transformed into productive private employment (…). Reducing state employment by 1.5 million people is possible and desirable.
A labor reform with variable wages
For this professor of economics “you have to enable the variable remuneration to the maximum possible, because the minute will no longer be controlled, as was done before in the office, nor will it be monitored with a disciplinary regime (…). If the worker does not obtain a good result, there must be the alternative of warning him that the company needs an increase in the performance. And if the worker remains the same, the chance of dismissal with compensation must be enabled.
Union reform to reduce their power
On the other hand, the program Freedom Advances proposes a union reform to reduce their power and eliminate mandatory contributions: “It is necessary to end the compulsory contribution of workers to unions, which must be collected by employers. For those who freely want to contribute to a union, there must be a mechanism of direct concurrence of the worker to make his contribution to the one of his preference ».
Reform of the teaching career
In the field of education, the text presented by mileyproposes increasing competition among teachers: «Modify the Teacher Statute to eliminate all the clauses that have contributed to the de-hierarchization of the profession, especially: a) The impossibility of dismissal, justified or not; b) The determination of teaching salaries based on seniority criteria or other parameters that do not respond to efficiency criteria.
immigration control
miley and ‘Freedom Advances‘ They propose to control the immigration that comes «to take advantage of the assistance policies». “Migration processes can be very positive for receiving countries, but certain conditions must be met for this to happen. When they are not met, immigration can exacerbate existing problems.”
The Government program adds: “To the extent that there is a pre-existing welfare system very widespread and a unrestricted immigration (…) those who naturally see the opportunity to benefit from an unconditional assistance system are attracted ».
