The Argentine ambassador to Brazil and candidate for president of the Frente de Todos (FDT), Daniel Scioliannounced today that in the presidential formula he will be accompanied by a “federal” candidate, facing the PASO of August 13, and said that with his proposal guarantees a “friendly business climate and legal security”.
“The formula is going to be federal because I always had a commitment to the interior of the country. A formula designed to govern and not just thinking about winning an election,” Scioli said.
The pre-candidate for president made these statements when participating this afternoon in the business forum AmCham Summit 2023-Protagonists of the next Argentinawhich takes place at the Alvear Icon Hotel in Puerto Madero.
“I already have thought of my teams to govern because I have an experience that was renewed and I was constantly learning. Some thought that Brazil was the retirement and it was not like that, but it was what has been the opportunity to apply the development agenda that I proposed in 2015 (when he was also a presidential candidate),” said Daniel Scioli.
In his speech, which was conducted by journalist Alejandro Fantino, the former governor of the province of Buenos Aires stated that with his candidacy he guarantees “a friendly business climate, legal certainty, freedom of expression, and reaching agreement points with all sectors”, adding: “For me, having a business sector is having an ally and not an enemy”.
In addition, when asked about a possible labor reform, as requested by the business community, he replied: “We have to make a qualitative leap in employment and that comes hand in hand with education and the knowledge economy because the world of work is changing with the new technologies that accelerated with the post-pandemic, which requires us to readjust the framework of the world of work and the relationship with employers with new schemes”.
“I will achieve that with consensus and agreements. Of course I would talk about it, but always respecting the rights of workers and trying to include workers in the informal sector,” said the presidential candidate, who also referred to social programs , and pointed out that “they have been for an emergency situation, but we have to return to the great social computer that is work”.
“I come to build on what has been built. I am not a revolutionary or a conservative who leaves everything as it is,” he concluded.
The event, which was held at the Alvear Icon Hotel in Puerto Madero, and was attended by more than 1,000 guests, was opened by Marc Stanley, United States Ambassador to Argentina; and of Jorge Arguello, Argentine ambassador to the United States. It is also noted that the closure will be in charge of the Minister of Economy, Sergio Massa.
Among the speakers were, in addition to Scioli, other presidential candidates, among them the head of the Government of CABA, Horacio Rodriguez Larretaand the former Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich. Governors will also be present. Juan Schiaretti (Córdoba), who is also a presidential candidate; Omar Perotti (Santa Fe) and Alberto Weretilneck (senator and governor-elect of Río Negro) and trade unionists Hector Daer, Secretary General of FATSA and the CGT; and Gerardo Martinez, Secretary General of the Construction Workers’ Union of the Argentine Republic (UOCRA) and president of the UOCRA Social Network. and the deputies Graciela Camano y Silvia Lospennato; and the president of the Interblock of Senators of Together for Change, alfredo cornejo.
