Javier Miley, Argentina's election leader, welcomes comparisons with Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Agustín Marcarian
Argentine election frontrunner The Argentine election demands that the rights of Falkland Islanders be respected in discussions about future sovereignty.
Javier Miley's senior economic adviser suggested to The Telegraph that the islanders should to have a say in their own destiny, a policy shared with Britain.
The current ruling party wants to negotiate with Britain for sovereignty over what it calls the Malvinas Islands. Islanders voted to remain a British territory in a 2013 referendum, 30 years after the war.
Diana Mondino, senior economic adviser to Javier Miley, told The Telegraph that Argentina must strive to become a «normal country» and reduce inflation if it wants the Falkland Islands to seek closer relations with the mainland.
Famous With his flamboyant personality and eccentric hairstyle, far-right Libertarian candidate Miley welcomes comparisons to Donald Trump and embraces socially conservative policies in his campaign.
In the past, he has suggested that Argentina adopt a Hong Kong-style diplomacy approach to the Falkland Islands, with a gradual transfer of sovereignty from Britain.
He won a primary election in August with a surprise 30.5 percent of the vote for his Freedom Promotion party against 28 percent for Patricia Bullrich, the main candidate from the conservative opposition bloc, while Sergio Massa of the ruling Peronist coalition received 27 percent. percent of votes.
Commentators suggested the results reflected deep dissatisfaction with the country's high annual inflation rate, which currently exceeds 116 percent.
Argentina needs to «become a normal country»
Ms Mondino told The Telegraph: «Islanders' rights will be respected , must be respected, they cannot be ignored. The idea that you can impose on people what can or should be done is so feudal and naive.
“If people end up wanting to do certain things, it will be done. We are now in the worst of all possible worlds because neither Britain nor Argentina can make good use of the resources there.»
She added that Argentina needed to «become a normal country» to persuade islanders to seek closer ties .
“How could someone who was not born and raised in Argentina understand inflation?” She said. “Why would anyone want to become part of society — we need to become a normal country, but we are an empty country.
“We could double our population, we have the resources, we have the weather, we have all the things you learn in primary school at age six or eight, so just be normal.”
Ms Mondino says Argentina needs to “become a normal country.” to encourage Falkland Islanders to seek closer ties. Photo: iStockphoto
Ms Mondino said that when it comes to regulating the fishing industry and oil on the islands, «we don't even have it for our own resources, but we impose it on the other guy? Come on! The Chinese are fishing in our factories.”
''It may take many years, but you cannot impose any decisions on other people, not Argentines, not anyone, you can no longer impose solutions, this must stop. «.
In March this year, Foreign Secretary James Cleverley insisted that «the Falkland Islands belong to Britain» after the ruling coalition tore up a cooperation agreement and continued negotiations over the islands' sovereignty. The deal itself was a joint communiqué between the two countries, concluded by the previous government under Mauricio Macri in 2016, and did not pass through Congress, and therefore had no legal force.
The Argentine government website clearly states that: “The Argentine nation affirms its legal and inalienable sovereignty over the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and their respective seas and islands, as an integral part of its national territory.” territory. The restoration of these territories and the full exercise of their sovereignty, while respecting the way of life of their inhabitants and respecting the principles of international law, constitute the constant and unchanging goal of the Argentine people.”
The fight against abortion and climate change. change negative
Ms Mondino also defended Milea's social conservatism on policies such as the introduction of a referendum on abortion, which was legalized in the country for up to 14 weeks of pregnancy in 2020. He said he views abortion as «murder» and believes that life begins at the moment of fertilization.
She refrained from commenting on Miley, but suggested that the government would not pay for abortions in the future.
“He said he might hold a referendum on the issue,” she said. “This is a constitutional method that has not been used in Argentina and is generally non-binding. A very important question about abortion is not just whether you think abortion is a sin or murder, that's one thing.“The other question is: who pays for it? In many countries, abortion is not a crime, but this does not mean that the health system pays for it.”
The English-language Buenos Aires Herald noted that since the 2020 abortion law is a criminal law, it does not may be the subject of a referendum in accordance with Article 29 of the Constitution.
Ms Mondino also answered questions regarding Miley's claim that climate change is a «socialist lie». Without denying that Miley believes man-made climate change is a hoax, she referred to Pascal's Wager: «if you don't believe in God and there is a God, you can burn in hell forever,» adding that Argentina was «one of the world's most few solutions» because his grasslands could be used for carbon sequestration.
«He [Miley] believes climate change is a hoax. I say, let it be a sham, I don't care, let me graze.»
On his proposals to dollarize the economy and phase out the struggling Argentine peso, she said: «This means the government cannot freely print money, which also means the government can't spend money freely and can't tax people forever.
“Eventually, inflation will be very low…we need to stop giant inflation. the government is extremely ineffective and corrupt.”
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