Argentina’s Milei vows to push economic reforms with or without parliament
Al Jazeera
Argentina’s libertarian leader says he will ‘keep pushing forward’ with radical economic agenda.
Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei has promised to keep pushing his agenda of radical economic liberalisation with or without the support of parliament.
In a state-of-the-union-style address to lawmakers on Friday, Milei said he would “keep pushing forward” with a package of sweeping economic reforms aimed at jolting the country out of decades of dysfunction and decline.
“We are going to change the country for good … with or without the support of political leaders, with all the legal resources of the executive,” Milei said.
“If you look for conflict, you will have conflict.”
Milei laid down the gauntlet to parliament after lawmakers last month rejected his omnibus reform bill despite tough negotiations with the opposition that reduced the number of proposed changes by nearly half.
