Former National Senator Esteban Bullrich He revealed his short-term political aspirations, and surprised him by confirming his desire to present himself as Presidential candidate in 2027. Moreover, he confirmed that his goal “Unification of Argentina”Even if he is not elected.
When speaking about his motivations, Bullrich recalled the moment he left his Senate seat, noting that he gave up “the honors but not the fight.”
During an interview in LN+He explained that his commitment remains focused on him “Leave a better country” To his children, in this context he clearly expressed: “I want to run for president in 2027.”.
But he stressed that the final decision would depend on his family. “Obviously the last word goes to María Eugenia (Siqueiros) and my children, but I want to introduce myself,” he said, as his family became his main supporter after he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
The disease he suffers from limits his mobility to only his eyes, which, he says, gives him a special meaning to his final campaign.
“Eyes They are the door of the soul. Bullrich explained that the campaign will be a spiritual speech to the soul of Argentines. At the same time, he explained that his intentions are motivated by his life’s mission. “When you feel so much that you have found your calling, you can’t escape it.”He mentioned.
On a personal level, he shared a reflection that is part of an unpublished book he wrote: “I don’t know how much time I have left, but I know what to do with it: love, serve, reconcile, and cultivate hope. This is my drive, this is my path, and this is my faith.”.
Analyzing the current political situation, Bullrich expressed his dissatisfaction with the national and international panorama. He took up a central idea of his next book entitled Spiritual leadershipTo define the type of leadership he deems necessary in the country: “Argentina does not need bronze heroes, infallible or enlightened leaders who promise immediate salvation. Argentina needs great souls, men and women who accept humility as a foundation, dialogue as a method, truth as a discipline, closeness as a method, compassion as a political force, and reconciliation as a horizon.“.
He also touched on the need to heal the country’s historical wounds, citing another paragraph from his work: “Our country has old wounds that are not closed by speech or decrees, but rather by souls that give themselves, with hearts that forgive, with souls that dialogue, with leaders who serve.” For this reason, he stated that this task is beyond him, but he feels part of his children and of all Argentines who believe in the possibility of building “A more just, more fraternal and more humane state”.
In another field, Bullrich presented the book New Buenos Aires to renew the National Unity Pactwritten next to Jorge Collina and Enrique Murad. According to him, the work was born from his campaign experience in 2017, when he was seeking a seat in the Senate. “When I toured the province as a candidate for Senate, I discovered, almost with painful clarity, that Buenos Aires was not what many had imagined from afar,” he said.
During this tour, you will learn about: “An area divided in two, a suburban area where poverty has become a landscape and one where no one feels listened to.”.
Moreover, he described seeing “schools that supported with endless efforts what should be a basic right, families who survived between uncertainty and hope for a better future, teachers teaching without heating, without light, and sometimes without solid ground.” He also mentioned the neighborhoods where “the state only appears in the form of plans or promises” and the hospitals that “worked miracles with minimal capabilities.”
Iprotection This was one of the recurring themes in his observations, not just as a statistic but as an everyday experience. “The border between life and death can be at the corner“,” recalls Bullrich, who collected stories about “YYoung people are trapped in a system that offers no prospectsAnd “the gangs occupying the place abandoned by the state.” In addition, he pointed out that there are “addiction cases that destroy entire families.”
Within the province, the reality, although different, was no less difficult. At this point, he described “cities that had lost trains, factories, and opportunity,” where loneliness had turned into a quieter form of insecurity.
Finally, he expressed in words the great differences that existed between the different municipalities: “It was enough to cross a road to move from one neighborhood with asphalt, sewers, and lighting to another neighborhood without drinking water, without transportation, and without a horizon beyond the next day.” According to his view, this disparity “was not just economic, it was existential,” because many children grew up “knowing that their future was limited by their geography.”