finally, The government has successfully passed the mid-term review. He showed up to the election having ordered macroeconomics, dramatically reduced inflation, restored much of the decline in real income, and reduced the poverty rate from 50% to 30%. He also implemented an emergency program to defend markets from the consequences of the recall campaign, which pushed hard to undermine governance in the months leading up to the October election, after it ousted nearly 70% of members of parliament. The results were conclusive The country is returning to the path of normalization Who has been “under fire” for the past 90 days before the election.
In the coming months, the performance of the economy will return to normal: the exchange rate will stabilize, inflation will continue to fall, interest rates will fall, and the faster country risks decrease, the faster the investment growth process that is already being recorded will be. Growth of the economy would be the best possible scenario to advance the structural reforms that have already been introduced in society. In February, the government aims to promote labor, tax and criminal reforms, and everything indicates that if this is not achieved through extraordinary measures, it will be an achievement for the first semester.
Now, there’s a bunch of Quite strategic issues For our country, which goes far beyond the government’s agenda, which requires highlighting the various sectors of civil society that seem absent today.
There are at least six public institutions that over the past forty years have deepened the crisis that limits and distorts Argentina’s potential for progress. Structural changes are needed in the long term, but implementing them requires complex work, both technically and politically. the justiceAt the national and regional levels, it is not working as it should. he Retirement system It requires profound reform due to its economic sustainability and changes in social demographics. the Public educationOn its three levels, it is undergoing a very serious decline. the public health At the national and regional levels, this has also greatly exacerbated its benefits. the Public safetyhas serious deficiencies and the threat of drugs makes the situation even more difficult. Structural poverty in Argentina, which is particularly concentrated in the suburbs of Buenos Aires, Rosario, Cordoba, and Mendoza, to name a few, requires specific policies.
None of these problems will be solved by politics. In our country there are no party structures with the technical and professional scope to successfully confront these challenges, let alone “sustain” the necessary discussions that subsequently lead to politically sustainable legislative proposals. It is not just a problem of allocating economic resources, because in many of these cases financing must be far from adequate.
Civil society has been silent for years, largely because macroeconomic imbalances were so large that they obstructed any alternative discussion.. But now the situation has changed and there is a social space to listen to those specialists who have worked and are working on these issues but either do not have the will or do not find how to install these issues in the national debate. Ironically, most of them work in public institutions at the national and/or regional level.
It is necessary, therefore, for various groups specialized and experienced in justice issues, the scientific and university community, and various non-governmental organizations working in our country, Take responsibility in pending discussions It is very complex in itself and much more so when we have to illustrate examples of the three levels of government, national, regional and municipal. Moreover, the federal character of our country presents a very important complication when it comes to bringing about changes in rigid and ossified processes and structures such as those we have suggested above.
The normalization of Argentine macroeconomics is strong enough to enable civil society to begin to play a necessary leadership role in enriching those discussions that are fundamental to the reconstruction of our country.
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