Social movements launched their political party for the PASO del FdT: “We don’t have a candidate for the presidency, we are united by fear”

He Evita Movement y We are standing quarterstwo of the main official social organizations, today launched their own political party, The homeland of the commons. In the speeches of the main speakers, emilio persico y Daniel Mendezthere was a strong self-criticism towards the interior of the Front de Tous; a marked expectation of gaining internal space and territorial power through the FdT PASO to impose a social agenda and a critique of the opposition which they describe as “chicken coop”.

Pérsico and Menéndez insisted on ensuring that La Patria de los Comunes not support, at least for now, a presidential candidate; They predicted that within the ruling front “there will be unity”. “I have the dream of a country without social plans, with full employment”, enthused Pérsico, one of the leaders of Evita and secretary of the Social Economy, an area which depends on the Ministry of Development social in charge of Victoria Tolosa Paz.

Persico also felt that Juan Grabois, reference of the Movement of Excluded Workers and the Frente Patria Grande party – which is also part of the FdT and has three national deputies – “hastened to launch itself as a presidential candidate”. “That’s not our strategy. We have no candidates, we will wait to see who best measures and represents us“, they specified. In any case, he did not rule out the possibility of collaborating with the Kirchnerist leader with whom they share proposals and objectives within the trade union space that is part of the Union of Workers of the Popular Economy (UTEP ).

When Persico was viewed on Alberto Fernandez there Cristina de Kirchner He was categorical: “Officially, none of them announced their candidacy. There are many comrades capable of leading the Frente de Todos to victory who have not spoken either. Peronism was the expression of the Argentines. Of the people, of the workers, of those below. In Argentina, there is a new expression of workers. It is the popular economy. The politicians do not understand the new social conflict and our self-criticism is that we are also not able to do this from the Ministry of Social Development”.

The day was not chosen at random. On February 24, but from 1946, exactly 77 years ago, Peronism rose with its first electoral victory. Colonel John Sunday Peronnext to Hortensio Quijano won with 53.71% of the vote and thus defeated the pair formed by Jose Tamborini y Henry Mouche.

Persico was preceded by who is the vice president of the new political party, Daniel Mendez, national coordinator of Somos Barrios de Pie and also responsible for the social portfolio. “In the 90s, politics retreated from working-class neighborhoods,” he recalled and stressed, “There must be a limit to patch politics.” Menéndez was referring to the almost 25 years of social plans that, increasingly present, try to compensate for the lack of work and the deficiencies that are worsening in the most vulnerable families. For this reason, the social leader has foreseen that one of the purposes of La Patria de los Comunes is “discuss the model of the country” and he listed “total sovereignty”, the creation of the cooperative/associate worker; the law of social monotribute and among other points – which are part of the party’s proposal – the development of non-banking credit; institutionalize the new social conflict and promote housing programs.

“The commons are everywhere. Politics is not done in offices, it is done by walking around the neighborhoods, ”said Menéndez.

Each of the speakers left the door of hope open and They reaffirmed that changes that improve the situation of the most neglected are not a utopia.

“Politics owes us a lot. When Perón died, 80% of the workers had all their rights. Today there are six million workers who have rights and some sixteen million people who break their backs and who work, perhaps more than the others, do not have any,” said Pérsico and in Touching the clothes he was wearing, he continued, “These clothes, or the one many of you are wearing, were made in sweatshops, and that can’t be. This is not the country I want.”

His words were applauded by activists present at the Torquato Tasso concert hall, located at Calle Defensa 1575 in the city of Buenos Aires. On March 17, at Club Deportivo Español, the launch ceremony will take place.

Among the leaders present were, for example, the former chief of staff Juan Manuel Abal Medina, member of the Evita Movement and collaborator in the assembly of the new political party. Although it is not clear if he will integrate it or continue in the Justicialistas Party.

Honored Guild, leader of Evita and union secretary of UTEP, is also a member of the group that works and militates in the construction of the new political space. Eduardo “Cholo” Ancona and the provincial deputy Patricia “Colo” Covered They also participated in the meeting. They are the owners of La Patria de Los Comunes in the province of Buenos Aires.

Cubría, Pérsico’s partner, is the candidate to challenge Fernando Espinoza for mayor of La Matanza. “We will fight politically for a dignified massacre, with justice, with security, with education, with health and work. It is not possible that to be treated in a hospital, the neighbors have to wait for teams of six months”, criticized the deputy without naming Espinoza, but leaving a clear message: “All is not lost”.

“We have a leadership that takes care of the problems of the Palace, not of the people”, he said and announced: “We are not an electoral seal, our commitment is here to stay”.

Jonathan Thea The political purveyor of the city of Buenos Aires was also among those present who took the stage. With the other organizations that are part of La Patria de los Comunes such as Our Homeland, Popular Inclusion Movement, Organized Workers Movement, MT La Resistencia, August 22, Our America, May 25 and the Free People’s Organization (PLO) .

During questioning, Emilio Pérsico did not turn around when consulted by GlobeLiveMedia on the candidate for the presidency of the Patrie des Communes: “We have no presidential candidate.; Fear unites us. We try to seek it in unity and we will support whoever is best placed to win. to avoid returning to macrismo. If this is not possible, they will participate in PASO”.

And he continued: “Finding a candidate is going to be easier for the Frente de Todos than for the opposition, which is a quilombo, it’s a chicken coop; we are united by the fear of this opposition and we are convinced that together we will triumph”.

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