“Argentine people, I’m sorry, it’s what you deserve,” says Bolsonaro about the government of the neighboring country | Politics

Bolsonaro referred to Argentina to counter the criticism he has been suffering from his own supporters, on social networks, for recent government decisions (look down). According to him, the same happened with the former president of Argentina Mauricio Macri, of a liberal tendency, who was not re-elected in 2019.

“Macri was elected in Argentina five years ago, a speech similar to mine. One of the first countries that managed to remove the group from the São Paulo Forum. It was the group of Cristina Kirchner, from Dilma. [Macri] He couldn’t do everything he wanted, he had problems. What did the staff do with Macri? Fuck him all day, even calling him an abortionist, “Bolsonaro said.

“What happened? Cristina Kirchner’s ‘leftist’ returned. Look at what is happening in Argentina. And detail: I saw in the press today that the president is going to legalize abortion in Argentina. Well, Argentines, I’m sorry, it’s He deserves you, “he continued.

Cristina Kirchner, quoted by Bolsonaro, was first lady of Argentina between 2003 and 2007, president between 2007 and 2015 and is currently the vice president of the country.

In addition to launching attacks against the Argentine government, Bolsonaro disclosed false information about the Fernández administration. The president has not announced any abortion-related measures in recent weeks.

The proposal to legalize and regulate the termination of pregnancy, in fact, is one of Fernández’s campaign promises. In March, the Argentine president even announced that he would send a project on the subject to Congress.

Days later, with the start of the new coronavirus pandemic, the matter was paralyzed. In late September, women’s rights groups protested in Buenos Aires to demand that the bill be sent.

On the 30th, according to the newspaper “Clarín”, the Minister of Women, Gender and Diversity of Argentina, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, said in an interview that “sending the project is not ruled out” yet in 2020.

The bill, according to her, is ready since the presidential declaration in March, and the final decision will rest with the Argentine parliament, which, like the Brazilian, had its routine altered by Covid-19.

In 2018, still under the Macri government, a legalization proposal was approved by the Argentine Chamber, but rejected in the Senate.

“The penalty for abortion has failed as a policy. Women die from clandestine abortions, and others have serious health consequences,” Fernández said in a statement at the end of September, also released by “Clárin.”

In Argentina, around 400,000 clandestine abortions are performed each year, according to women’s rights organizations.

Bolsonaro refutes criticism

Bolsonaro’s statements about the political situation in Argentina were used by him to counter criticism from supporters on social media, for example the appointment of Judge Kassio Marques to a vacancy on the Supreme Court.

“We had ten names, good names, but I have to compose. […] “Ah, Kassio is an abortionist.” Based on what, pale face? Do you think I’d put an abortionist there? Bolsonaro asked.

“People who criticize me, they are losing the opportunity to hit me. Look at the rectors, I am indicating a guy from PCdoB, PSOL, there is a university that is from PT. Just get the Official Gazette. There is a triple list for me and all three are from PSOL. Sometimes it is from PT, PCdoB and PSOL, the least worst is from PSOL, “he said.