The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, insisted this Monday that he will not apologize to the President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, “under any point of view” considering that he was “the one attacked”, statements made during an interview in the Argentine television network Todo Noticias in reference to the controversy that arose after Milei called Begoña Gómez, wife of the chief executive, “corrupt.”
“I am not going to apologize from any point of view, if I was the one attacked. Today all over the world there is talk of cases of corruption of women due to influence peddling and they even pressured a judge, and he is involved. (…) When I said the phrase I never mentioned anyone, he incriminates himself. Sánchez had no choice but to join in and hit me,” expressed Milei.
After that, he has tried to reduce the scope of the diplomatic crisis unleashed after the Spanish Government called its ambassador in Buenos Aires for consultations and summoned the Argentine ambassador in Madrid, ensuring that relations between the two countries will not be broken for the existence of a “bond” that “no one will be able to break.”
“The relationship is not going to break. The relationship is not built by the leaders, it is built by the people. We receive a lot of immigration from Spain, and no one will be able to break this bond. Reality itself is going to impose itself,” the Argentine president expressed.
After that, he has accused Sánchez of working with Kirchnerism to use the controversy “politically” due to his “problems”, at the same time that he has pointed out that Argentine opponents are promoting the diplomatic crisis to “create a stir”. “He is using it politically because he has problems and needs to polarize them. He works aligned with Kirchnerism to sabotage our Government. (…) What is happening in Spain is promoted by Kirchnerism to create a stir here,” he stated.
“The Kirchnerists are afraid because they know that we are going to continue advancing with the causes of corruption. I invite you to watch my speech, where in one part I talk about the brotherhood between the Spanish and Argentine people,” Milei added.
He also recalled that Sánchez supported the presidential candidate Sergio Massa during the campaign; that the Spanish Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, accused Milei of “consuming substances”; and that the second vice president and Minister of Labor, Yolanda Díaz, expressed in December that Milei “returned with cuts and authoritarianism.”
“They campaigned for Massa and in that campaign they used all the negative elements such as the sale of organs. They used that all: they called me crazy, of wanting to sell children. Five months passed and none of these negative campaign things happened. They told me that I am a science denier, they have called me a xenophobe, a fascist, for me they are aggravated insults. For just over a month they have been systematically attacking me. When Minister Puente attacked me, I answered him and he received a huge slap. “He came out to apologize,” Milei stated.
In addition, he has accused former Argentine president Alberto Fernández of being an “advisor to Sánchez” for showing his support, and has assured that it is something “very serious.” “” (Pedro Sánchez) He is so cowardly that he got under women’s skirts. He needed to have me beat up for women. It is something of fierce cowardice,” Milei asserted in reference to statements made against him by the second vice president of the Spanish Government, Yolanda Díaz; and that of Science, Innovation and Universities, Diana Morant.
“Alberto is Sánchez’s advisor, what we are saying is very serious. They are insignificant because they need to go out and hit me in droves. It is worth saying that it is not functional to the Government. Sánchez uses the State, he is the owner of the State. He took charge and this shows that he was dirty. “Women have a lot of causes,” he stated.
