Argentine public opinion growingly disenchanted with political leadership
To everybody’s surprise Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and former president Nestor Kirchner have experienced a recovery in their public opinion standing, according to a poll from a “most respected consultant” which does not work for the Argentine government.
The results which have been managed with certain discretion indicate that the positive image of the presidential couple has climbed from 21% and 23% a month ago to 27% and 28% (for him and her). However this is still quite distant from the 56% support Mrs. Kirchner had when she was inaugurated in December 2007.
The level of acceptance of Mrs. Kirchner administration at national level currently has reached 35%, although rejection remains overwhelming, 65%.
In spite of the enthusiasm of the Kirchner couple and their strategists with the latest results, public opinion polls analysts point to the fact that what the numbers are reflecting are not necessarily support but rather the growing disenchantment of Argentine public opinion with their leaders, with the workings of the political system.
In effect, two of the rising independent stars born out of conflicts with the Kirchners autocratic practices, Vice President Julio Cobos and Buenos Aires City major Mauricio Macri have seen a significant descent of their positive image, even when it still remains far ahead that of the presidential couple.
The poll was taken the last week of February and first days of March in the midst of the Kirchners’ conflicts with Congress and the Judiciary, soaring inflation, particularly food prices and the government’s attempt to tap Central bank reserves to pay debts.
So it would be hard to unveil the true motives of this five points surge in only a month.
But political analysts point out to the fact that a growing number of Argentines, when asked about the country’s main problems and which most concern them, they have increasingly been pointing to the ruling class, the political leadership.
This seems to be supported by the erosion in support for Cobos and Macri, once seen as the presidential hopefuls with most potential for 2011.
Nevertheless in spite of the encouragement the percentages have triggered in Casa Rosada, political analysts believe the Kirchners can still win many games and sets, and possibly some matches, but this is no guarantee that they can revalidate their dream, recently made public, of remaining in office alternatively until 2020.
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I recognize that the k made many mistakes, in fact they are not the government that i want for my country, but i must recognize too, like me or not, that we had many achievements since 2003.
On the other hand, when i see all the rest of the politic partys, i terrify my self, most them joined diferents governments that broke the country more than once, they are even much worst than the k, the only good perspective for the 2011 elections, are the socialists politicians, they have a great project for argentina, they are really a new option, i dont want to go back to the past, those corrupters (politicians who joined diferents governments), are just funtional to the powerfull corporations from the country.
I understand that as a falkland islander, you have reasons to hate the k, in fact in some aspects i dont agree with their policy about the dispute, there are many things that you dont know, because you dont live here, you should heard what we have to heard everyday from all the politicians, what you reed in the newspapers, is just one side from our reality, if you want to talk about argentina, you should be more objetive, specially if you are going to be argentine in a couple of years, like you told me once.
Well with the exception of Jorge who drinks it for all it's worth.
Muchacho, estás tomando de la mala!
he means by saying --ruinization--that as really as saying of the néW Americanish Health System..plus by 1 trillion US$ burden
...and also as writing under the heawy and hapi burden of Hous Debts !!!!!
what a mashochism...what a mashochism...
while driving a Korean Car !!..??
they have freedom in US but can't have freely to somethings !
if he has a korean car he would be genious !!
Don't worry Jorge, forces are in motion and soon the veil that has Blinded Argentina for 7 decades will be lifted and the Falklands shall at last be liberated from the shadow of brutal expantionist ambitions of successive right wing and natioanlist governments in Argentina.
All it requires if for people (like in the UK) to think for themselves with the evidence provided and come to their own conclusion, seeing as most of the evidence in Argentina coming from the otherside is ommitted or twisted we can assume this process may take 20 years, thus by 2033 like I predicted Falklands Son Falklands :)
The 21st Century is an enlightened place and the UK and the Falklands hold out the hand of friendship to those less democratically able than ourselves.
it is like a name of Swiss-British milking chocolate maker company !
Nestor kirchner derogated the pardons for the torturers form the last militar dictatorship, many of them are being judged right now.
He canceled the debt with imf in december of 2005, we are much more independent now, we are not a pseudo colony from the imf like we used to be during many years.
Since 2003 more than 700 schools were built in the whole country.
There was a great increase for the budgets of science and technology in a progresive way in the last 7 years.
Thousands of argentine scientists who were working in the rest of world for the lack of oportunitys in argentina, came back to the country, and they develop their knowleadges here, as you know, the science and technology is the most important for everycountry.
On the other hand, our povertys line in 2003 was of 53%, and the unemploitment level was 22%, now we have 33% of poors and 10% of unemploit people, as you can see, we are still a very unequal society, but i am sure we will improve much more in the future, (this numbers belong to private stadistics, i dont beleive in the indec neather).
Beside in 2003 we had 8000 thousands millions of reserves, now we have 47 thousands millions, it's a record.
There is much more to tell you, but i have no time, moreover of all this progress that we had, i dont want a govermenment that counterfeit the public stadistics, i dont want neather a government hat is suspected of corruption cases, i want a transparent government, it's not an utopy, alfonsin was a transparent person.
About peron, with what you said, you confirm one more time how ignorant you are, i recognize that peron was demagogue and authoritarian, but no one made as much as him for the poors and the workers, before him, those people had nothing, it's not true what you say that he only gave shoes and candys to them, and people finally voted him, in that time, and during 30 years, the middle class represented the 50% of the national rent, peron is actually the father of the middle class, that's why many people still admire hes policy, i am not peronist, i'm socialist, but i just want to be objetive, i insist that this is something that you should do too, specially if you are going to be argentine in a couple of years.
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