Mauricio Macri
@mauriciomacri · South America
Mauricio Macri is followed by Storyz World for government and public service coverage connected to Argentina in the South America chapter.
It is unacceptable that, through an injunction issued by a provincial court, the application of a national law in the Province of Buenos Aires has been prevented. The judge acknowledges that her decision is based solely on her assumptions: “The Judiciary cannot wait for a violation of rights to occur before intervening, when it has grounds that reasonably suggest that this will happen.” But the grounds she says she has were not presented. Something very important that we all have to remember: our constitutional system does not grant the Judiciary the power to conduct preventive review of legislative decisions. It simply cannot do that. Courts exercise constitutional review only within the framework of cases. This is the controversial situation we are left in: a law of the National Congress, promulgated by the National Executive and in force throughout Argentine territory, is for now without effect, in none other than the jurisdiction with the largest population and the highest rates of violence in the country. All because of the decision of a provincial court. This alteration of the balance that must exist among the branches of government is truly very concerning. The Argentina we dream of can only be built with judges who respect the Constitution.
Translated from SpanishWANTING TO KEEP DOING THEM In a wonderful column the journalist Sergio Schneider published on Saturday about the World Cup, he quotes a phrase by the French philosopher Ernest Renan that makes it easier for all of us to understand what we are feeling at this moment. The phrase says: “What builds a nation is having done great things together in the past and wanting to do them again in the future.” In another translation, as Schneider quotes it, it says “and wanting to keep doing them,” which is nicer than doing them in the future, because it gives us the idea that they will not happen by themselves in the future, but that we are the ones who want to keep going. This is how we feel. No one wants the confidence the players gave us to fade away, that feeling that results could be achieved even when everything seemed impossible. Nor do we want to lose our respect for Scaloni’s team, which, despite having the greatest football player of all time, never stopped functioning as a system. With great humility, Messi himself once put it exactly this way: “The collective is what matters most.” This World Cup left all of us Argentines with many lessons. Each person will take their own, because that is football, the most beautiful and wisest sport there is, which, besides stirring our passion, teaches us about life. The only sport that can freeze an entire nation, make it cry, suffer, enjoy happiness, celebrate like mad, and embrace strangers as if they were brothers. The Scaloni-Messi team is already a legend that will mark our history forever, because of its gigantic achievements and sporting spirit. But also because of the strength they showed to persevere, trust, and believe. We will never be able to thank this national team enough, and Messi especially. What pride we all feel today in being Argentine! How much we want to keep doing great things together! We will. Thank you, Argentina’s national team.
Translated from Spanish (Argentina)